Monica McDermott

Monica McDermott is an assistant professor of Sociology, affiliated with African & African American Studies, the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity and the program on Urban Studies. Her research focuses upon the ways in which race and class interact in the contemporary United States. She uses a variety of methodologies to analyze race/class interactions, ranging from participant observation to statistical analyses of secondary survey data and census data.

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RESEARCH AREAS

Race and ethnicity, Urban Sociology, Inequality, Public Opinion, and The Integration of Qualitative and Quantitative Methodologies.

Other Affiliations:

Affiliated with Programs in African and African American Studies,Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, and Urban Studies.

Faculty Mentor, Black Society of Sociology Students (BSOSS), 2007-

PUBLICATIONS

Recent Papers:

  • McDermott, Monica. Forthcoming. “Varieties of White Racial Identity,” in Doing Race: 21 Essays for the 21st Century, Hazel Markus and Paula Moya, eds.
  • McDermott, Monica. 2006. Working Class White: The Making and Unmaking of Race Relations. Berkeley: University of California Press.
  • Small, Mario and Monica McDermott. 2006. “The Presence of Organizational Resources in Poor Urban Neighborhoods: An Analysis of Average and Contextual Effects.” Social Forces 84:1697-1724.
  • McDermott, Monica and Frank L. Samson. 2005. “White Racial and Ethnic Identity in the United States.” Annual Review of Sociology. 31:245-261.
  • McDermott, Monica. 2002. “Trends in the Race and Ethnicity of Eminent Americans.” Sociological Forum 17(1):137-160.
  • McDermott, Monica. 2001. “Class Structure and Racial Consciousness among Black Americans.” Critical Sociology 27(1):1-28.


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