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Ann J Morning is the James Weldon Johnson Professor of Sociology and Divisional Dean for the Social Sciences at New York University's College of Arts & Science. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Princeton University (2004), an M.A. in International Affairs from Columbia (1992), and a B.A. in Economics & Political Science from Yale (1990). Her research focuses on race and ethnicity, particularly racial classification systems, multiracial populations, demography, and the sociology of science. She has authored influential books like The Nature of Race (2011) and co-edited An Ugly Word: Rethinking Race in Italy and the US (2022). Her work interrogates biological concepts of race in science and policy, emphasizing sociological perspectives on identity formation. Morning has held leadership roles in academic governance and serves on editorial boards for top journals. Her research has been translated into multiple languages and widely cited in debates about racial categorization globally.
Major research areas include multiracial identity dynamics, the impact of genomic science on racial discourse, and comparative census methodologies. She has collaborated with global scholars on projects examining racial classification in Europe and the Americas. Her 2014 Sociological Theory article challenged assumptions about race in genomics, sparking interdisciplinary dialogue. Recent work expands these themes to include generational shifts in racial self-identification and the sociolegal implications of multiracial demographics.
Award-winning educator and mentor, Morning has shaped curricula on race and ethnicity at NYU. Her 2017 Ethnic and Racial Studies article on 'kaleidoscopic' identity frameworks remains pivotal in understanding modern multiculturalism. She has advised numerous policy initiatives on demographic classification, balancing scholarly rigor with public engagement. Morning's lab focuses on intersectional approaches to race studies, integrating qualitative methods with historical analysis.
