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Cheryl Townsend Gilkes
(FULL YEAR SABBATICAL)
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies

Department Links:       SociologyAfrican American Studies



Fax: 859-4705 (African American Studies)
Fax 2: 859-4705 (Sociology )

Areas of Expertise:
  • African-American religious history
  • Race and ethnicity in the U.S.
  • Comparative race relations
  • African-American women, history and social change
  • Sociology of religion
  • Deviance and social control
  • Social problems and public policy
  • Black women, history and social change
  • Black religion, religious ideas and practices
  • Gospel music
  • W.E.B. Du Bois