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Prof. Juan Battle
(jbattle@hunter.cuny.edu)
Department of Sociology                                                  Department of Sociology
Hunter College, C.U.N.Y.                                                 Graduate Center, C.U.N.Y.
695 Park Avenue                                                             365 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10021                                                       New York, NY 10016

Prof. Juan Battle is currently a faculty member at both Hunter College and at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (C.U.N.Y.).

He received his A.S. (1988) and B.S. (1989) from York College of Pennsylvania.  His M.A. (1991) and Ph.D. (1994) were both earned at the University of Michigan.

Prof. Battle’s fields include sexuality, race, social problems, and quantitative research methods.  His research and publications highlight the intersection of race, gender, and class on a variety of social phenomena.

He is actively involved in the Association of Black Sociologists (ABS) and the American Sociological Association (ASA).
Publications
Below is a list of selected academic publications as of May, 2005.

Battle, Juan, Wanda Alderman-Swain, and Alia Tyner. 2005. “Using an Intersectionality Model to Explain the Educational Outcomes for Black Students in a Variety of Family Configurations.” Race, Class, & Gender. 12(1): 126-151.

Battle, Juan and Natalie Bennett. 2005. “Striving for Place: Black Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) People in History and Society.” In Alton Hornsby (Ed.), A Companion to African American History, (pp. 412-445). MA: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

Battle, Juan, Natalie Bennett, & Todd Shaw. 2004. “From the Closet to a Place at the Table:  Past, Present, and Future Assessments of Social Science Research on African American Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Populations.” African American Research Perspectives. 10(1):9-26.

Shulte, Lisa and Juan Battle. 2004. “The Relative Importance of Ethnicity and Religion in Predicting Attitudes Towards Gays and Lesbians.” Journal of Homosexuality. 47(2):127-142.

Lemelle, Anthony and Juan Battle. 2004. “Black Masculinity Matters in Attitudes Toward Gay Males.”  Journal of Homosexuality. 47(1): 39-51.

Attewell, Paul, Belkis Suazo-Garcia and Juan Battle. 2003.  “Computers and Young Children: Social Benefit or Social Problem.” Social Forces, 82(1): 277-296.

Battle, Juan, Cathy Cohen, Angelique Harris, and Beth Richie. 2003. “We Really Are Family:  Embracing our Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Family Members.” In a special edition on the Black Family in The State of Black America (pp. 93-106). Washington, DC: National Urban League.

Battle, Juan and Anthony Lemelle. 2002.  “Gender Differences in African American Attitudes Toward Gay Males.”   Western Journal of Black Studies, 26(3): 134-139.

Battle, Juan. 2002. “Longitudinal Analysis of Academic Achievement Among a Nation-Wide Sample of Hispanic Students in Single- versus Dual-Parent Households.” Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 24(4): 430-447.

Battle, Juan. 2002. Review of Flore Zephir’s Trends in Ethnic Immigration Among Second-Generation Haitian Immigrants in New York City.  Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey.  In American Journal of Sociology, 107(6):1613-1614.

Battle, Juan and Michael Lewis. 2002. “The Increasing Significance of Class:  The Relative Effect of Race and Socioeconomic status on Academic Achievement.”  Journal of Poverty. 6(2):21-36.

Battle, Juan and Earl Wright, II. 2002. “W.E.B. DuBois’s Talented Tenth:  A Quantitative Assessment.”  Journal of Black Studies. 32(6):654-672.  

Battle, Juan, Cathy Cohen, Dorian Warren, Gerard Fergerson and Suzette Audam. 2002.  Say It Loud:  I’m Black and I’m Proud; Black Pride Survey 2000. New York:  The Policy Institute of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.

Kasinitz, Philip, Juan Battle and Ines Miyares.  2001.  "Fade to Black?: The Children of West Indian Immigrants in South Florida." In Ruben Rumbaut and Alejandro Portes (eds.), Ethnicities: Coming of Age In Immigrant America, (pp. 267 – 300). Russell Sage Foundation and the University of California Press.

Bennett, Michael and Juan Battle. 2001. “We Can See Them, But We Can't Hear Them:  LGBT Members of African American Families."  In Mary Bernstein and Renate
Reimann (Eds.), Queer Families, Queer Politics:  Challenging Culture and the State, (pp. 53 – 67). New York: Columbia University Press.

Alderman-Swain, Wanda and Juan Battle. 2000. “The Invisible Gender: Educational Outcomes for African American Girls in Father-Only versus Mother-Only Households.” Race and Society. 3(2):165-182.

Battle, Juan and Barbara Scott. 2000. “Mother-Only Versus Father-Only Households: Educational Outcomes for African American Males.” Journal of African American Men. 5(2):93-116.

Battle, Juan and Michael Bennett. 2000. “Research on Lesbian and Gay Populations Within the African American Community:  What Have We Learned?”  African American Research Perspectives.  6(2):35-47.

Attewell, Paul and Juan Battle. 1999. “Home Computers and School Performance.” The Information Society.  15:1-10.

Battle, Juan. 1999. “How the Boyz Really Made It Out of the Hood:  Educational Outcomes for African-American Boys in Father-Only versus Mother-Only Households.”  Race, Gender & Class.  6(2):130-146.

Battle, Juan.  1998. “What Beats Having for Two Parents:  Educational Outcomes for African-American Students in Single- versus Dual-Parent Families.” Journal of Black Studies.  28(6): 783-801.

McIntyre, Tom and Juan Battle. 1998.  “The Traits of ‘Good Teachers’ as Identified by Students With Emotional and/or Behavioral Disorders.”  Behavioral Disorders. 23(2): 57-77.

Battle, Juan. 1997. “The Relative Effects of Divorced versus Married Families and Socioeconomic Status in Explaining the Educational Achievement of African-American Middle Grade Students.” Journal of Negro Education.  66(1): 29-42.

Battle, Juan. 1997.  “Academic Achievement Among Hispanic Students from One-Versus-Dual Parent Households.” Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences. 19(2):156-170.

Battle, Juan and Michael Bennett. 1997. “African-American Families and Public Policy: The Legacy of the Moynihan Report.” In Cedric Herring (Ed.), African Americans and the Public Agenda: The Paradoxes of Public Policy, (pp. 150 - 167). CA: Sage Publications.

Battle, Juan. 1995. “The Impact of Divorce on the Academic Achievement of African-American and White Middle Grade Students.” Family Perspectives.  29(1):61-74.

Battle, Juan. 1994. A Nationwide Comparison of African-American and White Eighth Graders’ Academic Achievement, Educational Aspirations, and Current Attitudes Toward Education. Doctoral dissertation. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Battle, Juan. 1993. Review of Mezey, Gillian & Michael King’s Male Victims of Sexual Assault.  Oxford: Oxford University Press.  In Contemporary Psychology. 38:997-998.

Schwartz, Ira, Debbie Willis, and Juan Battle. 1991. Juvenile Arrest, Detention, and Incarceration Trends:  1979-1989.  Ann Arbor:  University of Michigan, Center for the Study of Youth Policy.

 

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