Veronica Newton

Ph.D., University of Missouri-Columbia, 2018

Race, Gender, Qualitative Methods, Ethnography, Black Feminisms, Intersectionality

Dr. Veronica A. Newton is an ethnographic qualitative researcher who utilizes a critical race feminist perspective to examine how systems of oppression impact Black women’s lived experiences from an intersectional standpoint. Her research has been published in Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, Race, Ethnicity and Education, International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, as well as other peer reviewed journals and scholarly volumes. Dr. Newton’s research serves to highlight the importance of examining interlocking systems of oppression, such as racism and patriarchy within higher education and how they impact Black women's college experiences.
Dr. Newton is part of the Cardi B Collective, which is composed of five Black women sociologists who are scholars of race, feminism, pop culture, civic engagement, family, and gender. We published our co-authored book:
The-Sociology-of-Cardi-B-A-Trap-Feminist-Approach/Green-McDonald-Newton-Robinson-Rosado with Routledge Press in August of 2024

By focusing on how Cardi B uses her own sociological perspective to discuss race, feminism, motherhood, politics, and popular culture, we tapped into our areas of expertise as sociologists to develop a theoretical framework informed by trap feminism that focuses on hood chicks' contributions to knowledge production.
Dr. Newton’s collaborative work at GSU includes the role of Co-PI for the RADXUP NIH grant from 2020-2022 which qualitatively explored and analyzed the barriers and motivations among Black folks across genders, class, age and other intersections in Atlanta.
Overall Dr. Newton’s research agenda works at the intersection of racism and patriarchy from black feminists and womanist standpoints. Her research examines gendered racial microaggressions, colorist microaggression and the discrimination that Black college women experience from an intersectional perspective. Dr. Newton has an advanced book contract for her solo authored book with SUNY Press: Critical Race Studies in Education Series titled: There’s Racism in the Building and Patriarchy in the Yard: Black Women Navigate Discrimination at a White University. This book takes a critical race feminist approach to examine how racism and patriarchy or gendered racism impacts Black undergraduate women’s college experiences from an intersectional standpoint. Her book will help reshape the discourse on racism in higher education by including an interrogation of patriarchy as an interlocking system of oppression at white public universities.
Research Interests
Dr. Newton’s current research project uses intersectionality and black feminism as a pedagogy to explore school connectedness among Black undergraduate women. I explore how black women centered classrooms can become Black womanist spaces for Black undergraduate women at minority serving institutions. My work aims to demonstrate the importance of Black women’s spaces on campus by centering Black women’s classroom experiences.
Dr. Newton’s teaching interests include critical race theory, qualitative methods, African American women’s studies, and Black feminisms.