B.A., Spelman College (Sociology), 2008
M.A., University of Illinois, Chicago (Sociology), 2012
Ph.D., University of Illinois-Chicago (Sociology), 2018
Our Faculty
Courses
3328 Race and Ethnicity
2300 Urban Caribbean Diaspora
2300 Urban Caribbean Diaspora
1201 Sociology of Hip Hop
2300 Urban Caribbean Diaspora
2601 Race and Ethnicity
3203 Consumer Society & Culture
Donna Lee Granville
Profile
Prof. Granville (she/her) studies and teaches broadly about issues of race, immigration, and culture. She is currently writing her first book, Manufacturing Citizens, Making Ameri-cants: How Naturalization Fails New Black Citizens( NYU Press), which examines the naturalization process and perceptions of belonging held by Afro-Caribbean naturalized citizens. Her current research projects demonstrate her emerging interests in cultural sociology and hip hop and include curating and developing the Brooklyn Hip Hop Archive, exploring race and authenticity through the popularity of white rappers, and hip hop’s development as an institutional and organizational field. No matter the course her aim is to deepen students’ skills of analysis, perception, and expression. She currently serves as the Associate Director of the Roberta S. Matthews Center for Teaching and Learning, teaches online pedagogy at the CUNY School of Professional Studies, and organizes TEDxFlatbush.
Education
Selected Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
Books and Publications
In Progress. Granville, Donna. "Who are Americans By Choice?: Conceptions of Citizenship and National Identity in Idealized Representations of Naturalized Citizens".
Granville, Donna. "New Life Covenant Church", pp. 161-174 in How Religious Congregations are Engaging Young Adults in America, edited by Monte Sahlin and David Roozen. Hartford Institute for Religion Research.
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
CUNY Faculty Fellowship Publication Program
PSC-CUNY Adjunct Professional Development Grant, $3000
UUP Individual Development Award Grant, UUP-SUNY Farmingdale, $350
Dissertation Grant, Institute for Research on Race & Public Policy, University of Illinois, Chicago, $1000
Provost's Award for Graduate Research, University of Illinois, Chicago, $2000
SAGE Teaching Innovations & Professional Development Award, American Sociological Association.
Research Activities
Founder and curator of the Brooklyn Hip Hop Archive currently housed under the Center for the Study of Brooklyn.
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
An invited presentation for the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis titled, Who's Afraid of Critical Race Theory: Using CRT Principles to Chart a Sustainable Path Forward.
A professional development presentation for SUNY BEOC on online teaching pedagogy and practice.
An invited talk for the Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis titled, Welcome to the Table: A Conversation on Race, Inequality, and Social Justice Issues within the BGSP Community.
Van Siclen Community Middle School, Career Day Speaker.
Black & Latino Male Initiative, Brooklyn College. Topic: The Successful College Student.
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program, Brooklyn College. Topic: Lessons from Graduate School.
Sadie Nash Leadership Project Summer Institute-Trailblazer Tuesdays, NYC.
From Alien to Citizen: Race, Naturalization, and the Manufacturing of American Citizens by Choice". 12th Social Theory Forum. University of Massachusetts, Boston.
National Association of University Women, Queens Branch. Topic: The Successful College Student.
Professional Leadership
Associate Director, Roberta S. Matthews Center for Teaching and Learning
Pedagogical Achievements
Online & Hybrid Course Development Certificate, SUNY Farmingdale
Community Activities
Organizer/Licensee/Curator. TEDxFlatbush Inaugural Conference.