- Assistant Professor of Sociology, Mississippi State University
Margaret A. Hagerman is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Mississippi State University and is a Faculty Affiliate in both the African American Studies and Gender Studies programs. She received her Ph.D. from Emory University in 2014. Her qualitative research focuses on the study of racial socialization, or how kids learn about race, racism, inequality, and privilege. Hagerman's book, White Kids: Growing Up with Privilege in a Racially Divided America (2018 NYU Press) explores how white children learn about race in the context of their everyday lives.
Experience
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2012–presentAssistant Professor of Sociology, Mississippi State University
Education
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2012Emory University, Ph.D.
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2006Lehigh University, M.A.
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2000Lehigh University, B.A.
Publications
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2018White Kids: Growing Up with Privilege in a Racially Divided America, NYU Press
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2017White Racial Socialization: Progressive Fathers on Raising ‘Antiracist’ Children, Journal of Marriage and Family
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2017“‘The Celebrity Thing’: Using Photographs of Celebrities in Child-Centered, Ethnographic Interviews with White Kids about Race, Sociological Studies of Children and Youth
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2017Race Scholarship ‘With, By, and For’ Children: How Critical Youth Studies Can Inform Research on Race, Sociology Compass
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2016Using Ethnography and Interviews to Study Color-blind Racial Ideology, The Myth of Racial Color Blindness: Manifestations, Dynamics, and Impact
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2016Reproducing and Reworking Colorblind Racial Ideology: Acknowledging Children’s Agency in the White Habitus, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
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2014Ignorance and Outrage: White Families (Don’t) Talk About Race, Trayvon Martin, Race, and American Justice: Writing Wrong
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2014White Families and Race: Colour-blind and Colour-conscious Approaches to White Racial Socialization, Ethnic and Racial Studies
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2010I Like Being Intervieeeeeeewed!’: Children’s Perspectives on Participating in Social Research, Sociological Studies of Children and Youth
Professional Memberships
- American Sociological Association
- Southern Sociological Association
- Society for Research on Adolescence
- Society for Research on Child Development
- Location: Starkville, Mississippi, U.S.
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