John D. Skrentny, Professor

Ph.D. - Harvard, 1994

John D. Skrentny

2006 Recipient of the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship

Areas of Specialization: Political Sociology, Law and Society, Comparative-Historical Sociology, Immigration, Human Rights, East Asia

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

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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.

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Classes to be taught in 2009/10:

Winter 2010
SOCI 50 - Introduction to Law and Society


Selected Publications:

The Minority Rights Revolution (Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2002)

 

Color Lines: Affirmative Action, Immigration, and Civil Rights Options for America

(Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001)

The Ironies of Affirmative Action: Politics, Culture and Justice in America (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996)