Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Professor of Sociology

Contact Info:

Office Location:	259 Social Sciences
Office Phone:	(919) 660-5607
Email Address:

Teaching (Spring 2022):

• SOCIOL 215.01, SOCIOLOGY OF RACISM IN AMERICA Synopsis

  Languages 211, TuTh 08:30 AM-09:45 AM

  (also cross-listed as AAAS 246.01, LSGS 316.01, RIGHTS 215.01)

• SOCIOL 765S.01, PROSEM: SOCIAL STRAT (TOP) Synopsis

  Reuben-Coo 128, Th 01:45 PM-04:15 PM

Education:

Ph.D.	University of Wisconsin - Madison	1993
M.A.	University of Wisconsin - Madison	1987
B.A.	University of Puerto Rico	1984

Research Interests:

Currently I am working on two books entitled, Anything but Racism: How Social Analysts Limit the Significance of Race (with Gianpaolo Baiocchi and Hayward Horton) and White Logic, White Methods: Racism and Methodology (with Tukufu Zuberi). I am also working on a project entitled, "We are All Americans! The Latin Americanization of Race Relations in the USA," where I explore the changing dynamics of racial stratification in the United States.

Areas of Interest:

Racial Stratification and
Race Relations

Current Ph.D. Students  

• Reece, Robert  
• Arriaga, Felicia  
• Louise Seamster  
• TRENITA CHILDERS  
• AUSTIN ASHE  
• Inseo Son  
• Victor Ray  
• Rose Buckelow  

Postdocs Mentored

• John Eason (2008-2010)  

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Bonilla-Silva, E, What Makes Systemic Racism Systemic?, Sociological Inquiry, vol. 91 no. 3 (August, Accepted, 2021), pp. 513-533 [doi]  [abs]
2. Bonilla-Silva, E, There is no racism here?: Preliminary notes about racial issues in the Americas, Revista De Humanidades no. 42 (December, Accepted, 2020), pp. 419-443
3. Bonilla-Silva, E, From bi-racial to tri-racial, in Theories of Race and Racism: A Reader: Second Edition (August, 2020), pp. 652-668, ISBN 0415412536
4. Bonilla-Silva, E, Toward a New Political Praxis for Trumpamerica: New Directions in Critical Race Theory, American Behavioral Scientist, vol. 63 no. 13 (November, Accepted, 2019), pp. 1776-1788 [doi]  [abs]
5. Bonilla-Silva, E, Feeling Race: Theorizing the Racial Economy of Emotions, American Sociological Review, vol. 84 no. 1 (February, Accepted, 2019), pp. 1-25 [doi]  [abs]