Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Professor of Sociology

Contact Info:

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

Teaching (Fall 2019):

• SOCIOL 215.01, SOCIOLOGY OF RACISM IN AMERICA Synopsis

  Languages 211, MW 04:40 PM-05:55 PM

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

• SOCIOL 765S.02, PROSEM: SOCIAL STRAT (TOP) Synopsis

  Soc/Psych 248, M 01:25 PM-03:55 PM

Education:

Ph.D.	University of Wisconsin at Madison	1993
M.A.	University of Wisconsin at Madison	1987
B.A.	University of Puerto Rico (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, Feeling Race: Theorizing the Racial Economy of Emotions, American Sociological Review, vol. 84 no. 1 (February, Accepted, 2019), pp. 1-25 [doi]  [abs]
2. Bonilla-Silva, E, “Racists,” “Class Anxieties,” Hegemonic Racism, and Democracy in Trump’s America, Social Currents, vol. 6 no. 1 (February, Accepted, 2019), pp. 14-31, SAGE Publications [doi]  [abs]
3. Bonilla-Silva, E, Racism without Racists Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America (June, 2017), pp. 376 pages, Rowman & Littlefield, ISBN 144227624X  [abs]
4. Bonilla-Silva, E, What We Were, What We Are, and What We Should Be: The Racial Problem of American Sociology, Social Problems, vol. 64 no. 2 (January, Accepted, 2017), pp. 179-187, Oxford University Press (OUP) [doi]
5. Bonilla-Silva, E, The Structure of Racism in Color-Blind, “Post-Racial” America, American Behavioral Scientist, vol. 59 no. 11 (January, Accepted, 2015), pp. 1358-1376, SAGE Publications [doi]  [abs]