Meghan A.

Burke
Professor Emeritus, Illinois Wesleyan University
MeghanB@gmail.com

ACADEMIC POSITION

Fall 2009 – 2021 Professor of Sociology

Promotion to Full Professor: August 2020.
Department Chair: Fall 2016-2021.
Promotion to Associate Professor & Tenured: August 2015.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Race and Racism, Whiteness, Colorblind Racism, Social Theory, Intersectionality, Qualitative
Research Methods, Diversity and Inclusion

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Sociology. Loyola University Chicago. 2009.

Dissertation: Active Members of Diverse Communities: Race and the Doing of
Diversity. Committee: Phil Nyden (Chair), David Embrick, Judith Wittner.
Examination Fields: Social Theory and Race.
Graduate Certificate: Women’s Studies.

M.A. Sociology. Loyola University Chicago. 2005.

Thesis: The Racial Contract in White Women’s Activism.

B.A. Sociology. Grand Valley State University. 2002.

Minor: Mathematics.

PUBLICATIONS

Peer-Reviewed Books
2018 Burke, Meghan. Colorblind Racism. Polity Press.

2015 Burke, Meghan A. Race, Gender, and Class in the Tea Party: What the Movement
Reflects about Mainstream Ideologies. Lexington Books.

2012 Burke, Meghan A. Racial Ambivalence in Diverse Communities: Whiteness and the
Power of Color-Blind Ideologies. Lexington Books.
Guest Editor: Special Issue of Academic Journal
2017 Burke, Meghan A. “New Frontiers in the Study of Colorblind Racism.” Special Issue of
Sociological Perspectives. 60(5): October 2017.

Peer-Reviewed Articles
2021 Bañales, Josefina, Kira Hudson Banks, and Meghan A. Burke. “The Impact of a Diversity
Intervention on White College Students’ Colour-blind Racial Attitudes.” Whiteness and
Education. DOI: 10.1080/23793406.2020.1867480

2017 Burke, Meghan A. “Colorblind Racism: Identities, Ideologies, and Shifting

Subjectivities.” Sociological Perspectives 60(5): 857-865.

2017 Burke, Meghan A. “Racing Left and Right: Colorblind Racism’s Dominance Across the
US Political Spectrum.” The Sociological Quarterly: 58(2): 277-294.
Winner: The Sociological Quarterly Award for best article 2017-2018.

2016 Burke, Meghan A. “New Frontiers in the Study of Colorblind Racism: A Materialist
Approach.” Social Currents 3(2): 103-109.

2013 Burke, Meghan A. “Beyond Fear and Loathing: Tea Party Organizers’ Continuum of
Knowledge in a Racialized Social System.” Race, Gender, and Class (20)1-2: 93-109.

2012 Burke, Meghan A. “Discursive Fault Lines: Reproducing White Habitus in a Racially
Diverse Community.” Critical Sociology. 38(5):645-668.

2012 Burke, Meghan A. and Kira Banks. “Sociology By Any Other Name: Teaching the
Sociological Perspective in Campus Diversity Programs.” Teaching Sociology 40(1):21‐
33.

2010 Burke, Meghan A. “Diversity and Its Discontents: Ambivalence in Neighborhood

Diversity Policy and Racial Attitudes in the Obama Era.” The Journal of Race and
Policy. 6(1):80-94.

Book Chapters and Other Publications

2020 Burke, Meghan. “Chapter 3: Recognizing Racism and Racial Inequalities,” Pp. 38-52 in
Social Problems: Sociology in Action, edited by Maxine P. Atkinson, Kathleen Odell
Korgen, and Mary Nell Trautner. Sage Publications.

2018 Burke, Meghan A. “Sympathetic Racism: Color-Blind Racism’s Liberal Flair in Three
Chicago Neighborhoods,” Pp. 241-260 in Challenging the Status Quo: Diversity,
Democracy, and Equality in the 21st Century, edited by Sharon Collins and David G.
Embrick.

2014 Burke, Meghan. "Colorblindness vs. Race Consciousness –An American Ambivalence,"
in Douglas Hartmann and Christopher Uggen (eds), Color Lines and Racial Angles (New
 York: W.W. Norton & Co.). First published July 2013 online at
http://thesocietypages.org/specials/colorblindness-vs-race-consciousness/

2006 Langman, Lauren and Meghan A. Burke. “From Exceptionalism to Imperialism: Culture,
Character, and American Foreign Policy.” Current Perspectives in Social Theory 24:
189-228.

2005 Burke, Meghan A. “Insurance Plan for the Gay Man: Who Benefits from Media
Stereotypes?” American Sexuality Magazine. August.
Available at: https://works.bepress.com/meghan_burke/7/

Peer-Reviewed Encyclopedia Articles

2017 Burke, Meghan A. “Color-Blind Racism.” The Cambridge Handbook of Sociology. Ed.
Kathleen Odell Korgen. Cambridge University Press.

2008 Burke, Meghan A. and David G. Embrick. “Colorism.” International Encyclopedia of the
Social Sciences, 2nd Edition. Ed. William A. Darity. Macmillian Reference USA.

2008 Burke, Meghan A. and David G. Embrick. “Factory System.” International Encyclopedia
of the Social Sciences, 2nd Edition. Ed. William A. Darity. Macmillian Reference USA.

2008 Burke, Meghan A. and David G. Embrick. “Biological Determinism.” International

Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, 2nd Edition. Ed. William A. Darity. Macmillian
Reference USA.

2008 Burke, Meghan A. “Double Consciousness” Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and

Society. Ed. Richard T. Schaefer. Sage Publications.

2008 Burke, Meghan A. “Vincent Chin.” Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society. Ed.
Richard T. Schaefer. Sage Publications.

2008 Burke, Meghan A. “Alien Land Acts” Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society. Ed.
Richard T. Schaefer. Sage Publications.

Book Reviews
2019 Review of Growing Up Working Class: Hidden Injuries and the Development of Angry
White Men and Women by Thomas J. Gorman. Contemporary Sociology 48(5): 541-2.

2016 Review of Behind the White Picket Fence: Power and Privilege in a Multiethnic
Neighborhood by Sarah Mayorga-Gallo. Ethnic and Racial Studies 39(3): 494-6.

2015 Review of Strangers and Neighbors: Multiculturalism, Conflict, and Community in

America by Andrea M. Voyer. Ethnic and Racial Studies 38(8): 1436-7.

2015 Review of Whiteness Fractured by Cynthia Levine-Rasky. Ethnic and Racial Studies
38(13): 2410-1.
2015 Review of White Bound: Nationalists, Antiracists, and the Shared Meanings of Race by
Matthew W. Hughey. Nationalities Papers: The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity
42(6): 1078-1079.

2014 Review of Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial
Inequality in America, 4th Edition, by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva. Choice: Current Reviews
for Academic Libraries. January.

2012 Review of The Nature of Race: How Scientists Think and Teach About Human Difference
by Ann Morning. Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. February.

2011 Review of Transcending Racial Barriers: Toward a Mutual Obligations Approach by

Michael O. Emerson and George Yancey. Choice: Current Reviews for Academic
Libraries. September.

2011 Review of Reconstituting Whiteness: The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission by

Jenny Irons. Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. February.

2010 Review of Men, Mobs, and Law: Anti‐Lynching and Labor Defense in U.S. Radical
History by Rebecca N. Hill. Ethnic and Racial Studies 33(1):151-152.

2010 Review of American Swastika: Inside the White Power Movement’s Hidden Spaces of
Hate by Pete Simi and Robert Futrell. Choice: Current Reviews for Academic
Libraries. November.

2010 Review of The Specter of Sex: Gendered Foundations of Racial Formation in the United
States by Sally L. Kitch. Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. April.

Other Publications
2019. Burke, Meghan A. “Teaching White Students About Racism.” P.200 in Sociology in
Action textbook, Edited by Kathleen Korgen and Maxine Anderson. Sage Press.

AWARDS, GRANTS, AND FELLOWSHIPS

Teaching and Research Awards

2020 Inclusive Excellence Leadership Award, Illinois Wesleyan University.

2020 Illinois Wesleyan University Academic Advisor of the Year.

2019 The Sociological Quarterly Award, for “Racing Left and Right: Colorblind Racism’s
Dominance Across the US Political Spectrum,” best article published during 2017-2018.

2019 Loyola University Chicago Eleanor Fails Alumni Award in Sociology.

2018 Grand Valley State University Distinguished Alumni Award: Sociology.

2017 Midwest Sociological Society Early Career Scholarship Award.

2017 IWU Sigma Kappa Sorority Faculty Appreciation Award: October.

2017 Illinois Wesleyan University Academic Advisor of the Year.

2015 National Society of Leadership and Success Excellence in Teaching Award.

2013 Illinois Wesleyan University Student Senate Professor of the Year.

2009 SAGE/Pine Forge Teaching Innovations & Professional Development Award: American
Sociological Association Section on Teaching & Leaning.

2008 Loyola University Chicago Department of Sociology Outstanding Graduate Scholarship

Award.

2007 Loyola University Chicago Department of Sociology Outstanding Graduate Instructor

Award.

2007 Loyola University Chicago Office of Student Diversity: Outstanding Graduate Assistant
Teaching Award.

Research Grants
2017 Artistic & Scholarly Development grant to support work on my Polity book on
Colorblind Racism, $2,000. Illinois Wesleyan University.

2016 Artistic & Scholarly Development grant to Guest Edit special issue of Sociological
Perspectives on New Frontiers in the Study of Colorblind Racism, $2,000. Illinois
Wesleyan University.

2015 American Sociological Association Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline (FAD)
Grant, $8,000. Supported by the American Sociological Association through a matching
grant from the National Science Foundation. Hosted national Summit on New Frontiers
in the Study of Colorblind Racism at Illinois Wesleyan University, May 12-14, 2016.

2013 Paid Junior Faculty (Pre-Tenure Sabbatical) Leave for fall semester to finish writing book
on Tea Party. Illinois Wesleyan University.

2011 Artistic & Scholarly Development grant for Tea Party research costs, $3,500. Illinois
Wesleyan University.

2010 Artistic & Scholarly Development grant (with Kira Banks) for the development of the
Engaging Diversity program and associated research, $2,000. Illinois Wesleyan
University.
2008 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Doctoral Dissertation
Research Grant, $18,744.

2004 Gannon Center for Women and Leadership Summer Research Grant, $3,000. Loyola
University Chicago

Teaching Grants
2019 Curriculum Development Grant to redevelop SOC 305: Medical Sociology course,
$2,000. Illinois Wesleyan University.

2018 Curriculum Development Grant to develop new SOC 345: Intersectionality course,
$2,000. Illinois Wesleyan University.

2017 Curriculum Development Grant to redevelop SOC 230: Race & Ethnic Relations, $2,000.
Illinois Wesleyan University.

2017 Mellon Foundation Project Grant to develop oral communication assignment in SOC
290: History of Social Thought, $500. Illinois Wesleyan University.

2016 Curriculum Development Grant to redevelop SOC 490: Senior Seminar, $2,000. Illinois
Wesleyan University.

2014 Curriculum Development Grant to redevelop SOC 290: History of Social Thought,
$2,000. Illinois Wesleyan University.

2013 Mellon Foundation New or Revised Courses Grant (with Chris Sweet) to redevelop and
integrate writing and information literacy in SOC 492: Senior Seminar, $2,000. Illinois
Wesleyan University.

2013 Mellon Foundation New or Revised Assignment Grant (with Chris Sweet) to develop
writing and information literacy in SOC 230: Race & Ethnic Relations, $500. Illinois
Wesleyan University.

2013 Mellon Foundation Re-Centering the Humanities Grant to advise Mallika Kavadi’s
summer project, “The Dialectic Evolution of Two Cultures,” $500. Illinois Wesleyan
University.

2013 Mellon Foundation Grants for Departments/Programs to Develop Writing in the

Disciplines and/or Information Literacy Outcomes to develop rubric for assessment of
Senior Seminar Papers, $250. Illinois Wesleyan University.

2012 Mellon Foundation Grants for Departments/Programs to Develop Writing in the

Disciplines and/or Information Literacy Outcomes with Chris Sweet to develop new
course: SOC 350: Advanced Racial & Ethnic Relations, $3,000. Illinois Wesleyan
University.
2010 Teagle Award to support High‐Impact Pedagogical Practices (with Kira Banks) for
development of a co-taught May Term course, $600. Illinois Wesleyan University.

Fellowships
2008 – 2009 Arthur J. Schmitt Dissertation Fellowship. Loyola University Chicago.

2007 – 2008 Pre‐Doctoral Teaching Fellowship. Loyola University Chicago.

2006 – 2007 Graduate School Merit Award Teaching Fellowship.

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES & WORKSHOPS

2020 Western Michigan University. Keynote Address “The Paradox of Colorblind Racism,”
and 2-hour workshop for faculty, staff, and community. February 13-14.

2019 University of St. Thomas (Minneapolis, MN). Keynote Address on Colorblind Racism.
November 7.

2019 University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Keynote Address on Contemporary
Racism and the Perils of Best Intentions, and Half-Day Workshop for Faculty and Staff.
September 11.

2019 “Peoria Summit on Racial Justice and Equity, Illinois Central College. Keynote Address
on Colorblind Racism. March 21.

2016 “Racing Left and Right: Colorblind Racism’s Dominance Across the Political Spectrum.”
Keynote Address at Alpha Kappa Delta Student Recognition, Concordia University
Chicago Sociology: May 4.

2016 “Fostering Empathy in the Classroom: Teaching a Critical Race Perspective in a Climate
of Anxiety,” Keynote Address at Alpha Kappa Delta Teaching Workshop, Midwest
Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL: March 23.

ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS

(*Panels/Sessions I also organized and/or chaired)

2023* Journeys: From Academe to Industry: One Full Professor's Journey, Midwest
Sociological Society Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, MN.

2023 The Job Market: Past and Present Considerations, Advice, And Reflections, Midwest
Sociological Society Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, MN.
2019 Author Meets Critics Panel Featuring Meghan Burke’s Colorblind Racism, Midwest
Sociological Society Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.

2018* Panel Participant: “Teaching in the Post-Trump Election Era,” Midwestern Sociological
Society Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, MN.

2017 Panel Participant: “Strategies for Publishing Your Research at a Primarily Teaching
Institution,” Midwestern Sociological Society Annual Meeting in Milwaukee, WI.

2016* “Trigger Warnings as Standpoint Practice in a Climate of Academic Hostility,” Illinois

Sociological Association annual conference in Normal, IL.

2016* “A Return to Materialism,” Summit on New Frontiers in the Study of Colorblind Racism
in Bloomington, IL.

2016 Panel Participant: “Studying Colorblind Racism: Challenges and Opportunities,”

Midwestern Sociological Society Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.

2016 Panel Participant: “Strategies for Publishing Your Research at a Primarily Teaching
Institution,” Midwestern Sociological Society Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.

2015* Critical Theory Session, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting in Chicago,
IL.

2015 “The State of Research on Color-Blind Racism: Established Ground and New Frontiers.”
Midwestern Sociological Society Annual Meeting in Kansas City, MO.

2014 “Starting from Scratch: Meaningful Integration of Information Literacy through

Collaborative Course and Assignment Design,” with Chris Sweet. LOEX Library
Instruction and Information Literacy Annual Conference in Grand Rapids, MI.

2014 Panel Participant: “Integration of Information Literacy and Writing in the Disciplines: An
Interim Report from Illinois Wesleyan University Faculty.” New Directions in
Information Fluency Conference at Augustana College.

2014 “Feminist Epistemology and the Political Right” Sociologists for Women in Society
Winter Meeting. Nashville, TN. (Unable to attend, given weather.)

2013* “The Tea Party and the Contemporary Right.” Midwestern Sociological Society Annual
Meeting in Chicago, IL.

2013 Panel Participant: “Teaching Without Textbooks.” Midwestern Sociological Society

Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.

2012 “Beyond Fear and Loathing: Tea Party Organizers’ Continuum of Knowledge in a
Racialized Social System” IES Seminar on Power and the Media in Milan, Italy.
2012 “Women’s Tea: Gender and the Tea Party Movement” Midwestern Sociological Society
Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, MN.

2012 “Beyond Fear and Loathing: Tea Party Organizers’ Continuum of Knowledge in a
Racialized Social System” Race, Gender, and Class Conference in New Orleans.

2011 “The Tea Party and Contemporary Racial Discourse” Midwestern Sociological Society
Annual Meeting in St. Louis, MO.

2011 “Sociology by Any Other Name: Teaching the Sociological Perspective in an Intensive
Campus Diversity Orientation Program”. Midwestern Sociological Society Annual
Meeting in St. Louis, MO.

2011 Panel Participant: Creating and Sustaining Supportive Climates: What Do We Do after
Recruiting a Diverse Department? Midwestern Sociological Society Annual Meeting in
St. Louis, MO.

2011 “Tea Parties: An Exploration of Gender in the Tea Party Movement”. Southwestern
Social Science Association Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, NV.

2010 “Approaching Realities: Standpoint as a Bridge Between Theory and Practice”. Illinois
Sociological Association annual conference. Normal, IL.

2010 “Evaluating a Pre‐Orientation Program to Engage White Students in Campus Diversity”

with K. Banks. Diversity Challenge 2010, Boston, MA.

2010 “Cracking Codes: Ideology, Coherence, and Incoherence in Qualitative Studies”.

Association of Black Sociologists Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

2010 Panel Participant: Voices of Pain, Voices of Hope in the Undergraduate Classroom.
Association of Black Sociologists Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

2010 “Navigating Coherence: Race Talk in a Color Blind Environment”. The Midwestern
Sociological Society Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.

2010 “The Contradictions of Color Blind Diversity in an Urban Community”. The Midwestern
Sociological Society Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.

2010* “Communities and Diversity: Moving Beyond Segregation?” The Midwestern

Sociological Society Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.

2010* “Teaching Intersectionality”. The Midwestern Sociological Society Annual Meeting in

Chicago, IL.
2009 “Still Not Race: Liberal Color Blindness in a Racially Diverse Community”. Association
of Black Sociologists Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA.

2009 Not Just Race!” Whites’ Diversity Discourses”. The Midwestern Sociological Society
Annual Meeting in Des Moines, IA.

2009* “Racial Identities and Discourses in a Color‐Blind Era.” The Midwestern Sociological
Society Annual Meeting in Des Moines, IA.

2008 “‘Don’t Call Me White’: Negotiating Color‐Blindness and Whiteness in a Diverse

Community”. Association of Black Sociologists Annual Meeting. Boston, MA.

2008 “White on White: A Contextual Examination of White Self‐Concept”. 10th Annual

Chicago Ethnography Conference. Northern Illinois University.

2008 “White on White: Navigating a White Racial Identity in a Stably Diverse Community”.
The Midwestern Sociological Society Annual Meeting in St. Louis, MO.

2006 Panel Participant: “Students Teaching Students: Tips and Tricks for Graduate Teaching
Experiences”. North Central Sociological Association Annual Meeting in Indianapolis,
IN.

2005 “Bulls on Parade: American Character and U.S. Foreign Policy,” with Lauren Langman.
The Midwestern Sociological Society Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, MN.

2002 “The Chinese American Dream.” M. Burke. North American Chinese Sociologists
Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL.

INVITED TALKS

Off-Campus
2019 “The Paradox of Colorblind Racism.” Illinois State University Senior Professionals
Morning with Professors. October 11.

2019 “Colorblind Racism.” Normal Public Library, Co-Sponsored by the Not in Our Town,
Black Lives Matter in Bloomington-Normal Book Club, and B-N Humanists. April 1.

2019 “Colorblind Racism from Left to Right.” Eleanor Fails Alumni Lecture at Loyola
University Chicago. March 28.

2018 “From Tea to Trump: Racism in the Mainstream and the Margins.” Grand Valley State
University: Allendale, MI. October 4.

2016 Scholar Panel Participant for Multicultural Fellow Leadership Program at Harper
College, Palatine, IL: April 29.
2016 “Racing Left and Right: Colorblind Racism’s Dominance Across the Political Spectrum.”
Illinois State University sociology research colloquium: February 19.

2015 “The Spectre of a Globalizing World in American Political and Racial Discourse”. East
China Normal University: Shanghai, China.

2015 “A Critique of the Cosmopolitan Canopy in Chicago and Shanghai”. East China Normal
University: Shanghai, China.

2013 “Racing Left and Right: How Color-Blind Narratives Impact Activists Across the
Political Spectrum”. Illinois State University graduate course in Racial Formations.

2012 “Racing Left and Right: How Color-Blind Narratives Impact Activists Across the
Political Spectrum”. Augustana College.

2011 “Partnering in Racial Justice”. Loyola University Chicago Lambda Upsilon

Lambda Chapter.

2010 “Justice! Just (Not) Us?: Navigating Antiracism and White Identity”. White Privilege
Conference at Augustana College, March 25, 2010.

2009 Chicago’s City Year Program: Invited Speaker for “Modern Segregation” session.

On-Campus
2019 Model Minority Stereotype: Myths and Facts Annual Theme Series. Office of Diversity
and Inclusion.

2019 “Uncomfortable Truths: Racism, Whiteness, and the Perils of Best Intentions.” Phi Kappa
Phi Honors Society Induction.

2017 “From Tea to Trump: Notes on Racism and Empathy in Conservative Politics,” for Poli-
Talk Office of Diversity and Inclusion series.

2017 “The Social Construction of Race and Racism,” preparatory workshop 1 for Summer
Reading Program on Ta-Nahesi Coates’s Between the World and Me.

2016 Women’s Power, Women’s Justice, and the Presidential Election panelist

2016 Trigger Warning Non-Org

2016 Challenging Classroom Situations breakout session on Fall Faculty Conference on

Diversity (Developed and Co-Facilitated)

2016 Colorblind Racism Summit Informational Non-Org

2014 IWU’s First-Generation Students Non-Org: Organized and facilitated

2014 Women in Academe, Panelist at student-organized event about

2014 Diversity Shuffle at 1st Annual IWU PRIDE (Alumni) Summit, Co-Facilitator

2013 “Seeing Race in a Colorblind Society” Back to College Homecoming Talk

2013 Developing a Rubric for Assessment of Student Writing Non-Org, Panel Participant

2012 IES International Faculty Development Opportunities Non-Org, Co-Presenter

2012 Model Minority Myth, Office of Diversity and Inclusion Presenter

2011 Affirmative Action Myths and Facts, Office of Diversity and Inclusion Presenter

2011 “Media Framing of the Occupy Wall Street Movement” Presenter at student-organized
event

2011 AAUP Non-Org to discuss Irene Mulvey’s recent campus presentation, Organizer and
Facilitator

2011 Wisconsin Protests in Response to Austerity Measures, Non-Org, Co-Presenter

2010 Board of Trustees Presentation about the Engaging Diversity Program

2010 Immigration Myths and Facts, Presenter at student-organized event

2010 Results of our 2010 Diversity Climate Survey, Co-Presenter

2010 Engaging Diversity Program Non-Org, Co-Presenter

ILLINOIS WESLEYAN COMMITTEES AND SERVICE

Committees & Programs Served

● Department Chair for Sociology and Anthropology, 2016-present
● Academic Appeals Board: 2019-present
● Thriving Students Strategic Planning Work Group: 2019
● Associate Provost Search Committee, Fall 2019
● Social Science Representative, Council on University Policies and Procedures: Spring
2019
● Reflective Advising Work Group: 2018-2020.
● Advising and Summer Reading Committee, 2018-2020
● Inaugural Posse Faculty Mentor, 2017-2019
● Hearing Committee, Spring 2018
 ● Provost Search Committee, Spring 2017
● Summer Reading Prep Committee for Ta-Nahesi Coates’s Between the World and Me
● Co-organizer of Fall Faculty Conference on Diversity, 2016.
● Intercultural Fluency Committee co-chair, 2015-2020.
● Board of Trustees Rep (and, as such) Council on University Policies and Procedures,
one-semester replacement Fall 2014.
● Diversity Work Group for IWU 2020 Strategic Plan, 2013-2014.
● Search Committee for Office of Diversity and Inclusion Director and Co-Director, 2012.
● Engaging Diversity Pre-Orientation Program, Director 2010-present.
● University Council on Diversity, faculty representative & member 2010-2020.
● Summer Reading Program Discussion Participant, 2010-present.
● Faculty Committee on Diversity, chair, 2010-2013.
● University Speakers Committee, 2010-2011.

Service on Honors Research Committees (*Chair/Director)

Lindsey Haines, economics; *Paige Maynard, sociology; Martin Carriel, sociology; Melissa
Seeborg, economics; Geoffrey Evans-Grimm, anthropology; *Ryan Nielsen, international
studies; Megan Thompson, international studies; Sam Patel, theater; *Alejañdro Monzón,
sociology; *Jennifer Long, sociology; *Sylvia Rusin, sociology; Raven Stubbs, theater; Allyce
Torres, theater; Will Lawrence, economics; Elizabeth Hancock, economics; *Josefina Bañales,
sociology; Kaitlin Dunn, psychology; Melissa Kinsella, sociology; *Lexia Swope, sociology;
Natalie Weimer, psychology; Austin Aldag, political science; *Carly Floyd, sociology; Zoe
Bouras, political science, *Amanda Breeden, sociology; Rachel Tomazin, psychology; Alani
Sweezi, philosophy and political science; Abby Kauerauf, English; *Olivia Causer, sociology;
Nicole Lewis, sociology.

Student Mentoring Honors

● Supervised Eckley Summer Scholarship Students: Mallika Kavadi 2013; Paige
Buschman 2016.

● Guest of Honor for Lincoln Laureate Awardees: Joefina Bañales, 2013; Paige Buschman
2016.

PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES AND SERVICE

National and Regional Service

● 2018-present: Illinois State Director, Midwest Sociological Society
● 2016-2018: Mentor to two individuals for American Sociological Association’s Section
on Racial and Ethnic Minorities Mentorship Program
● 2011-2013: American Sociological Association Section on Teaching and
Learning: Social Media Committee
● 2012-2013: Chair, Midwest Sociological Society Committee on Teaching and Learning
● 2010-2013: Midwest Sociological Society Committee on Teaching and Learning
● 2011: American Sociological Association Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities:
Oliver Cromwell Cox Article Award Selection Committee
 ● 2011: Midwest Sociological Society Graduate Student Paper Selection Committee
● 2009-2011: American Sociological Association Section on Teaching and
Learning: Membership Committee

Manuscript Reviewer
● Sociology of Race and Ethnicity (Editorial Board 2017-2019)
● Sociological Perspectives (Deputy Editor 2018-present)
● The Sociological Quarterly (Advisory Board 2012-2016)
● Teaching Sociology (Editorial Board 2012-2015)
● American Journal of Sociology
● Social Problems
● Sociological Forum
● Ethnic and Racial Studies
● Journal of Contemporary Ethnography
● Critical Sociology
● Humanity and Society
● American Political Science Review
● City + Community
● Journal of Hate Studies

Professional Organizations
● American Sociological Association
● Midwest Sociological Society
● Illinois Sociological Association (2010-2012)
● Association of Black Sociologists (2008-2011)

Honor Societies
● Phi Kappa Phi
● Alpha Kappa Delta (Sociological Honors Society)

PRESS

2023 The Other 50% Episode on Colorblindness and Whiteness

2020 Being "Color Blind" Doesn't Make You Not Racist—In Fact, It Can Mean the Opposite:
Oprah Magazine.
https://www.oprahmag.com/life/relationships-love/a32824297/color-blind-myth-racism/

2020 The Paradox of Colorblind Racism: WMUK Radio interview.

https://www.wmuk.org/post/paradox-colorblind-racism

2019 Five Observations: Colorblind Racism. University of St. Thomas.

https://news.stthomas.edu/colorblind-racism-five-observations/

2019 Peoria Summit Addresses Racial Justice and Equity.

 https://www.peoriapublicradio.org/post/peoria-summit-addresses-racial-justice-and-
equity#stream/0

2019 IWU Professor: Disregarding Race Doesn’t Lead To Racial Equality.

https://www.wglt.org/post/iwu-professor-disregarding-race-doesnt-lead-racial-
equality#stream/0

2018 Meet the Midwest! Seeing Colorblind Racism with Dr. Burke
https://thesocietypages.org/midwest/posts/meet-the-midwest-seeing-colorblind-racism-
with-dr-/

2017 SAGE Sociology Podcast: Author Meghan Burke discusses her article, "Colorblind
Racism: Identities, Ideologies, and Shifting Subjectivities."
https://tinyurl.com/SAGEBurkeCBR

2016 ‘Colorblind Racism’ Focus of Talks. The Pantagraph Wednesday May 11, 2016: A3.

2016 Illinois Wesleyan to Host Summit on Colorblind Racism.

https://www.iwu.edu/news/2016/events/summit-on-colorblind-racism.html
2016 Burke’s Work Lauded by Professional Sociology Society
https://www.iwu.edu/news/2016/burke-honored-by-professional-sociology-society.html

2016 SAGE Social Currents Podcast: Author Meghan Burke discusses her article "New
Frontiers in the Study of Color-blind Racism: A Materialist Approach."
http://traffic.libsyn.com/sagesociology/SCU_Color_Blind_Edit.mp3

2016 These Are The States Making The Most Racial Progress. Huffington Post.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/racism-america-states-
progress_us_5698018be4b0ce496423c6f5

2015 Students Seek to 'Engage Diversity' in Record Numbers, Illinois Wesleyan University
Website. https://www.iwu.edu/news/2015/students-seek-to-engage-diversity-in-record-
numbers.html

2015 40 under 40: Professors Who Inspire.

http://www.nerdwallet.com/feature/40-Under-40-Professors-2015#

2015 Radio interviews and other media for Tea Party book:
http://wmuk.org/post/wsw-what-can-be-learned-listening-tea-party
http://wglt.org/wireready/news/2015/02/06547_Meghan_Burke_Book_qa_WEB_142853.
shtml
http://www.wjbc.com/2015/02/10/illinois-wesleyan-professor-tea-party-more-complex-
than-portrayed/
https://www.iwu.edu/news/2015/sociologist-sheds-light-on-tea-party.html
http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/local/2015/02/09/pennfield-grad-writes-
book-tea-party-race/23136509/
2015 “Is The (Tea) Party Over?” Roundtable by Erik Kojola and Jack Delahanty. The Society
Pages, February 25. http://thesocietypages.org/roundtables/is-the-tea-party-over/

2014 “The Challenge to Be First: First-Generation Students Find Growing Support to Help
Them Clear the Many Obstacles They Face,” by Kate Arthur. Illinois Wesleyan
Magazine, Summer 2014. https://www.iwu.edu/magazine/2014/summer/first-generation-
intro.html

2014 “The White Privilege Movement: Academics Who Study White Privilege Experience
Attention and Criticism,” by Cory Weinberg. Inside Higher Ed, May 28,
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/05/28/academics-who-study-white-privilege-
experience-attention-and-criticism

2013 “A Special Orientation for White Students,” by Eugene McCormack. The Chronicle of
Higher Education, October 28, 2013. http://chronicle.com/article/A-Special-Orientation-
for/142563/

2012 SAGE Sociology Podcast (with Kira Banks) about Sociology by Any Other Name:
Teaching the Sociological Perspective in Campus Diversity Programs, available at:
https://tinyurl.com/BanksBurkeEDPodcast

2012 “New Book from IWU Sociologist Explores Continuing Struggle of Creating Dialogue
About Race and Racism,” by Kim Hill. Illinois Wesleyan University website.
https://www.iwu.edu/news/2012/09-faculty-meghan-burke-book.html

2012 “IWU Engages Diversity,” Illinois Wesleyan University website.

https://www.iwu.edu/news/2012/08-engaging-diversity.html