MARGARET A. HAGERMAN Department of Sociology Mississippi State University 213 Bowen Hall P.O. Box C Mississippi State, MS 39762 Tel: (662) 325-0217 Email: mah1125@msstate.edu ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2014 present Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology Affiliate Faculty of the Program of African American Studies Affiliate Faculty of the Program of Gender Studies Mississippi State University 2011 2014 Lecturer, Human Development and Family Studies University of Wisconsin Madison EDUCATION Ph.D. 2014 Sociology, Emory University M.A. 2006 Sociology, Lehigh University B.A. 2004 English, Lehigh University 2003 English, King s College London RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS Racial Socialization; Race and Ethnic Relations; Children and Youth; Qualitative Methods; Families; Privilege; Education PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Books Hagerman, Margaret A. (Forthcoming 2018.) White Kids: Parenting, Privilege, and the Reproduction of Racism. New York: New York University Press.
Journal Articles Hagerman, Margaret Ann. 2017. Race Scholarship With, By, and For Children: How Critical Youth Studies Can Inform Research on Race. Sociology Compass 11(8):e12501. Hagerman, Margaret Ann. 2017. White Racial Socialization: Progressive Fathers on Raising Antiracist Children. Journal of Marriage and Family 79:60-74. Hagerman, Margaret Ann. 2016. Reproducing and Reworking Colorblind Racial Ideology: Acknowledging Children s Agency in the White Habitus. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 2(1):58-71. Hagerman, Margaret Ann. 2014. White Families and Race: Colour-blind and Colourconscious Approaches to White Racial Socialization. Ethnic and Racial Studies 37 (14):2598-2614. Book Chapters and Other Publications Hagerman, Margaret Ann. 2017. The Celebrity Thing : Using Photographs of Celebrities in Child-Centered, Ethnographic Interviews with White Kids about Race. Pp. 302-324 in Sociological Studies of Children and Youth. Vol. 22, Researching Kids and Teens: Methodological Issues, Strategies, and Innovations, edited by I. E. Castro, M. Swauger, and B. Harger. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Lewis, Amanda E. and Margaret Ann Hagerman. 2016. Using Ethnography and Interviews to Study Color-blind Racial Ideology. Pp. 157-171 in The Myth of Racial Color Blindness: Manifestations, Dynamics, and Impact, edited by H. A. Neville, M. E. Gallardo, and D. W. Sue. Washington D.C.: American Psychological Association. Hagerman, Margaret Ann & Eric D. Vivier. 2014. Ignorance and Outrage: White Families (Don t) Talk About Race. Pp. 73-78 in Trayvon Martin, Race, and American Justice: Writing Wrong, edited by K. Fasching-Varner, R. Reynolds, K. Albert, and L. Martin (Eds.) Boston: Sense Publishers. Hagerman, Margaret Ann. 2010. I Like Being Intervieeeeeeewed! : Children s Perspectives on Participating in Social Research. Pp. 61-101 in Sociological Studies of Children and Youth, Vol. 13, Children and Youth Speak for Themselves, edited by H.B. Johnson. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited. HONORS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS Graduate Faculty Mentoring Award, Department of Sociology, Mississippi State University, April 2016. 2
HONORS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS (cont.) Competitive Travel Grant. Office of Research and Economic Development and the College of Arts & Sciences, Mississippi State University, 2016. ($1000) Undergraduate Research Program, Hands-On Qualitative Data Analysis Training, Office of Research and Economic Development, Mississippi State University, 2015. ($2000) Cross College Research Grant for Increasing the Enrollment Rate of Under-Represented Students and Women in Graduate Studies in Behavioral and Social Science Disciplines at MSU through Undergraduate Research Experiences Co-PI with Mabel Okojie and Sang Joon Lee. Office of Research and Economic Development, ($2000) Dr. Brenda Pfaehler Teaching Award of Excellence, presented by the Center for Educational Opportunity, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2013. Dissertation Thesis Grant, Competitive Professional Development Research Funds, Emory University, Emory Laney Graduate School. ($4200) Dissertation Thesis Grant, Midwest Family Socialization Project, Race and Difference Initiative Student Seed Grant, Emory University. ($2129) Research Grant, Youth Identity Project, Amanda Lewis, Margaret Hagerman and Michelle Manno. Emory College Instrumentation, Bridge, Instruction, and Seed (IBIS) Funding Program. ($3125) Student Travel Grant, Section on Children and Youth, American Sociological Association. ($200) PRESENTATIONS AND TALKS Invited Talk (Upcoming.) Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute 2017-2018 Colloquia Series, Wayne State University, White Kids Perspectives on Racism, February 8, 2018. Invited Talk (Upcoming.) Department of Psychology Colloquium Series, Virginia Tech, White Racial Socialization: From Middle Childhood to Adolescence, September 28, 2017. Is Rihanna Black Or Is That Just Bronzer? : How White Children Construct Racial Meanings with Peers. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association. Jackson, MS, February 23, 2017. 3
PRESENTATIONS AND TALKS (cont.) Sleepovers, Water Ballet, and Head Lice: How White Kids Construct Racial Meaning with Peers. Anthropology Afternoon Lecture Series, Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University, October 27, 2016. White Affluent Fathers on Raising White Children. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Seattle, WA, August 22, 2016. White Youth on Race: From Middle Childhood to Adolescence. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society. Atlanta, GA, April 14, 2016. Racialized School Discipline: Layers of Discretion with David May. Paper presented with at the Annual Meeting of the Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association. Jackson, MS, February 25, 2016. How White Kids Talk about Race When Adults Aren t Around. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Society. Chicago, IL, August 25, 2015. Before Contact: The Role of Modern Racial Attitudes in Facilitating and Inhibiting Whites Interracial Contact, with Elizabeth C. Alexander. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society. New Orleans, LA, March 27, 2015. Experiences from the Field. Informal invited talk presented to Amanda E. Lewis s Chicago Area Study Graduate Seminar. University of Illinois, Chicago, IL, February 23, 2015. White Racial Socialization and the Ideological Maintenance of White Privilege. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Society. New York City, NY, August 13, 2013. Racial Progressives and American Dream Skeptics: Children Challenging the Grammar of Race and Class. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society. Boston, MA, February 25, 2012. ASA Policy Workshop on Ethical Challenges in Health and Educational Research on Children with Heather Beth Johnson. Workshop at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Las Vegas, NV, August 18, 2011. Two Princes at the Altar and An Infant in the House: Property Rights versus Person Rights, with Michelle Manno. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Atlanta, GA, August 16, 2010. I like being INTERVIEEEEEWED : Kids Perspectives on Participating in Social Research. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Boston, MA, August 1, 2008. 4
PRESENTATIONS AND TALKS (cont.) Kids Talk about Class Divides: Privileged Children s Perspectives on Social Class Inequality, with Heather Beth Johnson. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Montreal, Canada, August 13, 2006. Beliefs about Social Class Inequality: Affluent Children s Perspectives, with Heather Beth Johnson. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Philadelphia, PA, August 16, 2005. Race, Class, and Katrina, with Heather Beth Johnson. Lehigh University, PA, September 9, 2005. Beliefs about Social Class Inequality. Research Symposium Panelist. Lehigh University, PA. November 21, 2005. COURSES TAUGHT Development of Black Children and Families: Research and Policy (HDFS, UW) Family and Community Influences on the Child (HDFS, UW) Family Perspectives in Policy-making (HDFS, UW) Honors Seminar in the Social Sciences: Race and Class in America (SOC, MSU) Inequality and America s Children (SOC, Emory) Introduction to Sociology (LA, Northern VA Community College) Qualitative Analysis (Graduate course, SOC, MSU) Race and Families in the United States (HDFS, UW) Racial Minorities (SOC, MSU) Seminar on Race and Ethnicity (Graduate course, SOC, MSU) Sociology of Children and Youth (Graduate and Undergraduate course, SOC, MSU; Emory) Sociology of Education (Graduate and Undergraduate course, SOC, MSU) Sociology of Families; Marriage and Family (SOC, MSU) Undergraduate and Graduate Directed Independent Studies on a number of topics DEPARTMENTAL AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE Critical Race Studies Faculty Group. Member and co-chair, Mississippi State University, 2016-2017. Race in America Today Lecture Series, Organizer, Department of Sociology, Mississippi State University, 2015-present. There s No Such Thing As Colorblind. Lecture and Discussion with The Society of African American Scholars. Mississippi State University, November 30, 2016. 5
DEPARTMENTAL AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE (cont.) Shackhouls Honors College Diversity Initiative, Member, Mississippi State University, 2015- present. Evidence of the White Savior Genre. Gender Studies Presentation for Maroon Edition Panel, Measures of a Man: How Race, Place, and Religion Shape Southern Masculinities. Mississippi State University, October 21, 2015. 10 Years Since Katrina: State of Children and Schools in New Orleans. Presentation for African American Studies Panel, When the Levees Broke Film Screening. Mississippi State University, September 9, 2015. Selection Committee for the 2015 Symposium on the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Fifteenth Amendment of 1870. Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library and Shackhouls Honors College. Mississippi State University, 2014-2015. Textbook Adoption Ad Hoc Committee, Member, Department of Sociology, Mississippi State University, 2015. Annual African American Studies Civil Rights Tour, Coordinator, Program in African American Studies, Mississippi State University, 2014-2016. Undergraduate Curriculum and Policies Committee, Member, Mississippi State University, 2014-2016. Loftin Committee, Member, Mississippi State University, 2014-present; Chair 2015-present. Preliminary Examination Committee: Stratification, Member, Mississippi State University, 2014-present. Search Committee, Department of Sociology and Program in African American Studies. Member, Mississippi State University, 2014. LGBT SafeZone Certification, Mississippi State University Green Zone Certification, Mississippi State University 50 th Anniversary of Freedom Summer Conference. Session Chair: Mississippi Again a Major Factor in US History, Mississippi State University, 2014. Race and Difference Initiative, Graduate Student Member, Emory University, 2009-2014. 6
SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION Occasional Reviewer for Journal of Adolescent Research, Sociological Inquiry, Journal of Family Studies, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Gender & Society, and Sociological Perspectives. Presider for Contemporary Interracial Connections and Relationships at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, LA, March 27, 2015. Publications Committee Member, Section on Children and Youth of the American Sociological Association, 2008-2010 Newsletter Editor, Section on Children and Youth of the American Sociological Association, 2008-2010 Council Member, Student Representative, Section on Children and Youth of the American Sociological Association, 2007-2009 MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS American Sociological Association (2005, 2006, 2008, 2010-present) Southern Sociological Association (2014-present) Eastern Sociological Association (2013-2014) Midwest Sociological Association (2008-2009) SELECTED MEDIA COVERAGE How Do I Talk to my Five-Year-Old About White Supremacy? 25 August 2017, The Walrus, https://thewalrus.ca/how-do-i-talk-to-my-five-year-old-about-white-supremacy/ Parents Talk About Race in Different Ways: Here s What You Should Keep in Mind When Talking To Your Child About Racism 22 August 2017, US News and World Report. http://health.usnews.com/wellness/for-parents/articles/2017-08-22/parents-talk-about-race-indifferent-ways Measuring the Impact of Poverty in Education 8 August 2016. Education Dive. http://www.educationdive.com/news/measuring-the-impact-of-poverty-in-education/423321/ Racism in America: Donald Trump, Social Media Giving Teenagers a Reason To Share Racial Slurs? 4 June 2016. International Business Times. http://www.ibtimes.com/racism-americadonald-trump-social-media-giving-teenagers-reason-share-racial-slurs-2377697 Hand-in-Hand : Poverty + Education Keep State in Last Place. 29 July 2015. Jackson Free Press. http://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2015/jul/29/hand-hand-poverty-education-keepstate-last-place/ 7