Principal Investigator
Morehouse College Department of Sociology Chair

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Michael E. Hodge received his M.S. in psychology and his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Florida.  He has taught at the University of Georgia, University of Tennessee, and Georgia State University.  He is currently an associate professor at Morehouse College and a research associate with the Research Center on Health Disparities.  His areas of interest focus on racial and ethnic inequality, including health disparities as well as socioeconomic inequity.  He recently co-authored an article in the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved.

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He continues to analyze data from in-depth interviews of college age African Americans concerning risky sexual activity in an age of HIV/AIDS.  He is a past-president of the Georgia Sociological Association and a Life-Time Member of the Association of Black Sociologists.  Additional recent publications include Mortgage Refinance Discrimination, HIV/AIDS Perceptions, Attitudes and Behaviors among HBCU Students, and Blurring Disciplinary Boundaries: the Case for the Social Sciences. His book, Voices from Beneath the Veil: Analysis of the Trials, Tribulations, and Triumphs of Middle Class African Americans, examines the experiences of middle class African Americans in a post-affirmative action, and color blind society.

 

Hodge is married with two children and resides in a southern suburb of Atlanta.

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Contact Info:

Michael E. Hodge (P.I.)
Morehouse College
Chair-Department of Sociology
830 Westview Dr. S.W.
Atlanta, GA 30314
404-215-2624
mhodge@morehouse.edu