Matthew Hughey

Matthew Hughey: “What Everyday White Americans and the Buffalo Shooter Have in Common”

Check out Professor Matthew Hughey’s recent article in Slate, “What Everyday White Americans and the Buffalo Shooter Have in Common.” **Excerpt from Article** In the rush to make sense of the shooting in Buffalo, many have categorized the violence as the reflection of hatred, bigotry, mental illness, and growing extremism. It may be tempting, or even […]

Matthew Hughey: For Black Workers, Age Discrimination Strikes Twice

Check out “For Black Workers, Age Discrimination Strikes Twice” in The Washington Post, which cites research by Sociology Professor Matthew Hughey on racism among White people and his analysis of other’s research on racism. *** When he saw the chart above, University of Connecticut sociologist Matthew Hughey was struck by the steadiness of the trend […]

Matthew Hughey and Jeremy Pais: 2020 Research Excellence Award

The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) recently announced recipients in the 2020 Research Excellence Program (REP) for the Storrs/regional campuses and UConn Health The primary goal of the REP is to provide seed funding to fuel innovative research, scholarship, and creative endeavors with strong potential for significant extramural funding and/or achievements consistent […]

Matthew Hughey: Recent Media Appearances

Read Matthew Hughey’s recent op-ed in the Hartford Courant, “There’s Another Pandemic to Fight: Racism.” The article can be found here.   “Until we face up to our own lack of empathy and kindness to others, coupled with a hard look at the white-interests of disease-blaming, we will not understand how truly connected and reliant […]

Matthew W. Hughey’s article “Debating Du Bois’s Darkwater: From hymn of hate to pathos and power”

  Read Matthew Hughey’s new article, “Debating Du Bois’s Darkwater: From hymn of hate to pathos and power,” published in Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power. “The initial 1920 publication of W. E. B. Du Bois’s Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil sold over 15,000 copies. Its initial 1969 reissue, and subsequent reprints, have since garnered even more sales […]

Coming Soon! Kappa of Connecticut Chapter of Alpha Kappa Delta

The UConn Sociology Department is pleased to announce that we have been approved to establish the Kappa of Connecticut chapter of Alpha Kappa Delta under the direction of Matthew Hughey (chapter representative).   Alpha Kappa Delta: The International Sociology Honor Society Alpha Kappa Delta (AKD) is the International Sociology Honor Society.  AKD was founded in 1920 at […]

Matthew Hughey’s New Book!

Matthew W. Hughey and Gregory S. Parks’s book: A Pledge with Purpose: Black Sororities and Fraternities and the Fight for Equality Gregory S. Parks is Professor at Wake Forest University School of Law. He is co-author of The Wrongs of the Right: Language, Race, and the Republican Party in the Age of Obama and The […]