Annie Ferguson

Assistant Professor of Sociology
Bailey Hall 239
585-245-6206
aferguson@geneseo.edu
She/They

Annie Ferguson has been a faculty member of Geneseo since 2025.

Annie Ferguson

Office Hours

  • Tuesday 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
  • Thursday 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
  • Virtual by appointment 

Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • 2025 Ph.D., Sociology, Arizona State University
    - Dissertation: White Emotions in Action: Strategies and obstacles for
    increased engagement in antiracist movements
    - Committee: Monica McDermott (Chair), Nilda Flores-Gonzalez, Rocío García, Glenn Bracey

    2012 M.C.R.P., Community & Regional Planning, Iowa State University
    M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University
    - Thesis: "Empowerment in the context of climate change: how community-based organizations can play a role in engaging citizens."

    2006 B.A., Planning & Environmental Policy, Western Washington Univ.

Publications

  • Ferguson, Annie. Forthcoming. “White Gatekeeping: How internalized white supremacy and emotions impact white antiracism.” Ethnic & Racial Studies.

  • Ferguson, Annie. 2023. “Redefining antiracism: Learning from activists to sharpen academic language.” Sociology Compass, 17(1). doi.org/10.1111/soc4.13057.

  • McDermott, Monica, and Annie Ferguson. 2022. “Sociology of Whiteness.” Annual Review of Sociology 48:257–76. doi: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-soc-083121-054338.

  • Perline, Allie, Ferguson (Heuscher), Annie, Sondag, Annie, & Brown, Blakely. 2015. “Perceptions of local hospitals and food producers on opportunities for and barriers to implementing farm-to-hospital programs.” Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 6(1), 147–159.

Interests

  • Race and ethnicity
  • Social movements
  • Emotions
  • Social psychology
  • Critical whiteness
  • Qualitative methods: interviewing, ethnography, and focus groups

Classes

  • SOCL 100: Introduction to Sociology

    The course introduces the basic concepts, principles, and major areas of sociology. Topics include the nature of society, social organizations, and major social institutions.

  • SOCL 340: Social Movements

    Both elementary forms of collective groups and varieties of social movements that affect social change are analyzed. The focus is on structural and normative considerations.

  • SOCL 361: Field Research Methods

    Techniques of social research conducted in natural settings, including observation, interviewing, and unobtrusive methods, are examined and skills in using them are developed. Procedures for analyzing information obtained and for presenting findings are addressed.