Bhoomi K Thakore
Biographic Data
| ID | 234293 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bhoomi K Thakore |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bhoomi K |
| FAMILY NAME | Thakore |
| SIGNATURE | THAKORE B K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Connecticut |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7707-103X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Black Maternal Politics, Racism, and Reproductive Rights in Online News Media
Maternal mortality rates in the United States continue to be disproportionately higher than those in other high-income countries, and Black women face a maternal mortality rate nearly three times that of White women. We examine public discourse of maternal mortality through a thematic analysis of 497 online news articles across six major media outlets from 2009 to 2023 and find the following: (1) framings of racial disparities in maternal mortali…
Capitalism, Racism, and Trumpism: Whitelash and the Politics of Oppression
That the rising tide of fascism, headwinds of neoliberalism, or persistence of racism in the United States is institutional, systemic, and part of a long history of oppression towards various groups is not new news. The bigger question is how we got to a point in which overt manifestations of racism, sexism, faux democracy, and other forms of illegality and authoritarianism has once again become normalized. What does it mean when a sitting Presid…
Humanism in My Everyday Life Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AHS
To commemorate the Association for Humanist Sociology’s (AHS) 50th anniversary, in this article I reflect on the influence of the organization’s objectives on academic sociology, and my own practice of humanism in my everyday life. First, I briefly summarize the presence of humanist sociology in the origin story of 20th century U.S. sociology. Next, I discuss my years of affiliation and service to AHS and reflect on the values added from this mut…
Racial Capitalism and Whitelash: Trumpism and the Politics of Oppression Redux–A New Normal or Just New Perfume in an Old Bottle
There is no question that Donald Trump’s actions in his second presidential term have many people bewildered, shocked, and frightened. What was deemed “not normal” in his first term in office has quickly become the “new normal.” In this paper, we argue that part of the explanation for the rise, and repeated rise, of Trumpism lies in Donald Trump’s ability to fuel and maintain a whitelash against the social progress of the 20th and early 21st cent…
Doing Sociology, Learning Objectives, and Developing Rubrics for Undergraduate Research Methods
The research project assignment can create meaningful opportunities for students to apply sociological concepts. For grading these projects, assessment rubrics are useful pedagogical tools to evaluate students’ abilities in achieving course learning objectives. In this study, I analyzed final research papers collected over multiple semesters in my undergraduate Methods of Social Research course. My goals are to (1) evaluate the grading rubric’s e…
The Struggle for Authentic Teaching
Higher education has inextricably become a part of political platforms, specifically in calls for limits on social sciences and humanities perspectives in the classroom. As instructors, we have become front-line soldiers in this fight, managing hostile students and their parents, while struggling to remain authentic to our academic selves. In this article, I reflect on my authentic teaching, the COVID-19 pandemic in Florida, and the Stop WOKE Act…
Jil Oslo Generation Palestinians and the Fight for Human Rights
Palestinian-Israeli land conflicts are rooted in the United Nations Resolution of 1948 declaring the statehood of Israel and causing forced displacement of Palestinians from their ancestral homes. Israel's fascist and settler-colonialist practices have violated basic human rights for generations of Palestinians, including the current generation of Palestinian young adults: the Jil Oslo. In this paper, I discuss the traumatic effects of Israeli la…
Arab Americans in Film: From Hollywood and Egyptian Stereotypes to Self-Representation
Capitalism, Racism, and Trumpism: Whitelash and the Politics of Oppression
That the rising tide of fascism, headwinds of neoliberalism, or persistence of racism in the United States is institutional, systemic, and part of a long history of oppression towards various groups is not new news. The bigger question is how we got to a point in which overt manifestations of racism, sexism, faux democracy, and other forms of illegality and authoritarianism has once again become normalized. What does it mean when a sitting Presid…
On the Origin of White Hollywood: The Racialized Space of the U.S. Film Industry
The scholarship on White spaces has highlighted the ways in which institutions have devoted themselves to reproducing Whiteness through intentional ideological work, and how the prevalence of such ideologies impact the individuals within these spaces. It is well recognized that experiences are racialized within U.S. social institution, but there needs to be more work on highlighting the origins of such ideologies within each context. In this arti…
Representing Talent: Hollywood Agents and the Making of Movies
House Full: Indian Cinema and the Active Audience
South Asians on the U.S. Screen: Just Like Everyone Else
How does the media influence society? How do media representations of South Asians, as racial and ethnic minorities, perpetuate stereotypes about this group? How do advancements in visual media, from creative storytelling to streaming technology, inform changing dynamics of all non-white media representations in the 21st century? Analyzing audience perceptions of South Asian characters from The Simpsons, Slumdog Millionaire, Harold and Kumar, The…
The burden of being “model: Racialized experiences of Asian STEM college students
Race and Contention in Twenty-First Century U.S. Media
This volume explores and clarifies the complex intersection of race and media in the contemporary United States. Due to the changing dynamics of how racial politics are played out in the contemporary US (as seen with debates of the "post-racial" society), as well as the changing dynamics of the media itself ("new vs. old" media debates), an interrogation of the role of the media and its various institutions within this area of social inquiry is n…
Wonderful When It Works: A Case Study of Electronically Mediated Guest Lectures
Ubiquitous technology theoretically allows for the creation of a global classroom with students engaging scholars, activists, and other professionals from around the world. Technical and pedagogical issues, however, can result in less-than-effective presentations that in turn result in negative learning outcomes. Using a case study approach, we discuss the key considerations, common pitfalls, and outcomes of using Skype to facilitate a guest lect…
Must‐See TV: South Asian Characterizations in American Popular Media
In the 21st century, representations of South Asians in American popular television have increased significantly. However, there has been very little critical analysis on the ways in which these characters are created and produced. In this review, I use literature from the sociology of race/ethnicity, immigration, and critical media studies to identify the concept of “(ethnic) characterization.” While it may be assumed that these representations …
Maintaining the Mechanisms of Colorblind Racism in the Twenty-First Century
The events of February 26, 2012 in Sanford, Florida will be remembered by man for years to come. That night, George Zimmerman, a 26-year-old half-Peruvian, phenotypically white man was on neighborhood watch and spotted Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old black teenage boy who was staying in the area at the time and walking back to the house of his father’s girlfriend. The following events took place over the span of approximately 8 minutes. First, Zimm…
Film Review: Rags-to-Riches in the 21st Century: The Reality behind Representations in Slumdog Millionaire
The burden of being “model: Racialized experiences of Asian STEM college students
House Full: Indian Cinema and the Active Audience
Race and Contention in Twenty-First Century U.S. Media
This volume explores and clarifies the complex intersection of race and media in the contemporary United States. Due to the changing dynamics of how racial politics are played out in the contemporary US (as seen with debates of the "post-racial" society), as well as the changing dynamics of the media itself ("new vs. old" media debates), an interrogation of the role of the media and its various institutions within this area of social inquiry is n…
Must‐See TV: South Asian Characterizations in American Popular Media
In the 21st century, representations of South Asians in American popular television have increased significantly. However, there has been very little critical analysis on the ways in which these characters are created and produced. In this review, I use literature from the sociology of race/ethnicity, immigration, and critical media studies to identify the concept of “(ethnic) characterization.” While it may be assumed that these representations …
Humanism in My Everyday Life Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AHS
To commemorate the Association for Humanist Sociology’s (AHS) 50th anniversary, in this article I reflect on the influence of the organization’s objectives on academic sociology, and my own practice of humanism in my everyday life. First, I briefly summarize the presence of humanist sociology in the origin story of 20th century U.S. sociology. Next, I discuss my years of affiliation and service to AHS and reflect on the values added from this mut…
The Struggle for Authentic Teaching
Higher education has inextricably become a part of political platforms, specifically in calls for limits on social sciences and humanities perspectives in the classroom. As instructors, we have become front-line soldiers in this fight, managing hostile students and their parents, while struggling to remain authentic to our academic selves. In this article, I reflect on my authentic teaching, the COVID-19 pandemic in Florida, and the Stop WOKE Act…
Wonderful When It Works: A Case Study of Electronically Mediated Guest Lectures
Ubiquitous technology theoretically allows for the creation of a global classroom with students engaging scholars, activists, and other professionals from around the world. Technical and pedagogical issues, however, can result in less-than-effective presentations that in turn result in negative learning outcomes. Using a case study approach, we discuss the key considerations, common pitfalls, and outcomes of using Skype to facilitate a guest lect…
Maintaining the Mechanisms of Colorblind Racism in the Twenty-First Century
The events of February 26, 2012 in Sanford, Florida will be remembered by man for years to come. That night, George Zimmerman, a 26-year-old half-Peruvian, phenotypically white man was on neighborhood watch and spotted Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old black teenage boy who was staying in the area at the time and walking back to the house of his father’s girlfriend. The following events took place over the span of approximately 8 minutes. First, Zimm…
Film Review: Rags-to-Riches in the 21st Century: The Reality behind Representations in Slumdog Millionaire
Must‐See TV: South Asian Characterizations in American Popular Media
In the 21st century, representations of South Asians in American popular television have increased significantly. However, there has been very little critical analysis on the ways in which these characters are created and produced. In this review, I use literature from the sociology of race/ethnicity, immigration, and critical media studies to identify the concept of “(ethnic) characterization.” While it may be assumed that these representations …
Maintaining the Mechanisms of Colorblind Racism in the Twenty-First Century
The events of February 26, 2012 in Sanford, Florida will be remembered by man for years to come. That night, George Zimmerman, a 26-year-old half-Peruvian, phenotypically white man was on neighborhood watch and spotted Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old black teenage boy who was staying in the area at the time and walking back to the house of his father’s girlfriend. The following events took place over the span of approximately 8 minutes. First, Zimm…
Wonderful When It Works: A Case Study of Electronically Mediated Guest Lectures
Ubiquitous technology theoretically allows for the creation of a global classroom with students engaging scholars, activists, and other professionals from around the world. Technical and pedagogical issues, however, can result in less-than-effective presentations that in turn result in negative learning outcomes. Using a case study approach, we discuss the key considerations, common pitfalls, and outcomes of using Skype to facilitate a guest lect…
South Asians on the U.S. Screen: Just Like Everyone Else
How does the media influence society? How do media representations of South Asians, as racial and ethnic minorities, perpetuate stereotypes about this group? How do advancements in visual media, from creative storytelling to streaming technology, inform changing dynamics of all non-white media representations in the 21st century? Analyzing audience perceptions of South Asian characters from The Simpsons, Slumdog Millionaire, Harold and Kumar, The…
The burden of being “model: Racialized experiences of Asian STEM college students
Race and Contention in Twenty-First Century U.S. Media
This volume explores and clarifies the complex intersection of race and media in the contemporary United States. Due to the changing dynamics of how racial politics are played out in the contemporary US (as seen with debates of the "post-racial" society), as well as the changing dynamics of the media itself ("new vs. old" media debates), an interrogation of the role of the media and its various institutions within this area of social inquiry is n…
House Full: Indian Cinema and the Active Audience
Representing Talent: Hollywood Agents and the Making of Movies
Capitalism, Racism, and Trumpism: Whitelash and the Politics of Oppression
That the rising tide of fascism, headwinds of neoliberalism, or persistence of racism in the United States is institutional, systemic, and part of a long history of oppression towards various groups is not new news. The bigger question is how we got to a point in which overt manifestations of racism, sexism, faux democracy, and other forms of illegality and authoritarianism has once again become normalized. What does it mean when a sitting Presid…
On the Origin of White Hollywood: The Racialized Space of the U.S. Film Industry
The scholarship on White spaces has highlighted the ways in which institutions have devoted themselves to reproducing Whiteness through intentional ideological work, and how the prevalence of such ideologies impact the individuals within these spaces. It is well recognized that experiences are racialized within U.S. social institution, but there needs to be more work on highlighting the origins of such ideologies within each context. In this arti…
Arab Americans in Film: From Hollywood and Egyptian Stereotypes to Self-Representation
The Struggle for Authentic Teaching
Higher education has inextricably become a part of political platforms, specifically in calls for limits on social sciences and humanities perspectives in the classroom. As instructors, we have become front-line soldiers in this fight, managing hostile students and their parents, while struggling to remain authentic to our academic selves. In this article, I reflect on my authentic teaching, the COVID-19 pandemic in Florida, and the Stop WOKE Act…
Jil Oslo Generation Palestinians and the Fight for Human Rights
Palestinian-Israeli land conflicts are rooted in the United Nations Resolution of 1948 declaring the statehood of Israel and causing forced displacement of Palestinians from their ancestral homes. Israel's fascist and settler-colonialist practices have violated basic human rights for generations of Palestinians, including the current generation of Palestinian young adults: the Jil Oslo. In this paper, I discuss the traumatic effects of Israeli la…
Doing Sociology, Learning Objectives, and Developing Rubrics for Undergraduate Research Methods
The research project assignment can create meaningful opportunities for students to apply sociological concepts. For grading these projects, assessment rubrics are useful pedagogical tools to evaluate students’ abilities in achieving course learning objectives. In this study, I analyzed final research papers collected over multiple semesters in my undergraduate Methods of Social Research course. My goals are to (1) evaluate the grading rubric’s e…
Racial Capitalism and Whitelash: Trumpism and the Politics of Oppression Redux–A New Normal or Just New Perfume in an Old Bottle
There is no question that Donald Trump’s actions in his second presidential term have many people bewildered, shocked, and frightened. What was deemed “not normal” in his first term in office has quickly become the “new normal.” In this paper, we argue that part of the explanation for the rise, and repeated rise, of Trumpism lies in Donald Trump’s ability to fuel and maintain a whitelash against the social progress of the 20th and early 21st cent…
Black Maternal Politics, Racism, and Reproductive Rights in Online News Media
Maternal mortality rates in the United States continue to be disproportionately higher than those in other high-income countries, and Black women face a maternal mortality rate nearly three times that of White women. We examine public discourse of maternal mortality through a thematic analysis of 497 online news articles across six major media outlets from 2009 to 2023 and find the following: (1) framings of racial disparities in maternal mortali…
Capitalism, Racism, and Trumpism: Whitelash and the Politics of Oppression
That the rising tide of fascism, headwinds of neoliberalism, or persistence of racism in the United States is institutional, systemic, and part of a long history of oppression towards various groups is not new news. The bigger question is how we got to a point in which overt manifestations of racism, sexism, faux democracy, and other forms of illegality and authoritarianism has once again become normalized. What does it mean when a sitting Presid…
Humanism in My Everyday Life Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AHS
To commemorate the Association for Humanist Sociology’s (AHS) 50th anniversary, in this article I reflect on the influence of the organization’s objectives on academic sociology, and my own practice of humanism in my everyday life. First, I briefly summarize the presence of humanist sociology in the origin story of 20th century U.S. sociology. Next, I discuss my years of affiliation and service to AHS and reflect on the values added from this mut…
Sociology (14 works) · Political science (11 works) · Law (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Art (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · History (5 works) · Media studies (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Aesthetics (4 works)