Nikita Carney

Dr. Carney's interdisciplinary research engages with race and ethnicity, gender, and ethnographic methods. Her research involves the Black diaspora in the Caribbean, United States, Canada, and France, with a particular focus on the experiences of Black women.

Education

• UC Santa Barbara - Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Sociology 2014 - 2019
• Simmons University - M.A., Gender and Cultural Studies 2010 - 2012
• Wellesley College - B.A., Women's Studies, Anthropology 2004 - 2008

Teaching Interests

• SO 132 Issues and Investigations in Sociology
• SO 241 Race and Racism in the United States
• SO 271 Diversity, Self, and Society

Research Interests

• Race, gender and migration
• Race, media, and social movements
• Ethnography

Publications

Journal Articles

• Carney, N., Kelekay, J. (2022). Framing the Black Lives Matter Movement: An Analysis of Shifting News Coverage in 2014 and 2020. Social Currents. 232949652210927.
• Carney, N. (2021). All Work Is Cultural Work: Paid Labor and Cultural Citizenship. Journal of Haitian Studies, (27) 1 112-134.
• Carney, N. (2021). Constructing Race and Ethnicity: "It Has to Do with Where You Are". SPATIAL DEMOGRAPHY, (9) 3 375-396.
• Rios, V. M., Carney, N., Kelekay, J. (2017). Ethnographies of Race, Crime, and Justice: Toward a Sociological Double-Consciousness. ANNUAL REVIEW OF SOCIOLOGY, VOL 43, (43) 493-513.
• Carney, N. (2017). Multi-sited ethnography: Opportunities for the study of race. SOCIOLOGY COMPASS, (11) 9
• Carney, N. (2016). All Lives Matter, but so Does Race. Humanity and Society, (40) 2 180-199.