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Sociology Department

Front of Au Sable Hall in late summer or fall with someone riding bike in front of building

I said, "Hey, here's the key. Here's the key to understanding life and all its forms." -Tom Wolfe

Professor Jennifer Stewart

Sociology professor Jennifer Stewart

Associate Professor

Office Address: 2172b Au Sable Hall
Phone: (616) 331-2168
Email: [email protected]

  • Ph.D. Sociology, University of South Carolina

Fields

Race and Ethnicity and Sociology of Food

Courses

  • Social Problems
  • Sociology of Food
  • Race and Ethnicity

Current Research Interests

Race and ethnicity, social psychology, social stratification

Biography

Professor Stewart received her Ph.D. in May 2000 from the University of South Carolina. Her dissertation focused on racial and ethnic variation in academic achievement, educational attainment, and earnings. Dr. Stewart's current research and teaching interests are in the areas of race and ethnicity, critical pedagogy, and the use of the tradition of the theater of the oppressed to connect audiences to concepts important to the comprehension of contemporary racial inequality and oppression. Professor Stewart is the creator and leader of Act on Racism, an anti-racism theater group operating at GVSU since 2005. Act on Racism has performed in over 50 venues to date and continues to find ways to create dialogue about race and racism at GVSU and in the larger world.

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