Elizabeth Higginbotham
Professor, Sociology and Criminal Justice
Faculty Scholar Emerita, Center for the Study of Diversity
Faculty Scholar Emerita, Center for the Study of Diversity
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
Biography
Elizabeth Higginbotham (Ph.D. )is a professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware with joint appointments in Black American Studies and Women’s Studies. She has a long standing interest in diversity issues as they related to education and employment. Her publications include, Too Much to Ask: Black Women in the Era of Integration (University of North Carolina Press, 2001), and with Margaret Andersen, Race in Society: Then Changing Landscape(Wadsworth-Cengage, 2012) in its third edition. She is currently researching Black professionals who desegregate workplaces.