Matthew Hughey

Matthew Hughey is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut. He holds affiliate memberships at the University of Cambridge (Culture, Politics, and Global Justice), collaborates internationally with the Research Group on Gender, Identity, and Diversity at the University of Barcelona, and serves as a Research Associate in Critical Studies in Higher Education Transformation at Nelson Mandela University, South Africa. His research focuses on the social dimensions of race in relation to science, religion, media, and socio-economic inequality. He is the author of notable books including White Bound (Stanford), The Obamas and a (Post)Racial America? (Oxford), 12 Angry Men (The New Press), Racialized Media (NYU), and The White Savior Film (Temple).

His work emphasizes the sociological lens of race as 'a biological fiction with a social function.' While no specific awards or grants are detailed in the provided text, his extensive publications reflect engagement with interdisciplinary themes such as race, media representation, and institutional inequality. No advising or lab affiliations are explicitly mentioned.