Whitney Hunt, PhD
Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of the Ozarks
Gender Studies.
Race and Racism.
Sociology of Science and Technology.
Culture & Media Studies.
My research agenda places a critical lens on the social construction of gender and race. Using both qualitative and quantitative approaches, I explore broad questions around the ways in which institutions of media, science and technology intersect, perpetuate and reinforce social inequality among groups and individuals.
Publications
Peer Reviewed Articles:
Hunt, Whitney. 2019. "Negotiating New Racism: It's not racist or sexist. It's just the way it is." Media, Culture & Society 41(1): 86-103.
Hunt, Whitney and Merolla, David. 2022 "Genes and Race in an Era of Genetic Ancestry Testing: The Geneticization of Identity and the Social Deconstruction of Whiteness." Sociology Compass.
Other Academic Writing:
Hunt, Whitney. 2018. Invited Contribution. Comic Forum. https://comicsforum.org/2018/09/17/a-culture-of-new-racism-in-comics/.
Contact
Email: whunt@ozarks.edu