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Joe Feagin

Joe Richard Feagin (/feɪɡɪn/; born May 6, 1938)[1] is an American sociologist and social theorist who has conducted extensive research on racial and gender issues in the United States. He is currently the Ella C. McFadden Distinguished Professor at Texas A&M University.

Joe R. Feagin

(1938-05-06) May 6, 1938

San Angelo, Texas, United States
  • Nomination for Pulitzer Prize
  • W.E.B Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award
  • Arthur Fletcher Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Founder's Award for Scholarship and Service
  • Cox-Johnson-Frazier Scholarship Award
  • 2018 Excellence in Research Award for Elite White Men Ruling

Sociology

History[edit]

Feagin has previously taught at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, University of California, Riverside, University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Florida. He focused most of his research work on race and ethnic relations, and served as the scholar in residence at the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. He has written over 60 books. He is the 2006 recipient of a Harvard Alumni Association achievement award and was the 1999–2000 president of the American Sociological Association.

Early life[edit]

Feagin was born in San Angelo, Texas, in May 1938. He spent most of his childhood and adolescence in Houston, in the area now known as West University Place. He attended Mirabeau B. Lamar High School.

Education[edit]

He completed his undergraduate education at Baylor University in 1960 and moved to Boston, where he earned a Ph.D. in sociology (social relations) from Harvard University in 1966. He was scholar-in-residence at the US Civil Rights Commission (1974–1975). He is the Ella C. McFadden and Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts at Texas A&M University.[2] His research and teaching interests concern mainly the development and structure of racial and gender prejudice and discrimination, especially institutional and systemic discrimination and racism.

Asian American Women with S. Chang (in preparation)

A Systemic Racism Critique of Racial Theories with S. Elias (Boulder: Paradigm Publishers, in preparation)

Microaggressions and the Language of Racial Analysis with E. Chun (New York: Routledge, in preparation)

Rethinking Diversity Issues in Higher Education with E. Chun (New York: Routledge, in press 2019)

Latino Peoples in the New America: Racialization and Resistance with J. Cobas, D. Delgado, and M. Chávez (New York: Routledge-Paradigm, 2019)

The Global Color Line: Racial and Ethnic Inequality and Struggle from a Global Perspective 2nd ed. edited with P. Batur-Vanderlippe (Greenwich, CN: JAI Press, 2019)

Racist America 4th ed. with K. Ducey (New York: Routledge, 2018)

Elite White Men Ruling: Who, What, Where, and How with K. Ducey (New York: Routledge, 2017)

Systemic Racism: Making Liberty, Justice, and Democracy Real edited by R. Thompson-Miller and K. Ducey; contributors present research on systemic racism in honor of mentor and friend, Dr. Joe Feagin (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017)

How Blacks Built America (New York: Routledge, 2016)

Racial Theories in Social Science with S. Elias (New York: Routledge, 2016)

How Blacks Built America (New York: Routledge, 2015)

Jim Crow’s Legacy: The Lasting Impact of Segregation with R. Thompson-Miller and L. H. Picca (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2015)

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"Pulling Back the ‘Post-Racial’ Curtain: Critical Pedagogical Lessons from Both Sides of the Desk," in K. Haltinner, ed., Teaching Race and Anti-Racism in Contemporary America: Adding Context to Colorblindness (New York: Springer, 2014). (with J. C. Mueller).

"Systemic Racism Theory: Critically Examining College Sport Leadership," in L. L. Martin (Ed.), Out of Bounds: Racism and the Black Athlete (Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2014). (with M. R. Regan and A. R. Carter-Francique).

Liberation Sociology with Hernan Vera and K. Ducey (3rd ed., Paradigm Books, 2014)

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Latinos Facing Racism: Discrimination, Resistance, and Endurance with José A. Cobas (Paradigm Publishers, 2014)

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Racist America (3rd ed., Routledge, 2014)

[8]

The White Racial Frame: Centuries of Racial Framing and Counter-Framing (2nd ed., Routledge, 2013)

[9]

Yes We Can: White Racial Framing and the Obama Presidency with (2nd ed., Routledge, 2013)[10]

A. Harvey-Wingfield

White Party, White Government: Race, Class, and U.S. Politics (Routledge, 2012)

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Racial and Ethnic Relations with Clairece Booher Feagin (9th ed.; Prentice-Hall, 2011)

[12]

How the United States Racializes Latinos: White Hegemony and its Consequences edited, with José A. Cobas and (Paradigm Books, 2009)

Jorge Duany

Systemic Racism: A Theory of Oppression (Routledge, 2006)

[13]

Social Problems: A Power-Conflict Perspective (6th ed., Prentice-Hall, 2005)

[14]

Black in Blue: African-American Police Officers and Racism Kenneth Bolton with Joe R. Feagin (Routledge, 2004)

[15]

White Men on Race with Eileen O'Brien (Beacon, 2003)

[16]

The Many Costs of Racism with Karyn McKinney (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003)

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The First R: How Children Learn Race and Racism with Debra Van Ausdale (Rowman & Littlefield, 2001)

[18]

White Racism: The Basics with Hernan Vera and Pinar Batur (2nd ed., Routledge, 2001)

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Recent public contributions[edit]

In 2007, Feagin along with Jessie Daniels at Hunter College in NYC [23] launched Racism Review[23] a website designed to provide a credible and reliable source of information for journalists, students and members of the general public who are seeking solid evidence-based research and analysis of “race,” racism, ethnicity, and immigration issues, especially as they undergird and shape U.S. society within a global setting.

Graduate research professor, University of Florida, 1990–2004

Professor of sociology, University of Texas (Austin), 1975–1990

Scholar-in-residence, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 1974–1975

Associate professor of sociology, University of Texas (Austin), 1970–1974

Assistant professor, University of California (Riverside), 1966–1970