Milton Vickerman [email protected] University of Virginia Department of Sociology P.O. Box 400766 Randall Hall, Room 208 Charlottesville, VA 22904 Areas of Interest Race Theory, The History of Race, Racial Inequality, Immigration, Assimilation, The Caribbean, White Nationalism, Social Inequality, The American Dream, Religion Education New York University, Ph.D., Sociology (1992); M.Phil., Sociology M.A., Sociology (1986); Long Island University, B.A., Sociology, summa cum laude (1983). Current Positions Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Virginia, 2000-Present Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Virginia, 1994-2000 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Bloomfield College, 1991-1994 Faculty Affiliations Graduate Faculty, Virginia Commonwealth University; American Studies; Initiative in Religion, Politics, and Conflict; Woodson Center Publications (selected) Books Vickerman, Milton and Hephzibah Strmic-Pawl. 2021. Race and Ethnicity: Constancy in Change. San Diego: Cognella (2nd edition). Vickerman, Milton. 2013. The Problem of Post-Racialism. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave-MacMillan. Vickerman, Milton. 1999. Crosscurrents: West Indian Immigrants and Race. New York: Oxford University Press. Articles Vickerman, Milton. 2018. “Staking Post-Racialism in Charlottesville.” Contexts 17 (1): 24-26. Vickerman, Milton. 2016. “Black Immigrants, Perceptions of Difference, and Blackness” Journal of American Ethnic History 36 (1): 71-81. Vickerman, Milton. 2010. “American Diversity: Past, Present, and Future.” International Journal of Contemporary Sociology 47 (2): 13-41 Vickerman, Milton. 2007. “Recent Immigration and Race: Continuity and Change.” Du Bios Review 4(1): 1-25. Vickerman, Milton. 2007. “Post-1965 Immigration and Assimilation: A Reply to Randy Capps.” The Virginia Journal of Law and Social Policy 14 (2): 106-122 Vickerman, Milton. 1999. “Representing West Indians in Film: Ciphers, Coons, and Criminals.” The Western Journal of Black Studies 23 (2): 8-21. 1 Vickerman, Milton. 1996.“West Indian Immigrant Adaptation: The Role of Cross-Pressures.” The Trotter Review 10 (1) Vickerman, Milton. 1994. "The Responses of West Indians to African-Americans: Distancing and Identification.” Research in Race and Ethnic Relations 7: 83-128. Chapters Vickerman, Milton. “Post-1965 Immigrants, African Americans and the Limits of the American Dream.” The Routledge Handbook on the American Dream, edited by Robert Hauhart and Mitja Sardoc. Forthcoming. Vickerman, Milton. 2015. “Non-Hispanic West Indians: Race, Identity, and Incorporation.” In Contemporary Ethnic Geographies, 2nd Edition, edited by Christopher Airriess. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield. Vickerman, Milton. 2013. “Jamaicans: Balancing Race and Ethnicity.” Pp.176-199 in One out of Three, edited by Nancy Foner. New York: Columbia University Press. Vickerman, Milton. 2007. “Jamaicans.” Pp.479-490 in New Americans, edited by Mary C. Waters and Reed Ueda. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. Vickerman, Milton. 2006. “Non-Hispanic West Indians.” Pp.151-174 in Contemporary Ethnic Geographies, edited by Christopher Airriess and Ines Mirayes. Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield. Vickerman, Milton. 2002. “Second Generation West Indian Transnationalism.” Pp.341-366 in The Changing Face of Home, edited by Peggy Levitt and Mary C. Waters. Russell Sage Foundation. Vickerman, Milton. 2001. “Tweaking A Monolith: The West Indian Immigrant Encounter with ‘Blackness’.” Pp. 237-256 in Islands in the City: West Indian Migration to New York, edited by Nancy Foner. University of California Press. Vickerman, Milton. 2001. “Jamaicans: Balancing Race and Ethnicity.” Pp.201-228 in New Immigrants in New York, edited by Nancy Foner. Columbia University Press. Kasinitz, Philip and Milton Vickerman. 2001. “Ethnic Niches and Racial Traps: Jamaicans in the New York City Regional Economy.” Pp.121-211 in Migration, Transnationalization and Race in A Changing New York, edited by Hector R. Cordero-Guzman, Robert C. Smith, and Ramon Grosfoguel. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. Kasinitz, Philip and Milton Vickerman. 1999. “West Indians/Caribbeans.” Pp.520-541 in A Nation of Peoples, edited by Eliott Barkan. Greenwood Press. Reports Guterbock, Tom, Karen Walker, Milton Vickerman, Abdoulaye Diop, Bruce Taylor, Christopher Koper, Timothy Carter, and Nicole Fedoravicius. 2010. Evaluation Study of Prince William County’s Immigration Enforcement Policy. Book Reviews American Journal of Sociology (2011; 2019); Black Issues Book Review (2000); Canadian Online Journal of Sociology (2002); Choice (2007-2013 (12)); Contemporary Sociology (2000;2002;2004); Ethnic and Racial Studies (2010; 2012; 2016); Human Rights Review (2010); International Migration Review (1998); Journal of American Ethnic History (1992; 2002; 2003; 2012); Journal of Haitian Studies (2004); Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (1995 (3)); Sociological Forum (2008; 2010; 2013; 2020 (2)); Teaching Sociology (1994); Urban Studies (2010). 2 Other Reviews (Book Jacket Blurbs) Ali, Syed and Douglas Hartmann. 2015. Migration, Incorporation, and Change in an Interconnected World. New York: Routledge. Coleman-King, Chonika. 2014. The (Re-)Making of a Black American. New York: Peter Lang. Poros, Maritsa. 2010. Modern Migrations. Stanford: Stanford University Press. Shaw-Taylor, Yoku and Steven A. Tuch. 2007. The Other African Americans. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield. Mahoney, Annette M. 2005. The Health and Well-Being of Caribbean Immigrants in the United States. New York: Hayworth Press. Stone, John and Rutledge Dennis. 2002. Race and Ethnicity. Malden: Blackwell Publishers. Works in Progress “Lebensraum’s Tropical Turn: White Nationalists’ (Almost) Caribbean Home.”– an article length analysis of the white nationalist plot to overthrow the government of Dominica. Post-1965 Immigrants, African Americans and the Limits of the American Dream – a book proposal analyzing the shortcomings of the American dream concept, viewed through the lens of traditionally disadvantaged groups. Immigrant assimilation in new destinations – ongoing research on black immigrants settling in the South. Research Grants, Fellowships, and Awards (Selected) Initiative on Religion, Politics, and Conflict for study of African refugees (2018): $19,500. Office of the Provost: Proposal selected for Provost’s “Teaching Race at UVA” initiative (2018). University of Virginia: Sesquicentennial Fellowship (research leave), (Fall 2016). University of Virginia: AHSS/VPR Research Grant (2016). University of Virginia: Sesquicentennial Fellowship (research leave), (Fall 2006). University of Virginia: Harrison Fellowship (with Kathryn Morrow) (Fall 2004-Spring 2005). National Science Foundation: National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant for Kenneth Oman: “Framing the Picture: Racial Profiling and Public Discourse.” (2002). University of Virginia: Sesquicentennial Fellowship (research leave), (Spring 1999). Social Science Research Council: Research Fellowship (with Jan Rosenberg) (1990-1991). Invited Presentations and Conferences February 20, 2020 Eastern Tennessee State University Invited to participate in a panel debating Black language in the United States. August 2019 American Sociological Association Annual Conference, New York City Presented paper: “Cycles of Hate and Charlottesville.” American Sociological Association Annual Conference, New York City Roundtable Presider: Roundtable title: “Anti-Immigrant Discourses.” 3 April 5, 2018 Southern Sociological Society Annual Conference, New Orleans Presented paper on 2017 white nationalist riot in Charlottesville. December 12, 2017 Albemarle County Department of Social Services, Charlottesville: Invited to present talk on the causes of social inequality and poverty. August 2017 American Sociological Association Annual Conference, Montreal Presented paper on African migration in the southern United States. March 25, 2017 Virginia Social Science Association Annual Conference, Richmond, VA Presented paper on ongoing research on black immigrants; paper title: “An Unexpected Entry Point: Central Virginia as an Emergent Immigrant Gateway.” October 16, 2015 Virginia Commonwealth University: Fourth Conference on Ethnicity, Race and Indigenous Peoples (ERIP) in Latin America and the Caribbean Presented paper: “Ethnic Identity, Racial Identity, or Ethno-racial Identity: Identity Options among West Indian Immigrants.” March 26, 2015 Southern Sociological Society Annual Conference, New Orleans Author meets Critic: Invited to participate on panel critiquing Eli Anderson’s The Cosmopolitan Canopy. February 27, 2015 Eastern Sociological Society Annual Conference, New York City Presented paper: “Constructing Latino Immigrants as A Problem and A Political Opportunity.” August 11, 2013 American Sociological Association Annual Conference, New York City Presented paper based on chapter on West Indians in New York City in Nancy Foner’s One in Three. November 2, 2012 CIS/ASA Sociology of Development Conference, UVA Invited to present paper on Latino migration to the U.S. November 4, 2011 Association for Public Analysis and Management Annual Fall Conference, Washington, D.C. (with Tom Guterbock). Invited to present paper on evaluation of Prince William County immigration policy; paper title: “The Impact of Prince William County’s Illegal Immigration Enforcement Policy on Population Change.” May 2, 2008 Prince William County Police Department, Prince William County Invited to present an overview