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Department News: Sociology Awards Ceremony
On April 21, 2008. the Sociology Department held its annual awards Ceremony. Read more >>
Graduate News: Gianluca De Fazio

Gianluca De Fazio was awarded the Andrew Mellon Pre-Dissertation Fellowship.

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Graduate News: Dr. Franziska Bieri & Dr. Nikki Khanna
Congratulations to Dr. Franziska Bieri and Dr. Nikki Khanna for completing the Emory Sociology Phd ... Read more >>
Graduate News: Beth Tarasawa
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Faculty News: Dr. Robert Agnew
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Undergraduate News: Alix Braverman
Alix Braverman, senior Sociology major, was one of three awarded the Shepard Scholarship. Read more >>

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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

Bob Agnew
Chair of Sociology
Irene Browne
Director of Graduate Studies
Alex Hicks
Director of Graduate Recruitment
Jeff Mullis
Director of Undergraduate Studies

Delores Aldridge

Delores Aldridge Professor,Grace Towns Hamilton Professor of Sociology and African American Studies
Department of Sociology
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322

Telephone: 404-727-0534
FAX: 404-727-0534
E-MAIL: daldri2@emory.edu

OFFICE: 228 Tarbutton Hall

Curriculum Vitae (PDF format)

Degree: Ph.D., Purdue University, 1971

General Research Area: Grace Towns Hamilton Professor of Sociology and African American Studies; African American culture, intergroup relations, race, gender, families, stratification. A past president of national organizations on four separate occasions and one of the leading

Current Research: Africana theory, black male-female relations; women in the labor market; cultural democracy and engendering in higher education.

Selected Publications: Africana Theory: Philosophical Perspectives and Theoretical Paradigms, forthcoming , Washington State University Press, 2007; "Race, Gender, and Africana Theorizing," Africana Studies: A Review of Social Science Research, 2006; "African American Women Since the Second World War: Perspectives on Gender and Race," A Companion to African American History, Blackwell Publishing, 2005; Out of the Revolution: The Development of Africana Studies, (Co-Editor) Lexington Books, 2000; Focusing: Black Male-Female Relationships, Third World Press, 1995; "On Matters of Race and Culture," Sociological Focus, 2001; "Black Women and the New World Order: Toward a Fit in the Economic Marketplace," in Latinas and African American Women at Work, 1999.