Cherise A. Harris is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Connecticut College where she regularly teaches Introduction to Sociology; Race, Gender, and the Mass Media; Ethnic and Race Relations; Sociology of Inequality, and Middle Class Minorities. Some recent articles and book chapters by Harris include: Harris, Cherise A. and Nikki Khanna. "Black Is, Black Ain′t: Biracials, Middle-Class Blacks, and the Social Construction of Blackness." Sociological Spectrum 30: 1-32. 2010' Khanna, Nikki and Cherise A. Harris. "Teaching Race as a Social Construct: Two Interactive Class Exercises." Teaching Sociology 37, 4: 369-378. 2009; and Harris, Cherise A. and Kerry Ann Rockquemore. "Multicultural Perspectives of Self and Racial/ Ethnic Identity." pages 243-278 in Adolescence: Development During a Global Era, edited by Margaret Beale Spencer, Dena Phillips Swanson, and Malik C. Edwards. 2010 Stephanie M. McClure is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Georgia College and State University. She earned her Masters and Ph.D. in Sociology with a focus on social stratification and inequality from the the University of Georgia. She has a Bachelor of Journalism (Broadcast) from the University of Missouri. She was a participant in a USG faculty development seminar to Spain and Morocco in 2008 and an instructor on the USG European Council Study Abroad Program to Waterford, Ireland in 2009. Her research interests are in the area of higher education, with a focus on college student persistence and retention across race, class and gender, with a special emphasis on post-college student experiences that increase student social and academic integration, success, and satisfaction. Harris and McClure are the Editors of the SAGE title, Getting Real About Race, which is going into a third edition.
