Anthony J. Stone Jr.
Assistant Professor
Dr. Anthony Jerome Stone Jr. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at The University of Memphis. Dr. Stone holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Cincinnati, Master of Arts in Sociology from The University of Memphis, and a Bachelor of Arts from Michigan State University in Political Science, Pre-Law.
Dr. Stone is an adherent of Black Sociology who relies on interdisciplinary knowledges to address sociological questions. His primary research interests are Race & Racisms, Social Psychology, and Sociology of Media. Currently, Dr. Stone’s research agenda is focused in three areas: (1) How Black men think about the relationship between their identities and the Black men they see in film, (2) the sociology of knowledge as it relates to how social science research approaches Black populations, including historical figures, and (3) how Black people understand and derive meaning from the various aspects of their lives.
Education
Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 2023
Publications
Wright II, Earl, Kierra Toney, Keri Eason, and Anthony J. Stone Jr. (eds.). 2021. Sociology and Hip Hop: An Anthology (2nd edition). San Diego, CA: Cognella.
Stone Jr., Anthony J. and Carol Rambo. 2021. “Surviving Racism & Genocide: Native American Caricature Iconography and Racial Formation Projects.” Pp. 91-115 in Studies in Symbolic Interaction Vol. 54, edited by N.K. Denzin and S.L. Chen. Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited.
Johnson, Andre E. and Anthony J. Stone Jr. 2018. "The Most Dangerous Negro in America: Rhetoric, Race and the Prophetic Pessimism of Martin Luther King Jr." Journal of Communication & Religion, 41(1): 8-22.