Adia Harvey Wingfield
Professor of Sociology, Washington University in St. Louis
Chapter Member: Confluence SSN
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About Adia
Wingfield's research focuses on the ways everyday patterns in professional workplaces can maintain racial and gender inequalities. In particular, she is an expert on the workplace challenges facing black men in jobs where they are in the minority. Her work has implications for labor policies, racial and gender inequality, and diversity initiatives.
Contributions
Constructive Steps to Further Workplace Diversity
Key Findings Brief,
No Jargon Podcast
In the News
"Abandoning Public Education Will be Considered Unthinkable 50 Years from Now," Adia Harvey Wingfield, Vox, April 3, 2019.
Adia Harvey Wingfield's research on the experiences of black professionals discussed by , "The Emotional, Uncomfortable Classroom," Inside Higher Ed, May 11, 2018.
Adia Harvey Wingfield's research on , "For Black Women, Femininity and Feminism are not Mutually Exclusive," Quartzy, January 6, 2018.
"Racism is Stopping Black Men from Solving Our Nursing Shortage," Adia Harvey Wingfield, Slate, November 27, 2017.
Guest to discuss a new study finding a greater racial wage gap in 2015 than in 1979 on All Things Considered, Adia Harvey Wingfield, October 16, 2016.
"The Professional Burdens of Being a ‘Model Minority’," Adia Harvey Wingfield, The Atlantic, June 6, 2016.
"The Unique Tensions of Couples Who Marry across Classes," Adia Harvey Wingfield, The Atlantic, April 5, 2016.
"Dear CEOs, Those Campus Racism Protests May be Coming to Your Office," Adia Harvey Wingfield, Fortune, March 6, 2016.
"Segregation Today, Segregation Tomorrow, Segregation Forever," Adia Harvey Wingfield, The Atlantic, February 4, 2016.
"How ‘Service with a Smile’ Takes a Toll on Women," Adia Harvey Wingfield, The Atlantic, January 26, 2016.
"Being Black - but Not Too Black - in the Workplace," Adia Harvey Wingfield, The Atlantic, October 14, 2015.
"Canaries in the Coal Mine? Saida Grundy, Zandria Robinson, and Why Calls for their Firing are a Problem for Everyone," Adia Harvey Wingfield, Work in Progress, Organizations, Occupations and Work, July 8, 2015.
"Unintentional Sexism in Tech," Adia Harvey Wingfield, Work in Progress, Organizations, Occupations and Work, May 11, 2015.
"Federal Jobs Report, MSNBC Story on Black Underemployment Ignore Data on Discrimination," Adia Harvey Wingfield, Work in Progress, Organizations, Occupations and Work, February 23, 2015.
"Rand Paul Exposes the Dangers of Colorblind Thinking," Adia Harvey Wingfield, Racism Review, May 22, 2010.
"Muting Rihanna and Commercializing Domestic Abuse," Adia Harvey Wingfield, Racism Review, January 6, 2010.
"Race and the Republican Party: The Elephant in the Room," Adia Harvey Wingfield, Racism Review, May 10, 2009.
"I, Too, Sing America: A Different Perspective on Obama," Adia Harvey Wingfield, Racism Review, November 10, 2008.