Matthew W. Hughey
Professor of Sociology
Affiliate Faculty of the Africana Studies Institute
Affiliate Faculty of the American Studies Program
Affiliate Faculty of the Graduate Certificate and Masters Degree Program in Intersectional Indigeneity, Race, Ethnicity, & Politics (IIREP)
Affiliate Faculty of the Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (InCHIP)
Affiliate Faculty of the Sustainable Global Cities Initiative
Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy), Sociology, University of Virginia
A.L.M. (Artibus Liberalibus Magistri | Master of Liberal Arts), Religion, Harvard University
M.Ed. (Master’s of Education), Cultural Studies, Ohio University
B.A. (Bachelor of Arts), Sociology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Website: www.matthewhughey.com
BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT
Dr. Matthew W. Hughey is Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut, where he researches the social dimensions of “race” in relation to social inequality, knowledge, media, science, and religion. The author of over 85 peer-reviewed scholarly articles and 9 scholarly books, Professor Hughey was a co-founding Associate Editor of Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. He has also received an array of awards and honors, such as the Distinguished Early Career Award by the American Sociological Association’s Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities, the Helena Znaniecki Lopata Mentoring Award from the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, and was named a 2022 Fulbright Scholar.
SECONDARY ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Member, “International Centre on Racism,” Edge Hill University (England)
Affiliate Member and Partner, “Culture, Politics, and Global Justice,” University of Cambridge (England)
International Collaborator, “Research Group on Gender, Identity, and Diversity,” University of Barcelona (Spain)
Research Associate, “Critical Studies in Higher Education Transformation,” Nelson Mandela University (South Africa)
VISITING ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Visiting Professor, Department of Sociology, London School of Economics (England), Fall 2022
Visiting Scholar, School of Law, University of Kent (England), May 2019
Visiting Professor, Department of Sociology, Trinity College-Dublin (Ireland), Sept-Oct 2018
Visiting Fellow, Institute of Advanced Study, University of Warwick (England), Spring 2018
Visiting Scholar, Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race, Columbia University (USA), 2016-2017
Visiting Professor, Postgraduate School, Universiteit Van Die Vrystaat / University of the Free State (South Africa), Sept 2016
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
A Pledge with Purpose: Black Sororities and Fraternities and the Fight for Equality (New York University Press, 2020)
Racialized Media: The Design Delivery and Decoding of Race and Ethnicity (New York University Press, 2020)
The White Savior Film: Content, Critics, and Consumption (Temple University Press, 2014)
The Wrongs of the Right: Language, Race, and the Republican Party in the Age of Obama (New York University Press, 2014)
Race and Ethnicity in Secret and Exclusive Social Orders: Blood and Shadow (Taylor & Francis, 2014)
White Bound: Nationalists, Antiracists, and the Shared Meanings of Race (Stanford University Press, 2012)
The Obamas and a (Post) Racial America? (Oxford University Press, 2011)
Black Greek-Letter Organizations, 2.0 (University Press of Mississippi, 2011)
12 Angry Men: True Stories of Being a Black Man in America Today (The New Press, 2010)
| matthew.hughey@uconn.edu | |
| Phone | 860 486-3364 |
| Office Location | 328 Manchester Hall |
| Office Hours | Tuesday/Thursday 11am-1pm and by appointment |
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