Ray Addresses National Geographic Cover in Piece for Washington Post
Victor Ray, assistant professor of sociology, penned an opinion piece for the Washington Post addressing National Geographic’s cover for its issue about race.
Victor Ray, assistant professor of sociology, penned an opinion piece for the Washington Post addressing National Geographic’s cover for its issue about race.
Jon Shefner spoke to WBIR about recent walkouts staged by high school students to draw attention to concerns over school safety and gun violence.
In a recent episode of Dialogue on WUOT, UT sociology professors Michelle Christian and Asafa Jalata joined the panel to discuss race and systemic racism in America.
UT sociology professor Victor Ray has been named the new editor of the Inside Higher Ed column “Conditionally Accepted.”
Michelle Brown, associate professor of sociology, explores the ethical issues involved with settling space on the Making New Worlds podcast.
Victor Ray, an assistant professor of sociology, penned an essay aimed at the political elite following an August white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that turned violent.
The Maryville Daily Times featured Bohon’s research, which has uncovered ways white supremacist groups have attempted to infiltrate mainstream environmental organizations in an effort to covertly push anti-immigrant agendas.
A team of UT undergraduates and one postdoctoral researcher penned a column for The Root exploring the causes of the Flint, Michigan water crisis and questioned which parties are to be held responsible. The water crisis poisoned Flint residents and a government investigation has brought forth charges as a result. The column’s writers include Louise Seamster,
UT’s Department of Sociology will host a conference April 27–29 addressing some of the most pressing current issues surrounding racial inequality in the United States. The three-day conference, New Directions in Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, will bring nationally and internationally recognized scholars to the UT campus.
The “Hyrdolunteers” were formed in 2015 as a way for students from varying backgrounds to come together to better understand, protect, and preserve water resources in East Tennessee.
The well-substantiated racial differences in research support are yet another hurdle that scholars of color face—one that sets many of us behind. Victor Ray, assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, argues this notion in a recent Inside Higher Ed piece.
A panel of scholars and community leaders will discuss “Mass Incarceration in America: Time for Reform?” from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday, March 3, in the Lindsay Young Auditorium in Hodges Library.