Dr. Shelly L. Brown-Jeffy (PhD University of Michigan) is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. She has also served as the interim director of the African American and African Diaspora Studies program and the interim department head of the Sociology Department.
Currently, she is the principal investigator on a $1million multi-year National Science Foundation ADVANCE grant, which strengthens organizational practices to recruit and retain women faculty in the STEM fields. She is also CO-PI on a grant about Racial Equity in Biology and Osteology Teaching in the United States that is currently under review with the National Science Foundation.
She is a recipient of the 2022 Gladys Strawn Bullard Award and was a nominee for the UNC Board of Governors Teaching Excellence Award in 2021. Among her many service activities, she serves as the chair of the Black Faculty and Staff Association, Chair of the Faculty Senate P&T and EDI Steering Committee, Chair of the UNCG Affinity Group Council and is a Board Member for Communities in Schools. One of her research interests centers on the differences in educational outcomes among racial/ethnic/socioeconomic groups.
She also examines how our social world structures our social reality. She has published in journals such as the Journal of African American Studies, Race, Gender & Class, and Teacher Education Quarterly.
Education
Ph.D. in Sociology University of Michigan
M.A. in Sociology University of Michigan
B.A. in Sociology University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Courses Taught
- Sociology 327: Race and Ethnic Relations
- Sociology 362: Sociology of Education
- Sociology 593: Thesis Seminar
- Sociology 616: Advanced Research Methods
- Sociology 646: Teaching Sociology
Research
- Race and Ethnicity Race, Class, and Gender
- Research Methods Social Inequality
- Sociology of Education School Diversity
- STEM Education
