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W.E.B. Du Bois Papers, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libaries.
Mission Statement
The Du Boisian Scholars Network (DBSN) is an organization composed of scholars and activists working in the tradition pioneered by W.E.B. Du Bois. The Network is rooted in sociology and welcomes others who share its goals. Seeking to enact emancipatory change both within and beyond the academy, we advance a critical intellectual agenda, collaborate with communities and movements, and create scholarly support systems for this work. Specifically, the mission and vision of the DBSN is to:
Set an emancipatory Du Boisian intellectual agenda
To advance and develop critical and transformational scholarly work and teaching within and beyond Sociology, informed by Du Bois’s rigorous and emancipatory tradition.
To make Du Boisian-inspired research address central debates within the public sphere aimed at dismantling racist, unjust, and exploitative structures of domination.
To develop Du Boisian research agendas and projects in service to, and in respectful cooperation with, communities working for social justice.
Engage Community
Foster connection and collaboration with social change movements, organizers, and practitioners.
Promote information exchanges that help make research accessible to community members and other concerned publics.
Work with communities to challenge harmful narratives, policies, and practices.
Support Du Boisian scholars
Create and support mechanisms of intellectual support and mentoring, with an emphasis on nurturing emerging scholars, and seeking to protect vulnerable scholars
Develop repositories of data, syllabi, curricula, and other resources for the network
To intervene within professional organizations to facilitate and promote institutional change aimed at a more inclusive and equitable distribution of power, opportunities for growth, and leadership.
Karida L. Brown
Assistant Professor of Sociology
University of California Los Angeles
Barbara Combs
Associate Professor and Interim Chair of Sociology and Criminal Justice
Clark Atlanta University
Fatma Müge Göçek
Professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies
University of Michigan
Saida Grundy
Assistant Professor of Sociology and African American Studies
Boston University
Marcus Anthony Hunter
Scott Waugh Endowed Chair in the Division of the Social Sciences, Associate Professor of Sociology, and Chair of African American Studies
University of California, Los Angeles
José Itzigsohn
Professor of Sociology
Brown University
Prabhdeep Kehal
Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology
Brown University
Aldon Morris
Leon Forrest Professor of Sociology and African American Studies
Northwestern University
Pamela Oliver
Conway-Bascom Professor of Sociology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Tina M. Park
Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology
Brown University
Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Latina/Latino Studies
Northwestern University
Deirdre Royster
Associate Professor of Sociology and Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
New York University
Michael Schwartz
Distinguished Teaching Professor of Sociology
Stony Brook University
Abigail Sewell
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Emory University
Luna White
Ph.D. Student in Sociology
University of Illinois at Chicago
Anthony James Williams
Ph.D. Student in Sociology
University of California, Los Angeles
Alford A. Young, Jr.
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Sociology and Afroamerican and African Studies
University of Michigan