Saida Grundy

Saida Grundy is an Associate Professor of Sociology, African American & Black Diaspora Studies, and Women’s and Gender Studies at Boston University. Her research focuses on gender, racialization, and Black masculinities within the Black middle class. She investigates formations of manhood among Morehouse College graduates and critically examines 'social justice capitalism,' racialized rape culture, and hegemonic masculinity theories.

Educated at Spelman College (B.A. in Sociology, Anthropology, and Comparative Women’s Studies) and the University of Michigan (M.A./Ph.D. in Sociology and Women’s Studies), Grundy’s work has been supported by major institutions including the Woodrow Wilson Foundation and the Andrew Mellon Foundation. Her recent book Respectable: Politics and Paradox in Making the Morehouse Man (2022) analyzes how Morehouse College constructs Black male elites amid societal crises.

Her research trends emphasize intersections of race, gender, and power in institutional contexts. Key topics include Black male success initiatives, campus sexual assault frameworks, and the commodification of Black trauma. Grundy’s work bridges sociological theory with contemporary social justice movements.

Grundy holds no listed scientific awards but has secured significant research grants. She mentors students in gender studies and Black diaspora scholarship, though no advisee names are provided in the text. No lab affiliations are explicitly mentioned in the source material.