Academic Background: Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Chicago, 1979.
Research Interests: Race, ethnicity, and inequality in higher education; African-American studies.
Appointments: Distinguished Professor of Education, Sociology, and African-American Studies, UCLA.
Awards: American Educational Research Association Distinguished Career Award.
Publications: Author of College in Black and White: African American Students in Predominantly White and Historically Black Public Universities (SUNY Press, 1991).