David G. Embrick
University of Connecticut Department of Sociology
United States

Dr. David G. Embrick holds a joint position as Associate Professor in the Sociology Department and African Studies Institute at the University of Connecticut. Prior to UConn, he spent a decade at Loyola University Chicago as faculty in the Sociology Department. He received his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in 2006. He is a former American Sociological Association Minority Fellow; Past-President of the Southwestern Sociological Association; current Vice President of the Society for the Study of Social Problems; and current President of the Association for Humanist Sociology. In addition, Dr. Embrick serves as the Founding Co-Editor of Sociology of Race and Ethnicity; Founding Book Series Editor of Sociology of Diversity, with Bristol University Press; and Founding Book Series Co-Editor of Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, with Georgia University Press. 

J. Scott Carter
University of Central Florida Department of Sociology
United States

Dr. Carter is currently an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Central Florida and is the Co-Editor of Sociological Inquiry. His research interests encompass several areas, including race and politics, racial attitudes, racial inequality in education, and Southern and urban place. He has published in several journals, including the Annual Review of Sociology, Social Problems, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, Social Science Research, Social Science Quarterly, and the Journal of Family Issues. He is also co-author of the book, The Death of Affirmative Action? Racialized Framing and the Fight Against Racial Preference in College Admissions. This book and his current work focus particularly at race, politics and framing effects. 

Cameron Lippard
Appalachian State University Department of Sociology
United States

Cameron D. Lippard is Professor and Chair of Sociology at Appalachian State University. His research and teaching interests focus on American racism, immigration, war in the 21st century, and sociological explorations of cultural consumption of craft beer and distillates. Recent book publications include Death of Affirmative Action, Modern Moonshine, and Protecting Whiteness. 

Bhoomi K. Thakore
University of Central Florida Department of Sociology
United States

Bhoomi K. Thakore is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Central Florida. Her areas of expertise include structural racial inequality, representations in popular media, and qualitative methods. Thakore’s work includes the books, South Asians on the U.S. Screen: Just Like Everyone Else (2016), and the co-edited volume (with Jason A. Smith), Race and Contention in 21st Century U.S. Media (2016). She has also published a variety of journal article and book chapters on these topics. Currently, she serves on the Board of Directors for the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP), and the Association for Humanist Sociology (AHS).