Author
Enobong (Anna) Branch
Biography
Enobong (Anna) Branch, Ph.D., is a scholar and strategist who helps move organizations and leaders from well-meaning to well-doing. She serves as the senior vice president for equity at Rutgers University, providing strategic leadership to ensure that the institutional commitment to equity is reflected in the university’s research, educational, and community engagement efforts, and the focus extends to faculty, staff, and students.
A professor of sociology, Dr. Branch’s commitment to advancing equity extends to academic research on labor and work that explores the historical roots and contemporary underpinnings of racial and gender inequality. Her new book, Work in Black and White: Striving for the American Dream (Russell Sage Foundation 2022), co-authored with Caroline Hanley, explores the impact of rising employment insecurity in the post-industrial era through the lens of racial and gender inequality. Branch is also the coauthor of Black in America: The Paradox of the Color Line (Polity 2020) with Christina Jackson, which provides a sociology of the Black American experience focusing on the quintessential American paradox: our embrace of the ideals of meritocracy despite the systemic racial advantages and disadvantages accrued across generations.
She is the editor of Pathways, Potholes, and the Persistence of Women in Science: Reconsidering the Pipeline (Lexington 2016) and the author of Opportunity Denied: Limiting Black Women to Devalued Work (Rutgers 2011). Branch has authored more than 20 book chapters and articles published in journals, such as the International Journal of Gender, Science, and Technology; Research in the Sociology of Work; Social Science History; Journal of Black Studies; and Issues in Race and Society. In addition, her public opinion pieces have appeared in the New Jersey Star-Ledger (nj.com) as well as national outlets, such as Bloomberg and The Washington Post.
A sought-after national expert on diversity in the academy, Branch serves on several advisory boards that aim to advance inclusive excellence within professional societies. She has received more than $20 million in funding to support her academic research and institutional transformation efforts from the National Science Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Dr. Branch received her Ph.D. in sociology from the University at Albany, SUNY, and her B.S. in biology from Howard University.
A professor of sociology, Dr. Branch’s commitment to advancing equity extends to academic research on labor and work that explores the historical roots and contemporary underpinnings of racial and gender inequality. Her new book, Work in Black and White: Striving for the American Dream (Russell Sage Foundation 2022), co-authored with Caroline Hanley, explores the impact of rising employment insecurity in the post-industrial era through the lens of racial and gender inequality. Branch is also the coauthor of Black in America: The Paradox of the Color Line (Polity 2020) with Christina Jackson, which provides a sociology of the Black American experience focusing on the quintessential American paradox: our embrace of the ideals of meritocracy despite the systemic racial advantages and disadvantages accrued across generations.
She is the editor of Pathways, Potholes, and the Persistence of Women in Science: Reconsidering the Pipeline (Lexington 2016) and the author of Opportunity Denied: Limiting Black Women to Devalued Work (Rutgers 2011). Branch has authored more than 20 book chapters and articles published in journals, such as the International Journal of Gender, Science, and Technology; Research in the Sociology of Work; Social Science History; Journal of Black Studies; and Issues in Race and Society. In addition, her public opinion pieces have appeared in the New Jersey Star-Ledger (nj.com) as well as national outlets, such as Bloomberg and The Washington Post.
A sought-after national expert on diversity in the academy, Branch serves on several advisory boards that aim to advance inclusive excellence within professional societies. She has received more than $20 million in funding to support her academic research and institutional transformation efforts from the National Science Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Dr. Branch received her Ph.D. in sociology from the University at Albany, SUNY, and her B.S. in biology from Howard University.
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