Rashawn Ray
Rashawn Ray is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park, and the David M. Rubenstein Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution.[1] Since 2017 he has been the editor of Contexts magazine, published by the American Sociological Association, with co-editor Fabio Rojas.[2]
Career
Ray graduated from Indiana University, Bloomington, with a Ph.D. in sociology in 2010. He joined the sociology faculty at the University of Maryland, College Park after serving as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy research scholar at the University of California, Berkeley from 2010 to 2012.[3] His work pertains to social inequality and focuses on race and social activism. He is the author of Race and Ethnic Relations in the 21st Century: History, Theory, Institutions, and Policy.
Awards
In 2016, Ray won University of Maryland's Research Communicator Impact Award.[4] He also has been awarded mentorship awards from the Philip Merrill Presidential Scholars Program and the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program.[5] Furthermore, he has received the Teaching in Excellence Award from the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences at the University of Maryland.[6]
Public work
Ray has written several articles for The New York Times on a wide range of social topics including race and policing,[7] healthcare,[8] parenting styles,[9] and more. He has been featured in many news and media reports.[10]
References
- Brookings Institution profile page
- "it's all about contexts". 21 April 2017.
- "Rashawn Ray - SOCY l Sociology Department l University of Maryland". socy.umd.edu.
- "Dr. Rashawn Ray selected as winner of the UMD 2016 Research Communicator Impact Award - SOCY l Sociology Department l University of Maryland". socy.umd.edu.
- "rashawn ray » Sociology - Boston University". www.bu.edu.
- "#DocYourChange - Document Your Change". www.docyourchange.com.
- "Young, Black and Male in America" – via NYTimes.com.
- "What's the Best Way to Break Society's Bad Habits?" – via NYTimes.com.
- "Is Spanking a Black and White Issue?" – via NYTimes.com.
- Rashawn Ray homepage media listings