I am keenly interested in the convergence of race, gender and digital media. I write both (online and in print) and create videos about racism and anti-racism in an increasingly global networked society. On a recent trip to Amsterdam, I happened upon a major antiracism rally (protestors pictured here, more photos here). The rally was organized as a challenge Geert Wilders, a Dutch MP, and his film, Fitna, widely regarded as racist. For more about the rally, race, gender and anti-racism in Holland, you can go here.

My background and training is in sociology (M.A., Ph.D., Sociology, University of Texas-Austin) and I currently work in Urban Public Health at CUNY-Hunter College in New York City. I see urban health as a social justice issue. I am interested in the ways that built-in mechanisms of structural racism perpetuate a complex array of health inequalities. In line with this interest, I directed a project that looked at the inequities of race, gender, class and health that shape the experience of young men formerly incarcerated at Rikers Island. I, along with colleagues, have several articles from that study forthcoming and under review. For more frequent updates from me about digital media, sociology and life, check out my personal blog, Thinking at the Interface.