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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
 Frank
 Lechner


Director of Graduate Recruitment
 Richard
 Rubinson


Director of Undergraduate Studies
 Tracy Scott

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: 404-727-7532
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.

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.