John D. Skrentny, Professor
Ph.D. - Harvard, 1994

2006 Recipient of the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship

Areas of Specialization: Political Sociology, Law and Society, Comparative-Historical Sociology

Email Address:   jskrentny@ucsd.edu
Phone number:    858-534-0484
Office location:  490 Social Science Building

Office Hours

Biography:

John Skrentny received his B.A. in sociology and philosophy from Indiana University and his Ph.D in sociology from Harvard University. His primary areas of research and teaching interest are politics, law, social movements, ethnicity, globalization, and culture. His first book, The Ironies of Affirmative Action (University of Chicago Press, 1996), is a study of the origins and politics of employment affirmative action for African Americans. He has also edited a book entitled Color Lines: Affirmative Action, Immigration and Civil Rights Options for America (University of Chicago Press, 2001). His most recent book is The Minority Rights Revolution(Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2002). It explores the American development of public policy designed to benefit minorities, including Latinos, women, Asian Americans, the disabled, white ethnics, and others. His current research includes a study of globalization and human rights in East Asia and a study of the impact of immigration on discrimination law in the United States. Skrentny is a former National Science Foundation Fellow and Fellow of the Princeton University Center for Human Values.

Curriculum Vitae
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Classes to be taught in 2007/08:

Winter 2008
SocL 50 - Intro to Law and Society
SOC/G 285 - Immigration and Citizen

Spring 2008
SOCC 140F-Law and the Workplace
SOC/A 100 - Classical Sociological Theory

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