Friday, January 4, 2013

In the News: Tyrone Forman (Sociology) | Quad Talk

Tyrone Forman, associate professor of sociology and director of the James Weldon Johnson Institute, made the list of Creative Loafing?s ?20 People to Watch in 2013? (Jan 3, 2013) for his work in opening up?the conversations about race and difference. According to the article:

?Emory University?s Tyrone Forman has a rare perspective and keen understanding about race in ?the city too busy to hate.?

As an associate professor of sociology for more than a decade, he has studied the attitudes between different racial and ethnic groups. Last year, he was tapped as the new director of the James Weldon Johnson Institute (JWJI), an Emory organization that tries to build awareness about the modern civil rights movement on both the academic and public levels.

As he takes the institute?s reins, Forman wants to change the dialogue about race and other forms of ?difference? such as class, gender, religion, and sexuality throughout metro Atlanta. In particular, he wants to find a way for people to have a more nuanced conversation about these issues.?

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Source: https://blogs.emory.edu/quadtalk/2013/01/03/in-the-news-tyrone-forman-sociology/

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