Judith Blau's Bio
Judith Blau is Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and president of the U.S. chapter of Sociologists without Borders, an NGO whose members - academics and practitioners advocate the universality of human rights and the importance of collective goods, including natural resources and participatory democracy.
Her recent books include Human Rights: Beyond the Liberal Vision and Justice in the United States: Human Rights and the U.S. Constitution, and a co-edited volume, The Public Sociologies Reader. Earlier books include: Race in the Schools, Architects and Firms, Social Contracts and Economic Markets, The Shape of Culture, and five edited volumes, including The Blackwell Companion to Sociology.
Blau's interests and publications have spanned various areas including: sociology of science, study of social networks, critical race theory, spatial diffusion models, the effects of structural adjustment on Sub-Saharan African societies, urban sociology, sociology of religion, sociology of education, migration, sociology of organizations, sociology of aesthetics, social theory and other areas. She was editor of Social Forces, and currently is co-editor of Societies without Borders.Blau was president of the Southern Sociological Society in 2005-2006.
