"The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.”
~ Ida B. Wells
~ Ida B. Wells
My research addresses five main areas: race and racism, inequality and mobility, intersectional analysis, qualitative methods and the pedagogy of race and ethnicity. My research on multiracialism ties together the important work on shifting racial identities and the persistence of racism; I study how these two forces interact to influence multiracials' identities on the micro level and shape the racial hierarchy on the macro level. In addition to my current book and articles, I'm writing a new book, utilizing a critical race theory framework, that synthesizes the research on multiraciality (under contract with Polity). Throughout my work I use an intersectional lens to evaluate how people's experiences vary based on the matrix of their identities, working to reveal how race and racism manifests in relationship to intersecting structures of oppression.
Much of my research is also on the pedagogy of race and ethnicity. The article "More Than a Knapsack: The White Supremacy Flower as a New Model for Teaching Racism" is already being employed in the classroom by many professors and has been a featured teaching resource on the ASA website. The basis of this article can also be viewed through the related TEDx talk, "Understanding Our Roots: White Supremacy is More Than the KKK." My approach to teaching an introductory race and ethnicity course can be seen through the organization and features of my co-edited volume, with Milton Vickerman (University of Virginia), Race and Ethnicity (Cognella). My recently released book, Understanding Racism, reviews and explains 13 major theories of racism; this book is valuable for undergraduate and graduate students as well as community activists and learning circles (published by SAGE).
Much of my research is also on the pedagogy of race and ethnicity. The article "More Than a Knapsack: The White Supremacy Flower as a New Model for Teaching Racism" is already being employed in the classroom by many professors and has been a featured teaching resource on the ASA website. The basis of this article can also be viewed through the related TEDx talk, "Understanding Our Roots: White Supremacy is More Than the KKK." My approach to teaching an introductory race and ethnicity course can be seen through the organization and features of my co-edited volume, with Milton Vickerman (University of Virginia), Race and Ethnicity (Cognella). My recently released book, Understanding Racism, reviews and explains 13 major theories of racism; this book is valuable for undergraduate and graduate students as well as community activists and learning circles (published by SAGE).
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Other selected publications:
strmic-pawl, hephzibah, Vanessa Gonlin, and Steve Garner. 2021. “Color in Context: Three Angles on Contemporary Colorism.” Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 7(3):289-303.
strmic-pawl, hephzibah, Brandon A. Jackson, and Steve Garner. 2018. Race Counts: Racial and Ethnic Data on the U.S. Census and the Implications for Tracking Inequality." Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 4(1): 1-13.
strmic-pawl, hephzibah and Rai Wilson [student]. 2016. “‘Equal Opportunity Racism?’ A Review of Cards Against Humanity.” Humanity and Society 40(2): 1-4.
strmic-pawl, hephzibah. 2015. "More Than a Knapsack: The White Supremacy Flower as a New Model for Teaching Racism." Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, 1(1): 192-197.
strmic-pawl, hephzibahh. 2014. “The Influences Affecting and the Influential Effects of Multiracials: Multiracialism and Stratification.” Sociology Compass. 8(1): 63-77.
strmic-pawl, hephzibah. & Phyllis Leffler. 2011. “Black Families and Fostering of Leadership.” Ethnicities. 11(2): 139-162.
Strmic Pawl.Ethnicities.pdf
Other selected publications:
strmic-pawl, hephzibah, Vanessa Gonlin, and Steve Garner. 2021. “Color in Context: Three Angles on Contemporary Colorism.” Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 7(3):289-303.
strmic-pawl, hephzibah, Brandon A. Jackson, and Steve Garner. 2018. Race Counts: Racial and Ethnic Data on the U.S. Census and the Implications for Tracking Inequality." Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 4(1): 1-13.
strmic-pawl, hephzibah and Rai Wilson [student]. 2016. “‘Equal Opportunity Racism?’ A Review of Cards Against Humanity.” Humanity and Society 40(2): 1-4.
strmic-pawl, hephzibah. 2015. "More Than a Knapsack: The White Supremacy Flower as a New Model for Teaching Racism." Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, 1(1): 192-197.
- This article has instructors as the target audience. Another version of this article is available for students as the target audience and is a chapter in my co-edited volume, Race and Ethnicity: Constancy in Change. The White Supremacy Flower: A Model for Understanding Racism
strmic-pawl, hephzibahh. 2014. “The Influences Affecting and the Influential Effects of Multiracials: Multiracialism and Stratification.” Sociology Compass. 8(1): 63-77.
strmic-pawl, hephzibah. & Phyllis Leffler. 2011. “Black Families and Fostering of Leadership.” Ethnicities. 11(2): 139-162.
Strmic Pawl.Ethnicities.pdf