Ted Thornhill, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
About
Education
- Ph.D., Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- M.S., Applied Social Research, Florida State University
- B.A., Sociology (Certificate in Ethnic Studies), Florida Atlantic University
- A.A., Liberal Arts, Palm Beach Community College
Select Publications
- Thornhill, Ted. 2023. “Goodbye Florida, I’m Out! For Good” Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, 9(4): 440-443. DOI: 10.1177/23326492231201500
- Thornhill, Ted. 2022. “‘I Just Want to Get Back to Normal!’: Silencing the Myth of a Colorblind Society” In S. McClure & C. Harris (Eds.), Getting Real about Race, 3rd Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- Thornhill, Ted. 2021. “Ron DeSantis knows things, Critical Race Theory isn’t one of them.” The Naples Daily News and The Fort Myers News-Press.
- Thornhill, Ted. 2021. “Southwest Florida is beautiful, but the racial climate is ugly.” The Naples Daily News and The Fort Myers News-Press.
- Thornhill, Ted. 2020. “Communication Equity Audits: Eliminating Racialized Responsiveness among College Admissions Counselors.” Hack the Gates: Radically Reimagine Admissions.
- Thornhill, Ted. 2019. “We Want Black Students, Just Not You: How White Admissions Counselors Screen Black Prospective Students” Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, 5(4): 456-470. DOI: 10.1177/2332649218792579.
- Thornhill, Ted. 2018. “Why I teach a course called ‘White Racism’” The Conversation.
- Thornhill, Ted. 2016. “Resistance and Assent: How Racial Socialization Shapes Black Students’ Experience Learning African American History in High School” Urban Education, 51(9): 1126-1151. DOI: 10.1177/0042085914566094.
- Thornhill, Ted. 2015. “Racial Salience and the Consequences of Making White People Uncomfortable: Intra-Racial Discrimination, Racial Screening, and the Maintenance of White Supremacy” Sociology Compass, 9(8): 694-703. DOI: 10.1111/soc4.12287.
Select Media
- PROPUBLICA: "Muzzled by DeSantis, Critical Race Theory Professors Cancel Courses or Modify Their Teaching" by Daniel Golden
- Washington Post: "A ‘White Racism’ class just started at a Florida university. Police were on standby." by Kristine Phillips
- Forbes: "Study Finds White College Admissions Counselors Looking For The 'Right Kind' Of Black Student" by Erik Sherman
- Boston Globe: "When it's OK to be black — just not too black" by Renée Graham
- The Progressive: "The Battle to Keep Robert E. Lee Out of Lee County" by Leah Sankey
- Minnesota Public Radio: "How to talk about racism" (conversation with Kerri Miller and Chenjerai Kumanyika)
- US News: "Student Activism and College Admissions" by Josh Moody
- CNN: "Police stand guard outside Florida university class on 'white racism'" by Shelby Rose
- CNN News Tonight w/ Don Lemon: "Teacher under fire for 'White Racism' class"
- Inside Higher Ed: "Black Activists Need Not Apply" by Scott Jaschik