Patricia Literte, Ph.D.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY

BIOGRAPHY

Patricia Literte received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Southern California. Her current research interests include race and ethnicity, higher education, racial politics, and urban sociology. More specifically, Dr. Literte has conducted research on Black-Latino/a relations in higher education, Black-Latino/a relations in low-income housing developments, Black immigrants in Southern California, student affairs’ interaction with Hapa students and multiracial students, and historically Black sorority members’ attitudes about gays and lesbians. She teaches social inequality, race and ethnic relations, sociology of families, sociology of city life, and gender, sex, and society. In addition to her teaching and research, Dr. Literte serves as the Academic Coordinator for the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Scholars.

PUBLICATIONS

Emery, Alan, Literte, Patricia E., & Echo Chang. Forthcoming 2014. “Developing, Implementing and Experiencing an Online Sociology Degree Completion Program at a Large California Public University.” In Cases on Critical and Qualitative Perspectives in Online Higher Education, edited by Myron Orleans. Hershey, Pennsylvania: IGI Global.

Literte, Patricia E. & Candice Hodge. 2011. “Sex and Sisterhood: Attitudes About Homosexuality Among Members of Historically Black Sororities.” The Journal of African American Studies 14(2):1-26.

Literte, Patricia E. 2011. “Competition, Conflict, and Coalitions: Black- Latino/a Relations Within Institutions of Higher Education.” The Journal of Negro Education 80(4):477-90. 

Literte, Patricia E. 2010. “Book Review: Hurricane Katrina – America’s Unnatural Disaster.” Ethnic and Racial Studies 33(6):899-900. 

Literte, Patricia E. 2010. “Revising Race: How Biracial Students are Changing and Challenging Student Services.” Journal of College Student Development 51(2):115 – 35.

Literte, Patricia E. 2009. “We Have Created Our Own Meaning for Hapa Identity: The Mobilization of Self-proclaimed Hapas Within Institutions of Higher Education. Amerasia Journal 35(2):191 – 212.