George Wilson

Professor

gwilson1@miami.edu

Phone:
(305) 284-6156
Locator Code:
2208
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Career

Education

1995Ph.D. Sociology Johns Hopkins University
J.D. Law Rutgers University
Sociology Brown University
B.A. Sociology (Summa Cum Laude) SUNY Buffalo

COURSE LINKS

  • Social Analysis of Race Relations | SOC 650
  • Dynamics of Poverty in the United States | SOC 304
  • Social Stratification |
  • Population Studies |
  • Law and Society |
  • Courts and Society |
  • Sociological Theory |
  • Race and Ethnic Inequality in the New Millennium |
  • Theories of Human Nature |
  • Poverty and Wealth in Contemporary America |
  • Race Relations: Social Psychological Perspectives |
  • Race and Class in America |
  • Sociology of Law |
  • Class Structure and Social Stratification |
  • Race, Class, and Crime in America |
  • Classical Sociological Theory |
  • Wealth and Poverty in Contemporary America |
  • Race Relations in Contemporary America |
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    Professional Experience

    2011 - Professor, Department of Sociology
    2014 - 2016Non–Resident Fellow, .E.B. Dubois Institute for African American and African Research, Harvard University
    2014 - Resident Fellow, W.E.B. Dubois Institute for African American and African Research, Harvard University
    2001 - 2011Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Miami
    1996 - Faculty member, Programs in American Studies (Fall 1997-Spring 2005), African American Studies (Fall 1996-Fall 2007), Master in Liberal Arts Program (2009-present), and Judaic Studies (Fall 1999- present).
    1995 - 2001Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Miami
    1987 - 1988Civil Rights Attorney, Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Baltimore, Maryland
    1986 - 1987Law Clerk, The Honorable Mary Ellen Talbot, Superior Court of the State of New Jersey
    1992 - 1993Research Assistant to Dr. Karl Alexander, Department of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University
    1989 - 1992Research Assistant to Dr. Harvey Brenner, Department of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University

    Honors & Acknowledgements

    Winner, University Excellence Award in Teaching, University of Miami, April 2000
    (Highest Teaching Honor Bestowed by University of Miami).
    Nominated for University Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Miami, 2006.
    Nominated for University Excellence Award in Teaching, University of Miami, 2004.
    Nominated for University Excellence Award in Teaching, University of Miami, 1998.
    Nominated for Pan Hellenic Teaching Award, University of Miami November 1997.
    Listed in Who's Who in American Teachers 2003, 2000, and 1998.

    Conferences & Events

    March 2018
    “Occupational Mobility and Beliefs About the Inequality System | “Developments in Stratification Research” at the University of Haifa, Israel
    (with Vincent Roscigno).
    March, 2018
    “Privatization in the Public Sector: U.S. and German Contexts | Annual Meetings of the Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, Louisiana
    (with Vincent Roscigno and Carsten Sauer).
    More Conferences |

    Memberships

    American Sociological Association
    Southern Sociological Society
    Social Stratification Research Committee of the International Sociological Association

    COURSE LINKS

  • Social Analysis of Race Relations | SOC 650
  • Dynamics of Poverty in the United States | SOC 304
  • Social Stratification |
  • Population Studies |
  • Law and Society |
  • Courts and Society |
  • Sociological Theory |
  • Race and Ethnic Inequality in the New Millennium |
  • Theories of Human Nature |
  • Poverty and Wealth in Contemporary America |
  • Race Relations: Social Psychological Perspectives |
  • Race and Class in America |
  • Sociology of Law |
  • Class Structure and Social Stratification |
  • Race, Class, and Crime in America |
  • Classical Sociological Theory |
  • Wealth and Poverty in Contemporary America |
  • Race Relations in Contemporary America |
    • CV
    Research

    EDITORIAL BOARDS

    • Co-Editor Social Currents, 2018-2021 

      Deputy Editor, Social Currents, 2015 - present

    • Editorial Board, Research in the Sociology of Work, 2015 - present

    • Editorial Board, Sage Open Review, 2015 - present

    LIST OF SPECIALTIES: Race and Ethnicity, Social Stratification, Inequality, Labor Market

    Publications

    Carsten Sauer, Peter Valet, Vincent Roscigno and George Wilson "Neoliberalism’s Public Sector Impact: the U.S. and Germany Compared." In Rachel Dwyer, Ed. Oxford Handbook of Job Quality (New York, Oxford University Press. ).

    Maume, David, Matthew, Maliq and George Wilson "Minority Threat, Worker Power and Discriminatory Complaints: State Level Effects on Racial Income Inequality Among Men" Social Currents

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