 Steven A. Tuch
Professor and Chair of Sociology
Steven A. Tuch's teaching and research proceed along two, often intersecting, tracks. One track is substantive, focusing on issues and problems related to race and ethnic relations, social stratification and inequality, and mobility. He is especially interested in whites' and blacks' racial attitudes, changes in these attitudes over time, and explanations for the changes; and in the political and economic transition in Eastern Europe. The other track is methodological, focusing on the application of quantitative techniques to social science data.
Selected Publications
2007. The Other African Americans: Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States. Rowman and Littlefield (co-edited with Yoku Shaw-Taylor).
2007. "Earnings, Wealth, and Social Capital: A Review of Debates and Issues" Pp. 117-152 in Yoku Shaw-Taylor and Steven A. Tuch (eds.), The Other African Americans: Contemporary African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States (with Yoku Shaw-Taylor).
2006. "Race and Social Capital in the United States." Pp. 297-305 in Marek Szczepanski and Ania Sliz (eds.), Capital, People, and Institutions: Sociological Essays (with Lee Sigelman and Jason MacDonald).
2006. Race and Policing in America: Conflict and Reform. Cambridge University Press (co-authored with Ronald Weitzer).
2005. "What's in a Name?: Preference for 'Black' vs. 'African-American' among Americans of African Descent," Public Opinion Quarterly 69: 249-438 (with Lee Sigelman and Jack Martin).
2005. "RaciallyBiased Policing: Determinants of Citizen Perceptions," Social Forces 83: 1009-1030 (with Ronald Weitzer).
2004. "Race and Perceptions of Police Misconduct," Social Problems 51: 305-325 (with Ronald Weitzer).
Current Projects
In collaboration with William V. D'Antonio and John K. White, Steven Tuch is working on an American Sociological Association / National Science Foundation funded project on "Religion, Culture Wars, and Polarization in the U.S. Congress, 1971-2006." .
Courses Taught
SOC 101: Methods of Sociological Research
SOC 102: Techniques of Data Analysis
SOC 170: Class and Inequality in American Society
SOC 179: Race and Minority Relations
SOC 230: Seminar in Methods of Research
SOC 231: Data Analysis
SOC 245: Race Relations
Contact Information
steven.tuch@gwu.edu
202-994-7466
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