Annie Ferguson

Assistant Professor of Sociology
Bailey Hall 239
585-245-6206
aferguson@geneseo.edu
She/They

Annie Ferguson has been a faculty member of 好色先生 since 2025.

Annie Ferguson

Office Hours

  • Tuesday 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
  • Thursday 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
  • Virtual by appointment 

Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • 2025 Ph.D., Sociology, Arizona State University
    - Dissertation: White Emotions in Action: Strategies and obstacles for
    increased engagement in antiracist movements
    - Committee: Monica McDermott (Chair), Nilda Flores-Gonzalez, Roc铆o Garc铆a, Glenn Bracey

    2012 M.C.R.P., Community & Regional Planning, Iowa State University
    M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University
    - Thesis: "Empowerment in the context of climate change: how community-based organizations can play a role in engaging citizens."

    2006 B.A., Planning & Environmental Policy, Western Washington Univ.

Publications

  • Ferguson, Annie. Forthcoming. 鈥淲hite Gatekeeping: How internalized white supremacy and emotions impact white antiracism.鈥 Ethnic & Racial Studies.

  • Ferguson, Annie. 2023. 鈥淩edefining antiracism: Learning from activists to sharpen academic language.鈥 Sociology Compass, 17(1). doi.org/10.1111/soc4.13057.

  • McDermott, Monica, and Annie Ferguson. 2022. 鈥淪ociology of Whiteness.鈥 Annual Review of Sociology 48:257鈥76. doi: .

  • Perline, Allie, Ferguson (Heuscher), Annie, Sondag, Annie, & Brown, Blakely. 2015. 鈥淧erceptions of local hospitals and food producers on opportunities for and barriers to implementing farm-to-hospital programs.鈥 Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 6(1), 147鈥159.

Interests

  • Race and ethnicity
  • Social movements
  • Emotions
  • Social psychology
  • Critical whiteness
  • Qualitative methods: interviewing, ethnography, and focus groups

Classes

  • SOCL 100: Introduction to Sociology

    The course introduces the basic concepts, principles, and major areas of sociology. Topics include the nature of society, social organizations, and major social institutions.

  • SOCL 241: The Individual and Society

    Major social psychological approaches to understanding the relationship between individuals and their social contexts are reviewed. Basic social psychological processes such as language, socialization, the self, and face-to-face interaction are discussed.