Deenesh Sohoni
Biographic Data
| ID | 3734544 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Deenesh Sohoni |
| GIVEN NAMES | Deenesh |
| FAMILY NAME | Sohoni |
| SIGNATURE | SOHONI D |
| AFFILIATIONS | William & Mary |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 236 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Changing Boundaries of Whiteness? Demographic and Social Determinants of Middle Eastern and North African Marriage Trends in the United States
Intermarriage is an important indicator of immigrant integration trajectories and the rigidity of ethnoracial boundaries. Although questions of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) integration and social exclusion occupy a central place in public discourse, little is known about their marriage patterns. The authors use the 2017 American Community Survey to estimate patterns of coethnic, panethnic, and intergroup marriages for MENA populations.…
The Coming Majority-Minority State: Media Coverage of U.S. Census Projections, Demographic Threat, and the Construction of Racial Boundaries
This study analyzes media coverage of Census Bureau projections showing that the U.S. will become a majority-minority state by mid-century. I argue that the mismatch between the racial/ethnic categories used by the media in their coverage of Census projections, and the official government categories used by the Census, help construct social boundaries around “whiteness” that allows for growth of minority populations to be presented as a challenge…
Restrictionist Discourse by the Numbers: The Framing of the Demographic Impacts of Immigration
This article examines the attempts by restrictionist groups to use the Internet to construct demographic arguments and legitimize immigration as a social problem. I argue that demographic arguments serve two key and related functions for groups seeking more restrictive immigration policies: one, to legitimize their claims as scientific and objective; and two, to counter claims that their positions are nativist or racially based. My analyses sugge…
Defining immigrant newcomers in new destinations: Symbolic boundaries in Williamsburg, Virginia
Deenesh Sohoni* & Jennifer Bickham Mendez*DEENESH SOHONI is Associate Professor of Sociology at The College of William & Mary.JENNIFER BICKHAM MENDEZ is Associate Professor of Sociology at The College of William & Mary
Perceptions of Immigrant Criminality: Crime and Social Boundaries
Researchers studying the relationship between immigration and crime frequently note the discrepancy between actual rates and public perceptions of criminal behavior by immigrants. Analyzing staff- and reader-generated texts in a local newspaper, we find that this connection is maintained through a conflation of key terms, assumptions of the legal status of immigrants, and a focus on high-profile criminal acts. We argue that the discourse of immig…
Teaching a Global Sociology: Suggestions for Globalizing the U.S. Curriculum
Increasingly, educators have called on colleges and universities to prepare their students for a more interdependent world. While sociology has begun to heed the message to globalize the curriculum, efforts to implement relevant teaching practices are hampered by lack of consensus on what “internationalizing” or “globalizing” the classroom actually means and the most effective ways to accomplish this goal. The purpose of this article is twofold: …
Mapping School Segregation: Using GIS to Explore Racial Segregation between Schools and Their Corresponding Attendance Areas
We examine whether student enrollment in nonneighborhood schools changes levels of racial segregation in public schools across urban school districts by comparing the racial composition of schools and their corresponding attendance area. This comparison was made possible by using geographic information systems (GIS) to link maps of elementary, middle, and high school attendance boundaries with 2000 census data, the Common Core of Data, and the Pr…
Unsuitable Suitors: Anti-Miscegenation Laws, Naturalization Laws, and the Construction of Asian Identities
In this article, I use state-level anti-miscegenation legislation to examine how Asian ethnic groups became categorized within the American racial system in the period between the Civil War and the civil rights movement of the 1960s. I show how the labels used to describe Asian ethnic groups at the state level reflected and were constrained by national-level debates regarding the groups eligible for U.S. citizenship. My main point is that Asian e…
Mapping Educational Inequality: Concentrations of Poverty among Poor and Minority Students in Public Schools
We examine high concentrations of poverty in public schools by comparing economic segregation in schools and in their corresponding attendance boundaries. To do this, we assign poverty rates from the 2000 census to maps of school attendance boundaries for 21 of the largest school districts and link this with data enumerating the number of poor children enrolled in each school. Results show that percentages of poor children in neighborhood schools…
Coloring Outside the Lines: Racial Segregation in Public Schools and Their Attendance Boundaries
Scholars have debated whether students' enrollment in private schools changes levels of racial segregation across urban school districts. The authors examine this issue by comparing the actual racial composition of schools with the racial composition of school-aged children living in the corresponding attendance areas. They do so by linking maps of school attendance boundaries with 2000 census data, the Common Core of Data, and the Private School…
The 'Immigrant Problem: Modern-Day Nativism on the Web
This article examines present attempts to construct immigration as a social problem by studying the language and rhetoric of restrictionist groups on the World Wide Web in the aftermath of 9/11. The analysis of these websites reveals a variety of discourses that both describe and evaluate the consequences of recent immigration. The reasons against immigration currently being put forth include: defending the environment, enhancing national securit…
Coloring Outside the Lines: Racial Segregation in Public Schools and Their Attendance Boundaries
Scholars have debated whether students' enrollment in private schools changes levels of racial segregation across urban school districts. The authors examine this issue by comparing the actual racial composition of schools with the racial composition of school-aged children living in the corresponding attendance areas. They do so by linking maps of school attendance boundaries with 2000 census data, the Common Core of Data, and the Private School…
Mapping Educational Inequality: Concentrations of Poverty among Poor and Minority Students in Public Schools
We examine high concentrations of poverty in public schools by comparing economic segregation in schools and in their corresponding attendance boundaries. To do this, we assign poverty rates from the 2000 census to maps of school attendance boundaries for 21 of the largest school districts and link this with data enumerating the number of poor children enrolled in each school. Results show that percentages of poor children in neighborhood schools…
Unsuitable Suitors: Anti-Miscegenation Laws, Naturalization Laws, and the Construction of Asian Identities
In this article, I use state-level anti-miscegenation legislation to examine how Asian ethnic groups became categorized within the American racial system in the period between the Civil War and the civil rights movement of the 1960s. I show how the labels used to describe Asian ethnic groups at the state level reflected and were constrained by national-level debates regarding the groups eligible for U.S. citizenship. My main point is that Asian e…
Mapping School Segregation: Using GIS to Explore Racial Segregation between Schools and Their Corresponding Attendance Areas
We examine whether student enrollment in nonneighborhood schools changes levels of racial segregation in public schools across urban school districts by comparing the racial composition of schools and their corresponding attendance area. This comparison was made possible by using geographic information systems (GIS) to link maps of elementary, middle, and high school attendance boundaries with 2000 census data, the Common Core of Data, and the Pr…
Defining immigrant newcomers in new destinations: Symbolic boundaries in Williamsburg, Virginia
Deenesh Sohoni* & Jennifer Bickham Mendez*DEENESH SOHONI is Associate Professor of Sociology at The College of William & Mary.JENNIFER BICKHAM MENDEZ is Associate Professor of Sociology at The College of William & Mary
Teaching a Global Sociology: Suggestions for Globalizing the U.S. Curriculum
Increasingly, educators have called on colleges and universities to prepare their students for a more interdependent world. While sociology has begun to heed the message to globalize the curriculum, efforts to implement relevant teaching practices are hampered by lack of consensus on what “internationalizing” or “globalizing” the classroom actually means and the most effective ways to accomplish this goal. The purpose of this article is twofold: …
The 'Immigrant Problem: Modern-Day Nativism on the Web
This article examines present attempts to construct immigration as a social problem by studying the language and rhetoric of restrictionist groups on the World Wide Web in the aftermath of 9/11. The analysis of these websites reveals a variety of discourses that both describe and evaluate the consequences of recent immigration. The reasons against immigration currently being put forth include: defending the environment, enhancing national securit…
The Coming Majority-Minority State: Media Coverage of U.S. Census Projections, Demographic Threat, and the Construction of Racial Boundaries
This study analyzes media coverage of Census Bureau projections showing that the U.S. will become a majority-minority state by mid-century. I argue that the mismatch between the racial/ethnic categories used by the media in their coverage of Census projections, and the official government categories used by the Census, help construct social boundaries around “whiteness” that allows for growth of minority populations to be presented as a challenge…
Restrictionist Discourse by the Numbers: The Framing of the Demographic Impacts of Immigration
This article examines the attempts by restrictionist groups to use the Internet to construct demographic arguments and legitimize immigration as a social problem. I argue that demographic arguments serve two key and related functions for groups seeking more restrictive immigration policies: one, to legitimize their claims as scientific and objective; and two, to counter claims that their positions are nativist or racially based. My analyses sugge…
Coloring Outside the Lines: Racial Segregation in Public Schools and Their Attendance Boundaries
Scholars have debated whether students' enrollment in private schools changes levels of racial segregation across urban school districts. The authors examine this issue by comparing the actual racial composition of schools with the racial composition of school-aged children living in the corresponding attendance areas. They do so by linking maps of school attendance boundaries with 2000 census data, the Common Core of Data, and the Private School…
The 'Immigrant Problem: Modern-Day Nativism on the Web
This article examines present attempts to construct immigration as a social problem by studying the language and rhetoric of restrictionist groups on the World Wide Web in the aftermath of 9/11. The analysis of these websites reveals a variety of discourses that both describe and evaluate the consequences of recent immigration. The reasons against immigration currently being put forth include: defending the environment, enhancing national securit…
Unsuitable Suitors: Anti-Miscegenation Laws, Naturalization Laws, and the Construction of Asian Identities
In this article, I use state-level anti-miscegenation legislation to examine how Asian ethnic groups became categorized within the American racial system in the period between the Civil War and the civil rights movement of the 1960s. I show how the labels used to describe Asian ethnic groups at the state level reflected and were constrained by national-level debates regarding the groups eligible for U.S. citizenship. My main point is that Asian e…
Mapping Educational Inequality: Concentrations of Poverty among Poor and Minority Students in Public Schools
We examine high concentrations of poverty in public schools by comparing economic segregation in schools and in their corresponding attendance boundaries. To do this, we assign poverty rates from the 2000 census to maps of school attendance boundaries for 21 of the largest school districts and link this with data enumerating the number of poor children enrolled in each school. Results show that percentages of poor children in neighborhood schools…
Mapping School Segregation: Using GIS to Explore Racial Segregation between Schools and Their Corresponding Attendance Areas
We examine whether student enrollment in nonneighborhood schools changes levels of racial segregation in public schools across urban school districts by comparing the racial composition of schools and their corresponding attendance area. This comparison was made possible by using geographic information systems (GIS) to link maps of elementary, middle, and high school attendance boundaries with 2000 census data, the Common Core of Data, and the Pr…
Teaching a Global Sociology: Suggestions for Globalizing the U.S. Curriculum
Increasingly, educators have called on colleges and universities to prepare their students for a more interdependent world. While sociology has begun to heed the message to globalize the curriculum, efforts to implement relevant teaching practices are hampered by lack of consensus on what “internationalizing” or “globalizing” the classroom actually means and the most effective ways to accomplish this goal. The purpose of this article is twofold: …
Perceptions of Immigrant Criminality: Crime and Social Boundaries
Researchers studying the relationship between immigration and crime frequently note the discrepancy between actual rates and public perceptions of criminal behavior by immigrants. Analyzing staff- and reader-generated texts in a local newspaper, we find that this connection is maintained through a conflation of key terms, assumptions of the legal status of immigrants, and a focus on high-profile criminal acts. We argue that the discourse of immig…
Defining immigrant newcomers in new destinations: Symbolic boundaries in Williamsburg, Virginia
Deenesh Sohoni* & Jennifer Bickham Mendez*DEENESH SOHONI is Associate Professor of Sociology at The College of William & Mary.JENNIFER BICKHAM MENDEZ is Associate Professor of Sociology at The College of William & Mary
Restrictionist Discourse by the Numbers: The Framing of the Demographic Impacts of Immigration
This article examines the attempts by restrictionist groups to use the Internet to construct demographic arguments and legitimize immigration as a social problem. I argue that demographic arguments serve two key and related functions for groups seeking more restrictive immigration policies: one, to legitimize their claims as scientific and objective; and two, to counter claims that their positions are nativist or racially based. My analyses sugge…
The Coming Majority-Minority State: Media Coverage of U.S. Census Projections, Demographic Threat, and the Construction of Racial Boundaries
This study analyzes media coverage of Census Bureau projections showing that the U.S. will become a majority-minority state by mid-century. I argue that the mismatch between the racial/ethnic categories used by the media in their coverage of Census projections, and the official government categories used by the Census, help construct social boundaries around “whiteness” that allows for growth of minority populations to be presented as a challenge…
Changing Boundaries of Whiteness? Demographic and Social Determinants of Middle Eastern and North African Marriage Trends in the United States
Intermarriage is an important indicator of immigrant integration trajectories and the rigidity of ethnoracial boundaries. Although questions of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) integration and social exclusion occupy a central place in public discourse, little is known about their marriage patterns. The authors use the 2017 American Community Survey to estimate patterns of coethnic, panethnic, and intergroup marriages for MENA populations.…
Sociology (11 works) · Political science (10 works) · Law (7 works) · Immigration (6 works) · Demographic economics (5 works) · Demography (5 works) · Ethnic group (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (5 works)