Curriculum Vitae
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Hunter College/City University of New York
695 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021
(212) 772-5574
EDUCATION
| 2002 | Ph.D. | Sociology, Fordham University |
| 1997 | M.A. | Sociology, Fordham University |
| 1995 | B.A. | Sociology and African American Studies, San Jose State University |
SPECIALIZATIONS
Race and Ethnic Relations, Family, Gender, Education, Qualitative Methods, Media and Popular Culture
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| 2009 - Present | Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Hunter College/City University of New York |
| 2005 - 2008 | Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Hunter College/City University of New York |
| 2002 - 2005 | Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Eastern Connecticut State University |
| 1998 - 2000 | Senior Teaching Fellow, Department of Sociology, Fordham University |
PUBLICATIONS
Books
| 2009 | Childs, Erica Chito. Fade to Black and White: Interracial Images in Media and Popular Culture. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. |
| 2005 |
Childs, Erica Chito. Navigating Interracial Borders: Black-White Couples and Their Social Worlds. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. Reprints (2007) “Navigating Interracial Borders” (Eds.). Margaret L. Andersen and Patricia Hill Collins, Race, Class, and Gender: An Anthology 6th edition. Thomson Wadsworth |
Refereed Journal Articles
| 2008 | Childs, Erica Chito, “Listening to the Interracial Canary: Contemporary Views on Interracial Relationships Among Blacks and Whites,” Fordham Law Review, 76: 2771-2786. |
| 2006 | Childs, Erica Chito, “State of the Discourse: Can We Ignore The Perspective of Black Women on Their Own Experience?” Du Bois Review, Volume 3 (2): 471-479. |
| 2005 | Childs, Erica Chito. “Looking Behind the Stereotypes of the “Angry Black Woman”: An Exploration of Black Women’s Responses to Interracial Relationships.” Gender & Society. Volume 19:4:544-561 |
| 2005 | Childs, Erica Chito and Eunice Matthews. “Divided We Stand: The Reality of Social Distance among Caucasian, Black and Latino Students at a Public Liberal Arts University,” The Griot, Spring 2005, Pg. 40-57. |
| 2002 | Childs, Erica Chito. “Families on the color-line: patrolling borders and crossing boundaries.” Race and Society 5: 139-161. |
| 1999 | Childs, Erica. “Images of the Black Male: The Intersections of Race, Sexuality and Sports.” The Journal of African American Men. Volume 4(3) |
Chapters in Edited Volumes
| 2009 | Chito Childs, Erica and Heather Dalmage. “Raising Biracial Children: The Experiences of Black Married Fathers,” (Eds. Roberta Coles and Charles Green) Dismissing the Myth: The Persistence of Black Fatherhood in America. New York: Columbia University Press. (Forthcoming) |
| 2009 | Chito Childs, Erica; Stephanie Laudone and LaToya Tavernier. “Revisiting Black Sexualities and Families,” (Ed. Sandra Barnes) Black Sexualities: Probing Passions, Problems, and Policies. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. (Forthcoming) |
| 2006 | Childs, Erica Chito. “Black and White: Family Opposition to Becoming Multiracial” Pp.233-248 in (Ed. David Brunsma) Mixed Messages: Multiracial Identities in the ‘Color-Blind’ Era. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers. |
| 2006 | Childs, Erica Chito and Eunice Matthews. “Racial Divides on a Diverse Campus: An Exploration of Social Distance at a State Liberal Arts University.” In (Ed. Robert Moore) African Americans and Whites: Changing Relationships on College Campuses. Lanham, MD: University Press of America. |
| 2005 | Childs, Erica Chito. “Black-White Interracial Marriage and Families: Theory and Methods,” Pp. 202-205 in (Eds. Peggy Dilworth Anderson, Katherine Allen, Vern Bengston, and Alan Acock), Sourcebook of Family Theory and Research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publication. |
| 2005 | Childs, Erica Chito. “Between Black and White: Creating a Multiracial Community.” Chapter in (Ed. John Myers) Minority Voices: Linking Personal Ethnic History and the Sociological Imagination. Allyn & Bacon. |
| 2004 | Childs, Erica Chito. “MULTIRACE.COM: The Promise and Pitfalls of Multiracial Cyberspace.” in (Ed. Heather Dalmage) The Politics of Multiracialism: Transforming, Transcending and Challenging Racial Thinking. Albany, NY: SUNY Press. |
Invited Book Reviews
| 2009 | Chito Childs, Erica. Book review of Making Multiracials: State, Family and Market in the Redrawing of the Color Line. By Kimberly McClain DaCosta. American Journal of Sociology, Forthcoming. |
| 2008 | Childs, Erica Chito. Book review of The Age of Independence: Interracial Unions, Same-Sex Unions, and the Changing Family. By Michael J. Rosenfeld. Contemporary Sociology 37(4): 332-333. |
| 2002 | Childs, Erica Chito. Book review of Beyond Black: Biracial Identity in America By Kerry Rockquemore and David Brunsma. Race and Society. |
| 2000 | Childs, Erica Chito. Book review of Racial Categorization of Multiracial Children in Schools. By Jane Ayers Chiong for Transformations: A Resource for Curriculum Transformation and Scholarship. Volume 11(1). |
| 2000 | Childs, Erica Chito. Book review of Becoming and Unbecoming White: Owning and Disowning a Racial Identity. (Eds.) by Christine Clark and James O’Donnell for Transformations: A Resource for Curriculum Transformation and Scholarship. Volume 1. |
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
| 2009 | Chito Childs, |
Erica. Playing the Color-Blind Card: Seeing Black and White in News Media, Paper presented at the American Sociological Association. |
| 2008 | Chito Childs, |
Erica. Fade to Black and White: Interracial Images in America" Paper presented at the American Sociological Association. |
| 2007 | Chito Childs, |
Erica. “The Prime-Time Colorline” Paper presented
at the Eastern Sociological Society.
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| 2006 | Chito Childs, |
Erica. “Navigating Interracial Borders” Paper
presented at the XVI World Congress of Sociology, International
Sociological Association, Durban South Africa.
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| 2005 | Chito Childs, |
Erica. “The Racial Politics of Interracial Couples:
Sites of Racism and Anti-racism,” Paper presented at the American
Sociological Association.
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| 2004 | Chito Childs, |
Erica. “The Racial Politics of Interracial Couples:
Sites of Racism and Anti-racism,” Paper presented at the American
Sociological Association.
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| 2004 | Chito Childs, |
Erica. “Images in Black and White: Popular Culture
Depiction of Interracial Couples.” Paper presented at the American
Sociological Association.
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| 2003 | Chito Childs, |
Erica. “Multirace.com: The Promise and Pitfalls
of Multiracial Cyberspace,” Paper presented at American Sociological
Association.
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| 2002 | Chito Childs, |
Erica. “The Realization of Sexuality: Exploring
the Views of White and Black Communities.” Paper presented at
American Sociological Association Annual Meeting.
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| 2002 | Chito Childs, |
Erica. “Selling-Out or Keeping It Real: Negotiating
A Black Identity Within An Interracial Relationship.” Paper presented
at Association of Black Sociologists Annual Meeting.
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| 2001 | Chito Childs, |
Erica. “Constructing Interracial Borders: Multiple
Narratives and Voices.” Paper presented at the American Sociological
Association Annual Meeting.
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| 2000 | Chito Childs, |
Erica. “Crossing the Color Line in the 21st
Century.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association
Annual Meeting.
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| 2000 | Chito Childs, |
Erica. “Interracial Images: An Analysis of Black-White
Couples in Popular Film.” Paper presented at the Society for the
Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting.
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| 2000 | Chito Childs, |
Erica. “Crossing (Inter) Racial Borders: Tales
of Race, Sex and Research.” Paper presented at the Couch-Stone
Symposium of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction.
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| 1999 | Chito Childs, |
Erica. “Interracial Sex and Marriage: An Issue
of Culture and Identity.” Paper presented at the American Sociological
Association Annual Meeting.
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| 1999 | Chito Childs, |
Erica. “Racial Identity and Interracial Relations:
An Exploration of the Social Construction of Race.” Paper presented
at the Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting.
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| 1998 | Chito Childs, |
Erica. “Culture of the Courts: The Construction
of Race and Gender on the Outdoor Basketball Courts.” Paper presented
at the Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting.
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| 1998 | Chito Childs, |
Erica. “Interracial Relations and the Emotions:
Toward a Theoretical Framework.” Paper presented at the American
Sociological Association Annual Meeting.
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| 1998 | Chito Childs, |
Erica. “Images of the Black Male: The Intersections
of Race, Sexuality and Sports.” Paper presented at the American
Sociological Association Annual Meeting.
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| 1998 | Chito Childs, |
Erica. “Cultural Aspects of Interracial Relationships
and Racial Identity.” Paper presented at the Couch-Stone Symposium
of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction.
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GRANTS AND AWARDS
| 2007 - 2008 | PSC-CUNY Grant, “Kindergarten Tracks: An Ethnographic Look at African American Boys in Kindergarten.” | |
| 2007 | CUNY Faculty Fellowship Publication Program Associate | |
| 2006 - 2007 | PSC-CUNY Grant “The Prime Time Color Line.” | |
| 2006 - 2007 | NSF Gender Equity Project Associate | |
| 2003 - 2004 | Faculty Research Grant, Eastern Connecticut State University. | |
| 2000 - 2001 | Research Grant, Fordham University Center for Ethics Education (co-sponsored by American Psychological Association). | |
| 2001 | Rose Laub Coser Dissertation Award, Eastern Sociological Society. | |
| 2001 | Association of Black Sociologists Graduate Student Paper Award. | |
| 1999 - 2000 | Prestigious Senior Teaching Fellowship, Fordham University. | |
| 1998 - 1999 | Prestigious Teaching Fellowship, Fordham University | |
| 1997 | American Sociological Association Honors Program. | |
| 1996 | Alpha Kappa Delta |
TEACHING
Courses Taught
| Sociology of the Family | Race and Ethnic Relations | |
| Introduction to Sociology | Contemporary Sociological Theory | |
| Sociology of Popular Culture | Qualitative Research Methods | |
| Focus Groups (graduate course) | Race and Multiculturalism in a Global Context (graduate course) |
SERVICE
Referee:
| American Journal of Sociology | American Sociological Review | |
| Gender and Society | Race and Society | |
| Sociological Forum | Social Forces | |
| Symbolic Interaction | Rutgers University Press | |
| Lynne Rienner Press | Palgrave | |
| National Science Foundation |
National Service
| 2009-2010 | Chair, Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities, American Sociological Association | |
| 2009 | Program Committee, Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting | |
| 2008-2010 | Chair, Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Society for the Study of Social Problems. | |
| 2008-2009 | Chair-Elect, Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities, American Sociological Association | |
| 2007-2009 | Council Member, Section on Race, Class, Gender, American Sociological Association | |
| 2007 | Program Committee, Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting | |
| 2006-2008 | Chair, Oliver Cromwell Cox Award Committee, American Sociological Association, Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities. | |
| 2004-2007 | Council Member, Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities, American Sociological Association. | |
| 2002 | Session Co-Organizer (with Abby Ferber),“Interracial Sexuality and the Social Construction of Race.” American Sociological Association. | |
| 2002 | Session Organizer, “Interracial Marriage and The Black Community: Attitudes and Implications.” Association of Black Sociologists. | |
| 2002 | Panel Session Organizer, “Women, Work and Children.” Sociologists for Women in Society. | |
| 2002 | Professional Workshop Facilitator, “Timing Careers, Becoming Parents.” American Sociological Association. |
University and Departmental Service
| 2005 - Present | Sociology Club Advisor, Hunter College/CUNY | |
| 2005 - Present | Urban Lecture Series Planning Committee, Hunter College/CUNY |
Professional Affiliations
American Sociological Association
Eastern Sociological Society New England Sociological Association Society for the Study of Social Problems Sociologists for Women in Society |