Milton Vickerman

Milton Vickerman is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia, affiliated with the College of Arts & Sciences. He joined the university in 1994 after earning his Ph.D. from New York University in 1992. His research focuses on race, immigration, religion, and minority adaptation processes in American society. Key research questions include the role of racial perceptions in inequality, post-civil rights mobility for African Americans, societal responses to immigration diversity, and the intersection of religion with inclusion and inequality.

His current work examines African immigrants and refugees, exploring their migration patterns to small towns/suburbs, adjustment challenges, and the role of religion in adaptation. He has published two significant books: Crosscurrents: West Indian Immigrants and Race (Oxford UP, 1999) and The Problem of Post-Racialism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013).

Dr. Vickerman teaches in the Sociology department and maintains an active research agenda addressing complex outcomes among immigrant populations, emphasizing factors like duration in the U.S. and human capital disparities.