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Adria Welcher, PH.D.

Morehouse College

Humanities, Social Sciences, Media, and Arts Division Faculty
  • Associate Professor
  • Chair, Sociology Department
Education

Adria N. Welcher, Ph.D. is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Sociology at Morehouse College. Her primary research interests are race and class inequalities in educational outcomes and residential choices. Specifically, she focuses on the experience of black middle class families. Her two most recent publications explore colorblind racism and race and class discrimination in educational contexts. She is currently working on a chapter for an edited volume exploring the experiences of black middle class families and their residential choice options in Atlanta. In addition, Dr. Welcher has published on general strain theory

Contact:

Email
adria.welcher@morehouse.edu

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RESEARCH INTERESTS

Race and class inequalities in educational outcomes and residential choices.

PBS Wisconsin
A SEAT AT THE TABLE
Stay Woke!

We’re sounding the alarm to WAKE YOU UP! On this episode of A Seat at the Table, we discuss what it really means to be WOKE, and why it’s important to move beyond awareness to action. Morehouse Sociologist, Dr. Adria Welcher takes a seat at the table to explore how being “colorblind” is actually counterproductive. We can’t address racism by pretending it doesn’t exist.

Africana Digital Ethnography Project
Les Noir: Understanding The Black Middle Class Dilemma

Dr. Adria Welcher is the assistant professor of sociology at Morehouse College. She attended Spelman College (Undergraduate) Standford University (Grad) and she defended her dissertation at Emory University titled “Chasing the Dream: How Black Middle-Class Parents Make Educational Decisions for Their Children” (Welcher 2013).

Africana Digital Ethnography Project
Les Noir: the Black Middle Class Dilemma

Dr. Adria Welcher is the assistant professor of sociology at Morehouse College. She attended Spelman College (Undergraduate), Stanford University (Grad) and she defended her dissertation at Emory University titled “Chasing the Dream: How Black Middle-Class Parents Make Educational Decisions for Their Children” (Welcher 2013).