David Merolla

David Merolla

Department

Sociology

Research interest(s)/area of expertise

• Race and Racism
• Sociology of Education
• Social Psychology
• Quantitative Methods

Education

• B.A. Sociology, Kent State University, 2004
• M.A. Sociology, Kent State University, 2007
• Ph.D. Sociology, Kent State University, 2010

Selected publications

2022 Hunt, Whitney, and David M. Merolla. "Genes and race in the era of genetic ancestry testing: The geneticization of identity and the social deconstruction of whiteness." Sociology Compass (2022): e13011

2021 Nazaretian, Zavin, Cedrick Heraux, and David M. Merolla. "Perceived threat and officer-involved shootings: characteristics leading to fatal vs non-fatal instances." Policing: An International Journal.

2020. Smith, J.P. and Merolla, D.M., 2020. PUFF, PUFF, PASS: The Effect of Racial Prejudice on White Americans’ Attitudes towards Marijuana Legalization. Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race, 17(1), pp.189-206.

2019 Jason P. Smith and David Merolla. “Black, Blue, and Blow: The Effect of Race and Criminal History on Perceptions of Police Violence. Sociological Inquiry DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/soin.12275

2019 David M. Merolla and Omari Jackson. “Structural Racism as the Fundamental Cause of the achievement Gap.” Sociology Compass DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/soc4.12696

2018 David M. Merolla. “Completing the Educational Career: College Enrollment and College Completion for Black, Hispanic and White students” Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 4 (2) 281-297.
 

Citation index

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5hLYyu0AAAAJ&hl=en