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Whitney Pirtle
Associate Professor of Sociology
University of California - Merced
Education/Degree:
1 Sociology Sociology (Vanderbilt University)
About
Dr. Whitney Pirtle is an Associate Professor of Sociology and McArthur Foundation Chair in International Justice and Human Rights at the University of California, Merced, where she also directs the Sociology of Health and Equity (SHE) Lab. Dr. Pirtle is a sociologist with interdisciplinary and subject area expertise in race and racism; health disparities and health equity; social problems and social justice; Black feminist sociology and praxis; and mixed methodologies.
Current Work
Recent research includes writing on Covid-19 pandemic inequities, and institutional anti-Blackness. In 2022 she co-edited Black Feminist Sociology: Perspectives and Praxis with Zakiya Luna. She is currently completing two book manuscripts, one on race in post-apartheid South Africa and the other is under contract with Polity Press, tentatively titled, Black Identities: The Expansiveness of Blackness in the US.
Research Area Keyword(s)
Critical Race Theory, health equity, Black feminism