{"id":10499,"date":"2022-03-16T12:12:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T16:12:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/149.4.100.129\/academics\/us\/?page_id=10499"},"modified":"2026-04-20T16:24:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T20:24:55","slug":"stephen-steinberg","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/us\/stephen-steinberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Steinberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_4,3_4&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||||false|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/academics\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2022\/03\/steinberg.jpeg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Stephen Steinberg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Stephen Steinberg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Open Sans|700|||||||&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; header_3_font=&#8221;Open Sans|600|||||||&#8221; header_3_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; header_3_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Stephen Steinberg<\/h2>\n<h3>Distinguished Professor Emeritus<\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; divider_weight=&#8221;2px&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text ul_position=&#8221;inside&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;Open Sans||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; ul_line_height=&#8221;1.7em&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;Open Sans|700|||||||&#8221; header_3_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; header_3_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; header_4_font=&#8221;Open Sans|700|||||||&#8221; header_4_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Email:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:ssteinberg1@gc.cuny.edu\">ssteinberg1<span class=\"atwho-query\">@gc.cuny.edu<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#A9A9A9&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||15px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text ul_position=&#8221;inside&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;Open Sans||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; ul_line_height=&#8221;1.7em&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;Open Sans|700|||||||&#8221; header_3_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; header_3_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; header_4_font=&#8221;Open Sans|700|||||||&#8221; header_4_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Steinberg, a sociologist, is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Urban Studies at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Beginning with <em>The Ethnic Myth<\/em> (1981, 1989, 2001), his intellectual project has been to challenge prevailing orthodoxies on race and ethnicity, both in academic and popular discourses. His next book, <em>Turning Back: The Retreat from Racial Justice in American Thought and Policy <\/em>(1995, 2001) received the Oliver Cromwell Cox award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Scholarship. His most recent book, <em>Race Relations: A Critique<\/em> (Stanford University Press, 2007) was featured in the Research &amp; Books Column of the Chronicle of Higher Education:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/article\/A-Sociologist-Offers-a-Harsh\/3225\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cA Sociologist Offers a Harsh Assessment of How His Discipline Treats Race Relations,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0by David Glenn.\u00a0\u00a0It was described by one reviewer as \u201ca devastating expos\u00e9 of a century of the discipline\u2019s theoretical bad faith, sociological mystification, and conceptual obfuscation of what should have been the central and obvious socio-historical fact of the white oppression of people of color in the United States.\u201d In addition to his academic publications, Steinberg has published articles in <em>The Nation<\/em>, <em>New Politics<\/em>, and other popular venues. \u00a0Two of his articles were listed on the <em>Chronicle of Higher Education\u2019s Arts &amp; Letters Daily<\/em>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/newpol.org\/content\/race-relations-problem-wrong-name\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cRace Relations: The Problem with the Wrong Name,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonreview.net\/steinberg.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cPoor Reason: Culture still doesn\u2019t explain Poverty.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#A9A9A9&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text ul_position=&#8221;inside&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_font=&#8221;Open Sans||||||||&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; ul_line_height=&#8221;1.7em&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;Open Sans|700|||||||&#8221; header_3_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; header_3_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; header_4_font=&#8221;Open Sans|700|||||||&#8221; header_4_text_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Recent Publications:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThe Whiteness of Race Knowledge: Charles Mills Throws Down the Gauntlet.\u201d Invited contributor to a symposium on Charles W. Mills, <em>Black Rights\/White Wrongs<\/em>,\u00a0Oxford University Press, 2017. <em>Ethnic &amp; Racial Studies<\/em>, V.\u00a041:3, 2018: 541-550. Available at\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Stephen_Steinberg Ctrl+Click or tap to follow the link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Stephen_Steinberg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Stephen_Steinberg<\/a>\u200b<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Birth and Death of Affirmative Action: Is Resurrection Possible?\u201d <em>Intergroup Conflict and Cooperation<\/em><u>.<\/u> Ed. by Greg Robinson &amp; Robert S, Chang. University Press of Mississippi, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverett Hughes on Race: Wedded to an Antiquated Paradigm.\u201d With Neil McLaughlin. In Rick Helmes-Hayes and Marco Santoro, eds. <em>The Anthem Companion To Everett Hughes<\/em>. Anthem Press, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDecolonizing Sociology,\u201d Stanford Press Blog, August 2016. <a href=\"http:\/\/stanfordpress.typepad.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/decolonizing-sociology.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/stanfordpress.typepad.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/decolonizing-sociology.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Myth of Ethnic Success: Old Wine in New Bottles.\u201d In Ronald Bayor, Ed., <em><u>Handbook on American Immigration and Ethnicity<\/u><\/em>. Oxford University Press, 2016. Online publication, 2015.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bostonreview.net\/us\/stephen-steinberg-moynihan-report-black-families-nathan-glazer\u200b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cThe Moynihan Report at Fifty: The long reach of intellectual racism,\u201d <em>Boston Review<\/em> (June 24, 2015).<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo Children of Empire: Michael Banton and John Rex,\u201d Symposium, <em>Ethnic and Racial Studies Review<\/em>, Vol 38 (2015): 1382-88.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonreview.net\/books-ideas\/stephen-steinberg-chua-rubenfeld-triple-package\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cTiger Couple Gets It Wrong on Immigrant Success,\u201d <\/a><em>Boston Review<\/em> (March 11, 2014).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Long View of the Melting Pot,\u201d\u00a0<em>Ethnic and Racial Studies Review<\/em>, Vol. 37:5 (2014): 790-794.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newpol.org\/content\/race-and-counterrevolution-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201c<em>Race and Counterrevolution,<\/em>\u201d<\/a>\u00a0<em>New Politics<\/em>\u00a0(Winter 2013).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo Cheers for Race and Reflexivity,\u201d Symposium on Race and Reflexivity<em>, Ethnic and Racial Studies<\/em>, Vol. 35:4 (2012): 608-13.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMedicare and the Lessons of History,\u201d <em>Contexts<\/em>.<em>\u00a0 <\/em>Vol. 10, No. 4 (Fall 2011): 62-63.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/logosjournal.com\/2011\/the-role-of-race-in-the-devolution-of-the-left\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0\u201cThe Role of Race in the Devolution of the Left,\u201d<\/a> <em>LOGOS<\/em> (2011: Vol. 10, issue 2).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonreview.net\/steinberg.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0\u201cPoor Reason: Culture still doesn\u2019t explain poverty.\u201d <\/a><em>Boston Review<\/em> (January 13, 2011).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/qcpages.qc.cuny.edu\/UBST\/DEPT\/FACULTY\/Myth%20of%20Concentrated%20Poverty%20-%20Steinberg.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cThe Myth of Concentrated Poverty\u201d<\/a> in <em>The Integration Debate: Competing Futures for American Cities<\/em>, Ed. by Chester Hartman and Gregory D. 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