Sarah Adeyinka-Skold
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Media
Biography
Education
University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D.
Sociology
2020
University of Pennsylvania
M.A.
Sociology
2015
University of Chicago
M.A.
Social Work
2008
Princeton University
B.A.
Sociology
2006
Social
Areas of Expertise
Accomplishments
Research Enhancement Grant, Furman University Research and Professional Growth Committee
2021
Mellon Fellowship, Furman University
2020
Bassi Scholarship, Editing Press Inc.
2019
SAS Dissertation Completion Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania
2019
Center for Teaching and Learning Teaching Excellence Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania
2019 (declined)
Affiliations
- American Sociological Association : Member
- Sociologists for Women in Society-South : Member
- Society for the Study of Social Problems : Member
Media Appearances
Roe v Wade ruling by Supreme Court affects more than abortion rights
Furman University online
2022-06-29
In a society that privileges male bodies over female bodies, women and women-identifying people can be complicit and even active in the systems that support the oppression and suffering of people like them. We need to be careful about the kinds of people we put in power to represent us. – Sarah Adeyinka-Skold, Assistant Professor of Sociology
How Black Women Are Taking Their Power Back In A Discriminatory Dating Landscape
Women's Health Magazine online
2022-02-14
But discrimination doesn’t always look like avoidance. Sometimes it involves attention for negative reasons, says Sarah Adeyinka-Skold, PhD, assistant professor of sociology at Furman University. Non-Black men often exoticize or fetishize Black female partners. This can manifest in comments about skin tone or hair color, or even the perpetuation of age-old stereotypes about Black women being hypersexual or “freaks.”
My Brush With the Black Manosphere
Elle online
2022-01-25
Dr. Sarah Adeyinka-Skold, an assistant professor of sociology at Furman University, has seen these truths born out in her research on the dating lives of heterosexual Black women. She explains that on dating apps, Black women are often not selected by male partners, and when they do garner attention, tropes of them as sluts or welfare queens also mean they face fetishization and derogatory language. According to Adeyinka-Skold, “[Black women] are the only racial group to be excluded by non-Black men and Black men.”
Greenville women lack support to fight 'pressure' of traditional gender roles
Greenville News online
2021-12-25
Now, as more women are working outside of the home, Furman University sociology professor Sarah Adeyinka-Skold believes there is not enough infrastructure to support working mothers. More time for maternity leave, more flexible schedules and higher, "breadwinning" wages would help, Adeyinka-Skold said.
Black Women are Enough with Sarah Adeyinka-Skold
The Laverne Cox Show online
2021-07-15
What are your dating preferences? Do you prefer a certain ethnicity or race over another? What does it mean to have this sort of preference and where does it come from? Sociologist and social worker Sarah Adeyinka-Skold's latest research involved interviewing Black women about the unique difficulties they experience dating on and offline. In this episode, she and Laverne breakdown how the structures of white supremacy and patriarchy imprint themselves onto our dating habits.
Event Appearances
“Reification of Gendered Initiation Norms on Dating Technology”
American Sociological Association Annual Meeting Virtual
2021-01-01
“Place Still Matters: Race, Place, and Relationship Formation Among College-Educated Women”
American Sociological Association Annual Meeting New York, NY
2019-01-01
“Place Still Matters: Race, Place, and Relationship Formation Among College-Educated Women”
Eastern Sociological Society Conference Boston, MA
2019-01-01
“Finding Romance in the Digital Age”
Graduate Student Conference, Harvard Boston, MA
2019-01-01
“Counting the Costs: Relationship Formation Among Black and White College-Educated Women”
Eastern Sociological Society Conference Baltimore, MD
2018-01-01
Articles
Inclusive Placemaking: A Study of the Joseph Vaughn Plaza at Furman University
Carolina Currents2022, forthcoming
Searching for Love in the Age of Trump: The Impact for Race and Political Ideology in Partner Preferences Among Ethno-Racial Minorities
The Logic of Racial Practice2021
Barriers, Emotion Work, and Relationship Formation
Young Adult Sexuality in the Digital Age2020
Race, Place, and Relationship Formation in the Digital Age
Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race2020
Learning About Whiteness: The Lived Experiences of Intermarried US-Born White and European Immigrant Women in the 1930s
Sociology of Race and Ethnicity2018
