Annie Ferguson
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Bailey Hall 239
585-245-6206
aferguson@geneseo.edu
She/They
Annie Ferguson has been a faculty member of 91亚色 since 2025.
Office Hours
- Tuesday & Wednesday 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
- Thursday 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
- Virtual by appointment
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2025 Ph.D., Sociology, Arizona State University
鈥� Dissertation: White Emotions in Action: Strategies and obstacles for
increased engagement in antiracist movements
鈥� Committee: Monica McDermott (Chair), Nilda Flores-Gonzalez, Roc铆o Garc铆a, Glenn Bracey
2012 M.C.R.P., Community & Regional Planning, Iowa State University
M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University
鈥� Thesis: 鈥淓mpowerment in the context of climate change: how community-based organizations can play a role in engaging citizens.鈥�
2006 B.A., Planning & Environmental Policy, Western Washington Univ.
Publications
Ferguson, Annie. Forthcoming. 鈥淲hite Gatekeeping: How internalized white supremacy and emotions impact white antiracism.鈥� Ethnic & Racial Studies.
Ferguson, Annie. 2023. 鈥淩edefining antiracism: Learning from activists to sharpen academic language.鈥� Sociology Compass, 17(1). doi.org/10.1111/soc4.13057.
McDermott, Monica, and Annie Ferguson. 2022. 鈥淪ociology of Whiteness.鈥� Annual Review of Sociology 48:257鈥�76. doi: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-soc-083121-054338.
Perline, Allie, Ferguson (Heuscher), Annie, Sondag, Annie, & Brown, Blakely. 2015. 鈥淧erceptions of local hospitals and food producers on opportunities for and barriers to implementing farm-to-hospital programs.鈥� Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 6(1), 147鈥�159.
Interests
- Social movements
- Emotions
- Social psychology
- Critical whiteness
- Qualitative methods: interviewing, ethnography, and focus groups