ABOUT
Nikki Khanna earned her PhD in Sociology from Emory University
and is currently a Professor of Sociology at the University of Vermont. She specializes in race and ethnic relations and social psychology and some of her areas of study include: Racial/multiracial identity The role of race in adoption Colorism among Asian Americans She also regularly teaches courses on race and ethnicity for the Department of Sociology and the Critical Race and Ethnic Studies program at the University of Vermont. See full CV PUBLICATIONS She is the author of three books: Biracial in America: Forming and Performing Racial Identity (2011), Whiter: Asian American Women on Skin Color and Colorism (2020), and Race Relations in America (co-authored with Noriko Matsumoto, 2021). Her research has also appeared in academic journals such as Social Psychology Quarterly, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Family Relations, The Sociological Quarterly, Sociological Spectrum, Sociological Perspectives, Sociology Compass, Teaching Sociology, and more. MEDIA Her research and commentary on race-related news events have been featured in local, national, and international media outlets (including print, television, and radio) such as TIME magazine, CNN International, NBC, Good Housekeeping magazine, BBC, BBC NewsNight (UK), BBC World Radio (UK), NPR (The TakeAway, The 21st Show, Talk of the Nation), CBC Radio (Canada) Globe and Mail (Canada), Slate (France), USA Today, The Root, Pacific Standard Magazine, the Associated Press, as well as local news (WPTZ and WCAX in Burlington, Vermont), Vermont Public Radio (Vermont Edition), and Burlington Free Press. She has also been invited to share her work on colorism to executives, showrunners, and script writers at Warner Media/HBO and to discuss how they can use their influence to address colorism in their scripted shows. |
