Howard Winant

Howard Winant
Born1946 (age 77–78)
OccupationResearcher, professor, writer
NationalityAmerican
Education
Period1980–present
Notable awardsCox-Johnson-Frazier Award “...for lifetime career service and commitment to greater racial and social justice,” American Sociological Association, 2015; Oliver Cromwell Cox Book Award, for The World Is a Ghetto. Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities, American Sociological Association, 2003.
Children3
Website
www.soc.ucsb.edu/faculty/howard-winant

Howard Winant (born 1946)[1] is an American sociologist and race theorist.[2] Winant is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara.[3][4] Winant is best known for developing the theory of racial formation along with Michael Omi. Winant's research and teachings revolve around race and racism, comparative historical sociology, political sociology, social theory, and human rights.

  1. ^ Strmic-Pawl, Hephzibah V. (2020-06-03). Understanding Racism: Theories of Oppression and Discrimination. SAGE Publications. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-0718-1865-7.
  2. ^ Garner, Roberta; Hancock, Black Hawk (2014-04-29). Social Theory: Continuity and Confrontation: A Reader, Third Edition. University of Toronto Press. pp. 468–469. ISBN 978-1-4426-0650-0.
  3. ^ University of California, Santa Barbara - Sociology - Howard Winant
  4. ^ bibliovault