Demetrius Murphy
Assistant Professor
Biography
Demetrius Miles Murphy is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and African & African Diaspora Studies. He focuses on flourishing, social infrastructure, and the Black class and status structures in the Americas. He has two ongoing book projects. The first one, Affirming Blackness: Brazilian Race-making and Resistance in the Digital Age (tentative title), examines how Brazilians use social media to challenge anti-Blackness and highlight their racial experiences. His second book project, tentatively titled A Place to Flourish: Black Social Infrastructure, Wellbeing-Making, and Futurity in Los Angeles County, examines how gathering sites are created and maintained, as well as their role in fostering overall well-being. His research has received awards from the American Sociological Association’s sections of Race and Ethnic Minorities and Latina/o Sociology, the Association of Black Sociologists, and the Society for the Study of Social Problems. The Russell Sage Foundation, the John and Dora Haynes Foundation, and the Institute for Humane Studies have funded his work.