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About the Department

Department of Sociology
Emory University
1555 Dickey Dr.
Atlanta, GA 30322

Phone: 404-727-7510
Fax: 404-727-7532

Department Administration

Chair of Sociology
 Karen
 Hegtvedt

Director of Graduate Studies
 Cathryn
 Johnson


Director of Graduate Recruitment
 Richard
 Rubinson


Director of Undergraduate Studies
 Tracy Scott

Amanda E. Lewis

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