Jessie Daniels (sociologist)

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Jessie Daniels
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Texas at Austin
Known forResearch on race, racism, and digital media
Scientific career
FieldsSociology, Digital Media, Race and Racism Studies
InstitutionsHunter College, City University of New York (CUNY)
Doctoral advisor Joe R. Feagin
Website Official website

Jessie Daniels is an American sociologist and professor known for her research on race, racism, and digital media. She is a distinguished Professor of Sociology at Hunter College, City University of New York (CUNY), and is affiliated with The Graduate Center, CUNY in Africana Studies, Critical Social Psychology, and Sociology. [1]

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Education and career

Daniels earned her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin, where she studied with Joe R. Feagin. [2] She was later awarded a Charles Phelps Taft post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Cincinnati, where she studied with Patricia Hill Collins. [3]

She began her academic career teaching Sociology at Hofstra University (1995–1999) before transitioning to the internet industry as a Senior Producer, creating live online events for Fortune 500 companies (1999–2000). She later returned to academia through an NIH-funded research project at Rikers Island, focusing on race, masculinity, and health among incarcerated young men (2002–2005). [4]

At Hunter College, Daniels helped create the Master's program in Applied Digital Sociology, which trains students in data-driven social research with a focus on critical theory and digital methods. She has also served as a Faculty Fellow at Data & Society (2018–2019), [5] a Faculty Affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society (2019–2020), and as a Research Associate at the Oxford Internet Institute (2020–present). [6]

Research and contributions

Daniels is recognized for her work on digital manifestations of racism, particularly in far-right extremist groups and online hate speech. She has studied race and media for over 25 years, analyzing the transition of white supremacist propaganda from print to digital platforms. Her first book, White Lies (1997), examined extremist newsletters, while Cyber Racism (2009) explored their online presence, coining the term "cloaked sites" for deceptive racist websites. [7]

In 2014, Contexts, the magazine of the American Sociological Association, described her as a "pioneer in digital sociology." In 2016, she co-edited Digital Sociologies with Karen Gregory and Tressie McMillan Cottom, a work adopted by academic courses worldwide. Her most recent book, Nice White Ladies (2021), examines white women's roles in white supremacy and earned a starred review from Kirkus Reviews . [8]

Other work and public engagement

Daniels is active in public sociology and digital scholarship. From 2007 to 2023, she ran the RacismReview (with Joe Feagin), a popular blog that at its peak had 200,000 unique visitors per month. [9] Forbes recognized her as one of "20 Inspiring Women to Follow on Twitter." [10] [11]

Awards and recognition

References

  1. ↑ "Jessie Daniels". Hunter College . November 14, 2023. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Jessie Daniels – The Graduate Center". The Graduate Center, CUNY. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
  3. ↑ Ordway, Denise-Marie (July 22, 2019). "10 tips for covering white supremacy and far-right extremists". The Journalist's Resource .
  4. ↑ "Jessie Daniels". Bristol University Press . Retrieved March 30, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Jessie Daniels". Data & Society. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Jessie Daniels – Central European University". Central European University . Retrieved March 30, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Jessie Daniels – LSE Review of Books". LSE Review of Books. December 2, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Nice White Ladies Sparks Discussion About Race, Privilege". Mississippi Free Press. December 21, 2021. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Jessie Daniels Discusses 'Nice White Ladies' Problem". Mississippi Free Press. April 18, 2022. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Socially Accepted Gaslighting: How White Feminists Perpetuate Racism". Literary Hub . November 8, 2021. Retrieved March 30, 2025.
  11. ↑ Morris, Paul; Spoonley, Paul (March 9, 2023). "The road to March 15: 'networked white rage' and the Christchurch terror attacks". The Conversation .
  12. ↑ "Book Review: What is Digital Sociology? by Neil Selwyn". London School of Economics and Political Science . June 15, 2020.
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