4216 - Race, Emotion, and Social Networks

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Description

This session explores recent themes at the intersection of the sociology of Race, Emotions, and Social Networks, with an emphasis on how racial, relational, and emotional dynamics intersect in labor markets and organizations. Panelists will discuss recent theoretical and empirical developments highlighting the affective dimension of the experience of racial discrimination at key sites of social and professional mobility, as well as racial differences in the work required to access and mobilize the social capital embedded in social networks.

Sub Unit

• Thematic Sessions

Session Organizer

• Omar A. Lizardo, University of Notre Dame

Individual Presentations

• Managing Networks, Managing Discrimination: Leveraging Connections to Access Predominantly White Professions - Adia M. Harvey Wingfield, Washington University-St. Louis

• Racial Dynamics of Relational Work - Steve McDonald, North Carolina State University

• Alumni Association: Racialized Access to Labor Market Networks - S. Michael Gaddis, University of California-Los Angeles