Amanda E. Lewis
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322
Telephone: 404-727-7413
FAX: 404-727-7532
E-MAIL: amanda.evelyn.lewis@emory.edu
OFFICE: 208 Tarbutton Hall
Curriculum Vitae (PDF format)
Degree: Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2000
General Research Area: race and ethnic relations, urban schooling, children and youth, qualitative methods, gender, social inequality, urban ethnography.
Selected Publications:
Here is a list of my published articles. They should be downloaded for personal use only. If you click on the paper title, you will be taken to a PDF version of the article. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to read the files, available for free from ADOBE.
"Race and School Achievement in a Desegregated Suburb: Reconsidering the Oppositional Culture Explanation." (with John B. Diamond and Lamont Gordon). (2007). International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. 20(6):655–679.
"Researching 'Black' Educational Experiences and Outcomes: Theoretical and Methodological Considerations." (with Carla O’Connor and Jennifer Mueller). (2007). Educational Researcher. 36(9):541–552.
"Racial Apathy and Hurricane Katrina: The Social Anatomy of Prejudice in the Post-Civil Rights Era." (with Tyrone Forman). (2006). Du Bois Review. 3(1):175-202.
Chesler, Mark, Amanda E. Lewis and James Crowfoot. 2005. Challenging Racism in Higher Education: Promoting Justice. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
Krysan, Maria and Amanda E. Lewis (Eds.). 2004. Changing Terrain of Race & Ethnicity. New York, NY. Russell Sage.
"'What Group?' Studying Whites and Whiteness in the Era of 'Color-Blindness.'" (2004). Sociological Theory 22(4):623-646.
"Everyday Race-Making: Navigating Racial Boundaries in Schools." (2003). American Behavioral Scientist. 47(3):283-305.
Lewis, Amanda E. 2003. Race in the Schoolyard: Negotiating the Color Line in Classrooms and Communities. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
“Contestation or Collaboration?: A Comparative Study of Home-School Relations.” (with Tyrone Forman). (2002). Anthropology & Education Quarterly. 33(1):60-89.
"There Is No 'Race' in the Schoolyard: Color-Blind Ideology in an (Almost) All-White School." (2001). American Educational Research Journal. 38(4):781-811.
Selected Courses