Dr. Camille Charles

Biography

Camille Zubrinsky Charles is the Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor of Social Sciences in the Department of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. She earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1996. With a research focus on urban inequality, racial attitudes, intergroup relations, and racial residential segregation, her work has been published in prestigious journals such as Social Forces, Social Problems, and the American Journal of Education. Professor Charles is also the author of 'Won’t Neighbor: Race, Class, Residence Los Angeles' and a co-author of the book 'Source River: Social Origins Freshmen America’s Selective Colleges Universities', both of which analyze the influences of race and class on social dynamics. Her forthcoming work, tentatively titled 'New Black: Race-Conscious or Post-Racial?', aims to explore contemporary racial identity in the United States. Charles has contributed significantly to discussions on minorities in higher education and continues to engage in research that intersects social theory and empirical analysis.

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