Melvin Thomas
Bio
Selected Research Publications
Books:
- Race, Ethnicity and the Covid-19 Global Pandemic. 2023. Co-edited with Loren Henderson and Hayward Horton. University of Cincinnati Press
- Color Struck: How Race and Complexion Matter in the “Color-Blind” Era. 2017. Co-edited with Lori Latrice Martin, Hayward Derrick Horton, Cedric Herring, and Verna M. Keith. Boston, MA: Sense Publishers.
Papers:
- Thomas, Melvin, Cedric Herring, Moshe Semyonov, Hayward Derrick Horton, Loren Henderson, and Patrick L. Mason. 2020. “Race and the Accumulation of Wealth: Racial Differences in Net Worth over the Life Course, 1989-2009.” Social Problems. (67): 20–39. https://doi.org/10.1093/socpro/spz002
- Thomas, Melvin, Richard Moye, Loren Henderson, and Hayward Derrick Horton. 2018. “Separate and Unequal: The Impact of Socioeconomic Status, Segregation and the Great Recession on Racial Disparities in Housing Values.” Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. 4(2):229-244.
- Thomas, Melvin and Richard Moye. 2015. “Race, Class and Gender and the Impact of Social Class and Racial Segregation on Black-White Income Inequality.” Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. 1(October): 490-502.
- Thomas, Melvin. 2017. “It’s Hardly Fair To Bring A Child Into The World With The Way Things Look. . .: Anomie, Mistrust and the Impact of Race, Class and Gender.” Sociological Inquiry. 88(2): 254-273.
- Thomas, Melvin and Richard Moye. 2015. “Race, Class and Gender and the Impact of Social Class and Racial Segregation on Black-White Income Inequality.” Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. 1(October): 490-502.
- Thomas, Melvin, Cedric Herring and Hayward D. Horton. 2010. “Racial Differences in the Perception of Racial Equality in the Obama Era.” Pp. 177-192 in Race and the Age of Obama, Donald Cunnigan and Marino Bruce (Editors). Emerald Press.
- Tomaskovic-Devey, Donald, Melvin Thomas, and Kecia Johnson. 2005. “Race and the Accumulation of Human Capital Across the Career: A Theoretical Model and Fixed Effects Application.” American Journal of Sociology. 111(July): 58-89.
- Thomas, Melvin and Linda Treiber. 2000. “Race, Gender and Status: A Content Analysis of Four Popular Magazines.” Sociological Spectrum. 20(3): 357-371.
- Horton, Hayward D.,Beverlyn Lundy Allen, Cedric Herring and Melvin Thomas. 2000. “Lost in the Storm: The Sociology of the Black Working Class, 1850-1990.” American Sociological Review. 65(February): 128-137.
- Thomas, Melvin. 2000. “Anything But Race: The Social Science Retreat From Racism.” African American Research Perspectives. 6(1):79-96.
- Hughes, Michael, and Melvin Thomas. 1998. The Continuing Significance of Race Revisited: A Study of Race, Class and Quality of Life in America 1972-1996. American Sociological Review 63:785-95.
- Horton, Hayward D., and Melvin Thomas. 1998. Race, Class and Family Structure: Differences in Housing Values For Black and White Homeowners. Sociological Inquiry 68 (1):114-36.
- Thomas, Melvin, Cedric Herring, and Hayward Horton. 1995. Racial and Gender Differences in Returns From Education. Pp. 239-53 in Race and Ethnicity in America: Meeting the Challenge in the 21st Century, edited by Gail Thomas. Washington, DC: Taylor and Francis.
- Thomas, Melvin. 1995. Race, Class, and Occupation: An Analysis of Black and White Earning Differences for Professional and Non-Professional Men 1940-1990. Pp. 139-56 in Research in Race and Ethnic Relations Volume 8, edited by Rutledge Dennis. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, Inc.
- Thomas, Melvin, Cedric Herring, and Hayward D. Horton. 1994. Discrimination Over the Life Course: A Synthetic Cohort Analysis of Earning Differences Between Black and White Males 1940-1990. Social Problems 41 (4):601-22.
- Thomas, Melvin. 1993. Race, Class, and Personal Income: An Empirical Test of the Declining Significance of Race Thesis 1968-1988. Social Problems 40 (3):328-42.
- Thomas, Melvin, and Bernadette Holmes. 1992. Determinants of Satisfaction for Blacks and Whites. Sociological Quarterly 33 (3):459-72.
- Thomas, Melvin, and Hayward D. Horton. 1992. Race, Class, and Family Structure: The Case of Family Income. Sociological Perspectives 35 (3):433-50.
- Thomas, Melvin, and Michael Hughes. 1986. The Continuing Significance of Race: A Study of Race, Class, and Quality of Life in America 1972-1985. American Sociological Review 51:830-41.
Education
B.A. Sociology and Religion Eastern University
M.A. Sociology Marquette University
Ph.D. Sociology Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Area(s) of Expertise
Racial Inequality, Quality of Life, Sociology of Religion