| Sandra Lynn Barnes |
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| Born | 1964 (age 61–62) |
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| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
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| 🎓 Alma mater | Georgia State University |
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| 💼 Occupation | Professor |
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| Known for | Sociology of Religion, Urban Studies |
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Sandra L. Barnes (born 1964) is an American educator, author, ordained Baptist minister, and documentary maker.[1] She is a joint appointed Professor of Sociology in the Department of Human and Organizational Development in Peabody College and the Divinity School at Vanderbilt University.[1] Barnes is an urban sociologist whose research interests include Sociology of Religion, urban studies, inequality, statistics, and African American studies. Moreover, her mixed-methodological, multi-disciplinary research focuses on race and religiosity, in general, and the Black Church, in particular, as well as social justice, community empowerment, and youth education. Barnes served as the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Office for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at Vanderbilt University from 2016 to 2018.[1] She was the first African American faculty member appointed as an Assistant Vice Chancellor in the history of the institution and was subsequently honored as a Vanderbilt Pioneer in 2017.[2]
Training
Barnes earned her B.S. from Fisk University in mathematics and economics where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Masters’ degrees from Georgia Institute of Technology and the Interdenominational Theological Center, and a Ph.D. in Sociology from Georgia State University in December 1999.[1] Prior to joining Vanderbilt University in 2008, she was an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Sociology at Case Western Reserve University (2007-2008) and an Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Sociology & Anthropology and the African American Studies Research Center at Purdue University (2000-2007).[1]
From Urban Sociology to Black Religiosity
Research by scholars such as W.E.B. DuBois[3] as well as C. Eric Lincoln and Lawrence H. Mamiya[4] remains seminal, in part, because it was often informed by qualitative and quantitative analyses in an effort to provide a more holistic portrait of black life. Moreover, their work considered religiosity in urban and rural settings as blacks endeavored to navigate social problems such as racism, classism, and poverty. Their research is also influential given robust themes, culturally sensitive lenses, historical contexts, and the inclusion of the voices of African Americans. Other sociologists such as E. Franklin Frazier,[5] Cheryl Townsend-Gilkes,[6] St. Clair Drake and Horace R. Cayton[7] also advanced scholarship by chronicling multiple dimensions of the black experience based on factors such as class, religion, and gender. Yet black women scholars were noticeably absent in research on African Americans that was multi-disciplinary and mixed-methodological in nature. The above scholars and the paucity of such multi-faceted research inform Barnes’ interests and work.
Works
Barnes’ earliest research focused on the experiences of urban residents in a deindustrialized city. Published in 2005, The Cost of Being Poor: A Comparative Study of Life in Poor Urban Neighborhoods in Gary, Indiana[8] relied on interviews, surveys, participant observation, and census data to illumine economic and non-economic costs associated with life in her hometown. In a more applied project, Barnes considered the existence, pervasiveness, and implications of prejudice in Subverting the Power of Prejudice: Resources for Individual and Social Change.[9] Jenell Williams Paris, anthropologist at Bethel University noted, “Sandra Barnes’s work is fully intelligent and fully Christian, and her insights are both smart and wise. This holistic book is an essential read for Christians committed to understanding prejudice and making change."[10] Published in 2012, Live Long and Prosper: How Black Megachurches Address HIV/AIDS and Poverty in the Age of Prosperity Theology[11] reflected research on two social conditions that disproportionately impact blacks as well as whether and how large black churches are responding. Her findings uncovered extensive poverty-abatement programs, but varied theologies and programs to combat HIV/AIDS. University of Houston sociologist Shayne Lee referred to the text as “A pioneering work! Dr. Barnes offers us a vitally important contribution, not only for black church scholarship, but for sociology of culture, sociology of religion, with implications in social movement theory, urban sociology, and American studies.”[12]
Barnes collaborated with imminent scholar and Christian Educator, Anne Streaty Wimberly, in Empowering Black Youth of Promise: Education and Socialization in the Village-minded Black Church.[13] Based on a group of over 700 black congregations nationwide, the book considered contemporary church efforts to respond to the religious and non-religious education of youth. Her forthcoming book with Benita Blanford-Jones and Cambridge University Press, Kings of Mississippi: Race, Religious Education, and the Making of a Middle Class Black Family in the Segregated South,[14] uses a socio-ecological lens to examine the lives and racialized challenges of a black, middle class, farming family in the twentieth century.
Grants: Black Youth Experiences and Empowerment
Barnes was the Co-Principle Investigator with Streaty Wimberly on a 2014 Lilly Endowment grant entitled, “Building Bridges of Hope: The Church’s Role in Reaching Disconnected Black Youth.” The multi-faceted study examined the church involvement of 435 black youth ages 13-18 years old across the United States. It focused on their experiences, attitudes, and actions to assess why they were involved (churched), ended involvement (dechurched), or were never involved (unchurched) in congregations. The project was unique in its effort to document the contemporary Black Church’s effectiveness in connecting with youth as compared to other organizations as well as strategies churches could use to engage and assist uninvolved youth. Since 2015 Barnes has been Principle Investigator of a five year grant from the Department of Health and Human Services (SAMSHA) entitled, “Capacity Building Innovations: Substance Abuse and HIV Prevention Services for African American Young Men Who Sleep with Men.” The IAM! Experience[15] is a partnership with Fisk University based on a community-based prevention program to combat HIV and Hepatitis C. Both grants endeavor to develop new and hone existing capacities among black youth.
Documentary: Gary, Indiana: A Tale of Two Cities
Barnes is the creator and Executive Producer of the film, Gary, Indiana: A Tale of Two Cities (filmed, edited, and produced by Cinematicfocus Video Productions of Nashville, Tennessee[16]). Narrated by actor, director, singer, and educator Avery Brooks, it highlights the role of the Black Church in responding to challenges in Gary. Although poverty, crime, and urban blight are often used to describe Gary, Indiana, Barnes challenges whether these words accurately reflect the city, its promise, or the lives of residents. This 60 minute documentary depicts two faces of the city - the current problems facing this once thriving rust-belt metropolis as well as the progress and possibilities evident among its people, churches, and communities.[17]
Other Notable Publications, Films, and Service
Barnes spearheaded an interdisciplinary edited volume and a corresponding 90-minute documentary, Academics in Action! A Model for Community-Engaged Research, Teaching, and Service[18] that highlights research, teaching, and service in the Department of Human and Organizational Development in Peabody College. The 3-year initiative included 60 authors (faculty, graduate students, and community partners) and resulted in a ten chapter book. The project required department-wide cooperation and is recognized as the only endeavor of its kind in Vanderbilt University’s history. According to Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt, Professor Emerita at Le Moyne College, “Academics in Action: A Model for Community-Engaged Research, Teaching, and Service, is a distinctive volume that could potentially inspire colleges and universities to adopt a multidisciplinary collaborative approach to service learning!”[19] Barnes is the primary author/editor of other books. On the Market: Positioning Yourself for a Successful Academic Job Search is a resource to maximize the graduate school experience.[20] In 2009, she co-edited Black Sexualities: Probing Passions, Problems, and Policies with sociologist Juan Battle.[21] Her 2010 book, Black Megachurch Culture: Models for Education and Empowerment, examined the understudied topic of traditional and non-traditional forms of education among large black churches.[22]
In 2013, Barnes collaborated with Anne Streaty Wimberly and Karma Johnson on Claiming Hope: Youth Ministry in the Black Church to assess facets of black church youth ministry.[23] According to Jack. L Seymour, Professor of Religious Education at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary and Editor of RELIGIOUS EDUCATION, “Empowering hope-filled youth ministries is the gift of this amazing and concrete book, Youth Ministry in the Black Church. Through ethnographic research, the authors share the realities that make a difference in the lives of youth and congregations. Quotations from across the US bring these realities to life…. The book’s focus on ‘village power’ is an added blessing. We all have a responsibility to teach, nurture, invite, and empower youth to live, as the authors’ say, the ‘God thing’ emerging in our lives. Read this book and engage transcending hope.” In 2014, Barnes was the lead co-editor with sociologists Zandria Robinson and Earl Wright III on Re-Positioning Race: Prophetic Research in a Post-Racial Obama Age.[24] The volume assessed ways race and race relations manifested in a supposed post-racial Obama age and how people were attempting to understand that dynamic. Her articles have been published in journals such as SOCIAL FORCES, Social Problems, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, and Journal of African American Studies. Barnes’ scholarly record includes: 8 books; 3 edited volumes; over 50 peer-reviewed articles; 8 book chapters; and, grants totaling over $2 million dollars. She has presented her research internationally in Beijing, China, Curitiba, Brazil, Dublin, Ireland, and at the Congressional Black Caucus of the Congress of the United States in Washington, D.C. Barnes has also written articles or been cited in mainstream outlets such as the Washington Post and interviewed numerous times about her work on television.
Association of Black Sociologists
Founded in 1970, the Association of Black Sociologists (ABS) is a national organization of social scientists, community activists, and students committed to the advancement and advocacy of people of color domestically and globally.[25] Barnes joined ABS as a graduate student in 1996 and later served as its President from 2009-2012.[1] She is the only woman to be elected President twice in its history. During her tenure, Barnes implemented a three-pronged platform that included a research grant, edited volume, Re-Positioning Race, and re-launch of the ABS journal, Issues in Race & Society: An Interdisciplinary Global Journal on which she served as editor for seven years.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Sandra L. Barnes Bio. Retrieved Nov. 27, 2018 https://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/docs/pdf/faculty/vita/2018/S-Barnes-CV-2018.pdf
- ↑ Sandra L. Barnes, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Interview (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRhlC747IMw),
Unconscious Bias interview (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpebV802MPs),
Take 10 on Tuesdays interview (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-O6Iz7hLL0)
- ↑ DuBois, W.E.B. 1903[2003]. The Negro Church. Walnut Creek, CA: Altimira Press. ISBN: 978-0759103283
- ↑ Lincoln, C. Eric and Lawrence H. Mamiya. 1990. The Black Church in the African-American
Experience. Durham: Duke University Press. ISBN: 978-0822310730
- ↑ Frazier, Edward Franklin. 1964. The Negro Church in America. New York: Schocken Books. ISBN: 978-0226261416
- ↑ Townsend-Gilkes, C. 2001. If It Wasn’t for the Women: Black Women’s Experience and Womanist Culture in Church and Community. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. ISBN: 978-1570753435
- ↑ Drake, St. Clair and Horace R. Cayton. 1942[1962]. Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City. New York: Harper and Row. ISBN: 978-0226253213
- ↑ Barnes, Sandra. 2005. The Cost of Being Poor: A Comparative Study of Life in Poor Urban Neighborhoods in Gary, Indiana. New York: State University Press of New York. ISBN: 978-0791464687
- ↑ Barnes, Sandra. 2006. Subverting the Power of Prejudice: Resources for Individual and Social Change. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. ISBN: 978-0830833399
- ↑ Editorial review retrieved Dec. 1, 2018 at https://www.amazon.com/Subverting-Power-Prejudice-Resources-Individual/dp/0830833390/ref=sr_1_12?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1543805371&sr=1-12&keywords=sandra+l.+barnes
- ↑ Barnes, Sandra. 2012. Live Long and Prosper: How Black Megachurches Address HIV/AIDS and Poverty in the Age of Prosperity Theology. New York: Fordham University Press. ISBN: 978-0823249565
- ↑ Editorial review retrieved Dec. 3, 2018 at https://www.amazon.com/Live-Long-Prosper-Megachurches-Prosperity/dp/0823249573/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1543805687&sr=1-4&keywords=sandra+l.+barnes
- ↑ Barnes, Sandra L. Barnes and Anne Streaty Wimberly. 2016. Empowering Black Youth of Promise: Education and Socialization in the Village-minded Black Church. New York: Routledge Press. ISBN: 978-1138600249
- ↑ Barnes, Sandra L. and Benita Blanford-Jones. March 2019. Kings of Mississippi: Race, Religious Education, and the Making of a Middle Class Black Family in the Segregated South. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-1108424066
- ↑ IAM! Bio retrieved Dec. 1, 2018 at https://iamexperiencenashville.com/about/
- ↑ Cinematicfocus bio retrieved Dec. 1, 2018 at http://www.cinematicfocus.com/
- ↑ Access at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVNKiGCD9r0
- ↑ Barnes, Sandra et al. 2016. Academics in Action! A Model for Community-Engaged Research, Teaching, and Service. New York: Fordham University Press. ISBN: 978-0823268801
- ↑ Editorial review retrieved Dec. 3, 2018 at https://www.amazon.com/Academics-Action-Community-Engaged-Research-Teaching-ebook/dp/B01A8Q2WG0/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1543806598&sr=1-1&keywords=sandra+l.+barnes+academics+in+action
- ↑ Barnes, Sandra. 2007. On the Market: Positioning Yourself for a Successful Academic Job Search. Boulder, CO: Lynn Reiner Publishers. ISBN: 978-1588265111
- ↑ Battle, Juan and Sandra Barnes. 2009. Black Sexualities: Probing Passions, Problems, and Policies. New York: Rutgers University Press. ISBN: 978-0813546025
- ↑ Barnes, Sandra. 2010. Black Megachurch Culture: Models for Education and Empowerment. New York: Peter Lang Press. ASIN: B01JXTLQH4
- ↑ Wimberly, Anne Streaty, Sandra Barnes, and Karma Johnson. 2013. Claiming Hope: Youth Ministry in the Black Church. New York: Judson Press. ISBN: 978-0817017361
- ↑ Barnes, Sandra, Zandria Robinson, and Earl Wright III (Eds). 2014. Re-Positioning Race: Prophetic Research in a Post-Racial Obama Age. New York: State University Press of New York. ISBN: 978-1438450865
- ↑ Association of Black Sociologist Webpage http://www.associationofblacksociologists.org/about-us/
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