Stonehill College
Department of Sociology and Criminology
Fall 2015 marked the convergence of Black student activism to address racial issues across college campuses with the author’s fifth year as a doctoral student at Brandeis University. In this article, the author reflects upon her personal... more
Social movements can be important mechanisms of social change for vulnerable populations as the formal mechanisms of policy and legislation tend to be in the hands of the powerful in society. Academic scholarship can play an important... more
The Movement for Black Lives/Black Lives Matter is a movement focused on our, Black People’s, value as human beings; yet, frequently the focus remains solely on the external implications of the movement. Black Liberation requires not just... more
As a Black American and fourth generation Cape Verdean American growing up in the United States, I’ve found that race and ethnicity are frequently conflated in ways that obscure my social reality and identity or put two integrated parts... more
In this brief article, I share reflections about Black Fatigue and Black Liberation in light of the 2021 Dereck Chauvin trail for killing George Floyd and the Daunte Wright murder.
In preparing to write this op-ed about advocacy, political organizing, and collective action leading up to the US election I decided to look at my social media posts during 2016 and 2017. In doing so, I realized that 2016-2020 has been a... more
As a Black American and fourth generation Cape Verdean American growing up in the United States, I’ve found that race and ethnicity are frequently conflated in ways that obscure my social reality and identity or put two integrated parts... more
Why do relationships matter for organizational change in collaborative contexts? This question sets the premise for this presenter symposium, which brings together four empirical scholarly papers t...
The United States was built on deep, structural, social and political inequality that disadvantages vulnerable populations such as low-income and racial and ethnic minorities while accruing benefits to privileged populations such as... more
Social movements can be important mechanisms of social change for vulnerable populations as the formal mechanisms of policy and legislation tend to be in the hands of the powerful in society. Academic scholarship can play an important... more
Social Movements can play an important role in societal change, and Social Movement Organizations (SMOs) are often carriers of those efforts. SMOs differ from traditional organizations in the goals they seek to accomplish and how they... more