Itzigsohn, Jose

Jose Itzigsohn

Professor of Sociology

Overview

José Itzigsohn graduated from Johns Hopkins in 1995. He is the author of The Sociology of W. E. B Du Bois, (NYU Press, 2020), co-authored with Karida Brown, Developing Poverty (Penn State, 2000) and Encountering American Faultlines (Russel Sage, 2009). He has also published numerous journal articles and book chapters on racial identity formation, transnationalism, cooperative self-management, and sociological theory. He is currently working on developing a Du Boisian Sociology and decolonizing sociological theory.

Brown Affiliations

Sociology

On the Web

The Sociology of W. E. B. Du Bois book launch event

On Decolonizing Sociological Theory - A reply to Andrew Perrin

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Itzigsohn, José. "Postcolonial Thought and Social TheoryPostcolonial Thought and Social Theory, by GoJulian. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. 248 pp. $27.95 paper. ISBN: 9780190625146." Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews, vol. 47, no. 5, 2018, pp. 587-588.

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Bohrt, M. A., Itzigsohn, J. "Class, Race, and the Incorporation of Latinos/as: Testing the Stratified Ethnoracial Incorporation Approach." Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, vol. 1, no. 3, 2015, pp. 360-377.

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Itzigsohn, José, Brown, Karida. "SOCIOLOGY AND THE THEORY OF DOUBLE CONSCIOUSNESS." Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race, vol. 12, no. 02, 2015, pp. 231-248.

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Itzigsohn, Jose. "Making New York Dominican: Small Business, Politics, and Everyday Life. By ChristianKrohn-Hansen. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013. 312 pages. $69.95." Int Migr Rev, vol. 48, no. 1, 2014, pp. 276-277.

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Itzigsohn, José. "Class, Race, and Emancipation." The CLR James Journal, vol. 19, no. 1, 2013, pp. 177-198.

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"Class, Race, and Emancipation: The Contributions of The Black Jacobins and Black Reconstruction in America to historical sociology and social theory." The CLR James Journal, vol. 19, no. 1-2, 2013.

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Itzigsohn, José. "RACIALIZATION, ASSIMILATION, AND THE MEXICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE." Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race, vol. 8, no. 02, 2011, pp. 502-506.

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Encountering American Faultlines. Russel Sage, 2009.

Jose Itzigsohn & Daniela Villacres. "Migrant Political Transnationalism and the Practice of Democracy: Dominican external voting rights and Salvadoran home town associations." Ethnic and racial studies, vol. 31, no. 4, 2008, pp. 664-686.

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Jose Itzigsohn and Matthias vom Hau. "Unfinished Imagined Communities: The theoretical implications of nationalism in Latin America." Theory and Society, vol. 32, no. 2, 2006, pp. 193-212.

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Itzigsohn, José, Giorguli, Silvia, Vazquez, Obed. "Immigrant incorporation and racial identity: Racial self-identification among Dominican immigrants." Ethnic and Racial Studies, vol. 28, no. 1, 2005, pp. 50-78.

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Itzigsohn, José, Giorguli-Saucedo, Silvia. "Incorporation, Transnationalism, and Gender: Immigrant Incorporation and Transnational Participation as Gendered Processes." International Migration Review, vol. 39, no. 4, 2005, pp. 895-920.

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Itzigsohn, José, Saucedo, Silvia Giorguli. "Immigrant Incorporation and Sociocultural Transnationalism1." International Migration Review, vol. 36, no. 3, 2002, pp. 766-798.

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Research

Research Overview

My work focuses on three areas. The first one is sociological theory. In this field I am working on developing a Du Boisian sociology and decolonizing sociological theory. The second area is identity and group formation, with a focus on processes of racialization and group formation. My third area of interest is alternative forms of economic organization. On this area I am working in cooperative and solidarity economies.

Research Statement

Areas of interest: Du Boisian sociology, sociological theory, racial and colonial capitalism, alternative economics.

I am a Du Boisian sociologist. My latest work is a book on the sociology of W. E. B Du Bois and its implications for the present. The book is titled The Sociology of W. E. B. Du Bois: Racialized modernity and the global color line. I co-authored it with Prof. Karida Brown, from UCLA. In this book we argue that Du Bois was the founder of a sociological perspective, which we describe as a critique of racialized modernity. The book traces Du Bois’ the many contributions to sociological theory and urban and community sociology and shows that Du Boisian sociology has its own methodology, a methodology that expands the range of possibilities for the practice of sociology. Following Du Bois, my work takes as its point of departure the global character and historical development of racial and colonial capitalism.

I am also the author of two other books. One titled Developing Poverty. This book analyzes the informal economy in Latin America and the Caribbean. The second book is titled Encountering American Fault-Lines. This book analyzes the experiences of Dominican immigrants in the United States. It shows how their trajectories and identities are shaped by the class and racial structures of American society. In addition I wrote several articles on immigrant identities, transnationalism, and Du Boisian sociology.

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Background

Education and Training

Year	Degree	Institution
1995	PhD	The Johns Hopkins University
1991	MA	The Johns Hopkins University
1989	BA	Hebrew University

Honors and Awards

2009. Encountering American Faultlines: Class, Race, and the Dominican Experience, NewYork, NY: Russell Sage Foundation. (Co-winner of the American Sociological Association Latino/a Sociology Section 2009 Best Contribution to Research Best Book Award).

Researchers@Brown

Researchers@Brown

Jose Itzigsohn

Professor of Sociology

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Education and Training

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