DukeW.Austin, PhD Faculty Profile

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Duke  W.  Austin, PhD

Professor

  • duke.austin@csueastbay.edu
  • MI 3093
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What makes me unique

Dr. Duke Austin is a Professor of Sociology at ÍÑ¿ã°É, East Bay, where he also serves Chair of the Faculty Affairs Committee, and previously, Department Chair. He is the 2023 recipient of the Outstanding Contributor to Community Engagement and the 2016 recipient of the Outstanding Scholar on Issues of Diversity, Social Justice, and Multiculturalism. He currently serves as a Senior Fellow for the Urban Ethnography Project at Yale University, a Consultant on an NIH grant at the University of Southern California, and on the Board of Directors for the Pacific Sociological Association.

Dr. Austin's scholarship is grounded in critical race studies, especially in the contexts of immigration, education, community-based organizations, and the environment. His published volumes include  (Palgrave MacMillan, 2021, with Benjamin P. Bowser) and (The American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2012, with Elijah Anderson), as well as numerous journal articles and book chapters. 

Dr. Austin believes that quality teaching and learning fosters intellectual empowerment and social justice. Through learner-centered pedagogy, experiential education, and educating for a diverse world, he empowers his students to apply critical thinking skills to the world around them and to see the relevance of education in their own lives. In doing so, he prepares his students to become civic leaders who actively contribute to society in intelligent and effective ways.

Before entering academia, Dr. Austin worked as a Lead Wilderness Instructor for Outward Bound, a Ski Instructor and School Supervisor for Steamboat Ski Resort in Colorado, and the Summer Camp Director at Quarterman Ranch in Texas. He is also a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer, having served as a Teacher Trainer in Paraguay. He is proficient in Spanish, Portuguese, and formerly, Guarani.

As a member of the ÍÑ¿ã°É Bay community with an office on the Hayward campus, Dr. Austin acknowledges that he is a guest on the unceded land of the First People of this region, the present-day of the San Francisco Bay Area (formerly Verona Band of Alameda County). He supports the sovereignty of this Chochenyo-Ohlone-speaking tribal group and other Indigenous peoples. This acknowledgment was created by the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe with the support of the CSUEB Indigenous Acknowledgment Collective.

  • Postdoctoral Training Certificate, Yale University, 2013PhD in Sociology, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2010MA in Sociology, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2008BA with Honors, Magna Cum Laude, University of Texas at Austin, 1998

  • Fall Semester 2025

    Course #SecCourse TitleDaysFromToLocationCampus
    SOC 33001Environmental SociologyTH3:15PM4:55PMMI-3015Hayward Campus
    SOC 10001Introduction to SociologyTH9:30AM10:45AMMI-2002Hayward Campus
    SOC 36001Sociology of SexualitiesTH1:15PM2:55PMMI-3015Hayward Campus

  • BOOKS

    2021. Duke W. Austin and Benjamin P. Bowser. Impacts of Racism on White Americans in the Age of Trump. Palgrave MacMillan.

    2012. Elijah Anderson, Dana Asbury, Duke W. Austin, Esther Kim, and Vani Kulkarni. Bringing Fieldwork Back In: Contemporary Urban Ethnographic Research, a special edition of The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 642(1).

     

    PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES & CHAPTERS

    2022. Matthew Atencio, E. Missy Wright, Duke W. Austin, Carl Stempel, and Christina Rodriguez. “Social Justice Organisations, Community Sport and Coaching Children.” In Routledge Handbook of Coaching Children in Sport, edited by Martin Toms and Ruth Jeanes. Taylor Francis.

    2021. Duke W. Austin, and Benjamin P. Bowser, Benjamin. “Introduction: Impacts of Racism.” Pp. 1-17 in Impacts of Racism on White Americans in the Age of Trump, edited by Duke W. Austin and Benjamin P. Bowser. Palgrave MacMillan.

    2021. Benjamin P. Bowser, and Duke W. Austin. “Summary: Racism’s Impact on White Americans in the Age of Trump.” Pp. 235-252 in Impacts of Racism on White Americans in the Age of Trump, edited by Duke W. Austin and Benjamin P. Bowser. Palgrave MacMillan.

    2021. Benjamin P. Bowser, and Duke W. Austin. “Conclusion and Reflections.” Pp. 253-266 Impacts of Racism on White Americans in the Age of Trump, edited by Duke W. Austin and Benjamin P. Bowser. Palgrave MacMillan.

    2021. Patricia Maloney, Duke W. Austin, and SaunJuhi Verma. “Fear of a School-to-Deportation Pipeline: How Teachers, Administrators, and Immigrant Students Respond to the Threat of Standardized Tests and Deportation,” in Urban Education.

    2019. Duke W. Austin, Matthew Atencio, Fanny Yeung, Julie Stein, Deepika Mathur, Sukari Ivester, and Dianne Rush Woods. "Diversity and Inclusion Curriculum: Addressing Culturally Relevant Pedagogy and the Achievement Gap at a Racially Diverse University," in Currents in Teaching and Learning.

    2017. SaunJuhi Verma, Patricia Maloney, and Duke W. Austin. “The School to Deportation Pipeline: The Perspectives of Immigrant Students and Their Teachers on Profiling and Surveillance within the School System,” in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 673(1):209-229.

    2016. Duke W. Austin. “Hyper-Masculinity and Disaster: The Reconstruction of Hegemonic Masculinity in the Wake of Calamity,” pp. 45-55 in Men, Masculinities, and Disasters: Revisiting the Gendered Terrain of Disaster, edited by Elaine Enarson and Bob Pease. Routledge.

    2015. Dianne Rush Woods, Sarah Taylor, Duke W. Austin, Julie Beck, Ken Chung, Stephanie Couch, E. Maxwell Davis, Bryan Fauth, Kim Geron, Dale Katherine Ireland, Eric Kupers, Michael S. Massey, Amy June Rowley, Julie Stein, and Jessica Weiss. “Building an Inclusive, Accessible, and Responsive Campus at ÍÑ¿ã°É Bay, 2010-2015.” In Perspectives on Communication Disorders and Sciences in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations. 22(2):40-89.

    2012. Elijah Anderson, Duke W. Austin, Craig Holloway, and Vani Kulkarni. 2012. “The Legacy of Racial Caste: An Exploratory Ethnography,” in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 642(1): 25-42.

    2012. Duke W. Austin. “Preparedness Clusters: A Research Note on the Disaster Readiness of Community-Based Organizations,” in Sociological Perspectives, 55(2): 383-393.

    2007. Michelle Miles and Duke W. Austin. “The Color(s) of Crisis: How Race, Rumor, and Collective Memory Shape the Legacy of Katrina.” Pp. 33-49 in Racing the Storm: Racial Implications and Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina, edited by Hillary Potter. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

    2006. Duke W. Austin and Michelle Miles. “Crisis in Black and White: Katrina, Rita, and the Construction of Reality.” Pp. 151-173 in Learning from Catastrophe: Quick Response Research in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina. Boulder, CO: The Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado.

     

    ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS

    2021. Patricia Maloney, Duke W. Austin, and SaunJuhi Verma. “Deportation Threats for Some Students Come from within Schools.” The Conversation.

    2021. Duke W. Austin. "Want to Change the World? Study Sociology!" In You Are Not Alone: Recipes to Obtain Success by Students for Students, edited by Lettie Ramirez. El Monte, CA: Velázquez Press. 

    2011. Duke W. Austin. 2011. “A Review of Diversity Paradox: Immigration and the Color Line in 21st Century America, by Jennifer Lee and Frank Bean.” Teachers College Record, www.tcrecord.org, ID Number 16320.

    2008. Duke W. Austin. “Robert E. Park,” in Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society, edited by Richard Schaefer. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

    2008. Liesel Ritchie, Kathleen Tierney, Duke W. Austin, Matt Beres, Christine Bvec, Brandi Gilbert, and Jeanette Sutton. “Disaster Preparedness Among Community-Based Organizations in the City and County of San Francisco.” Technical Report. The Natural Hazards Center, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado at Boulder.

     

    STUDENT PUBLICATION

    2019. Joseph M. Serrato. "Fatherhood Socialization of Masculinity Through Parental Involvement in Youth Sport." Inquiries Journal, 11(10).