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Dr. Anthony Jerome Stone Jr. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology
at The University of Memphis. Dr. Stone holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University
of Cincinnati, Master of Arts in Sociology from The University of Memphis, and a Bachelor
of Arts from Michigan State University in Political Science, Pre-Law.
Dr. Stone is an adherent of Black Sociology who relies on interdisciplinary knowledges
to address sociological questions. His primary research interests are Race & Racisms,
Social Psychology, and Sociology of Media. Currently, Dr. Stone’s research agenda
is focused in three areas: (1) How Black men think about the relationship between
their identities and the Black men they see in film, (2) the sociology of knowledge
as it relates to how social science research approaches Black populations, including
historical figures, and (3) how Black people understand and derive meaning from the
various aspects of their lives.
His research has been published in
Information, Communication, & Society, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities,
Studies in Symbolic Interaction, and
the Journal of Communication & Religion. His co-edited book
Sociology and Hip Hop: An Anthology is available from Cognella (2021).
Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 2023
Publications
Stone Jr., Anthony J., Madeline Arriaza, Claire Brindley, Elliot Meador, Wesley James, and Karen Matthews.
(2025). “‘You’re Not Dealing with What We’re Dealing with’: COVID-19 Hesitancies and
Motivations Among Late Vaccinating Black Americans in the Deep South.” Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.
Stone Jr., Anthony J. 2025. “‘Cuz This is What it Feels Like’: Black Men’s Affective Decodings and Reflections of Film.” Information, Communication, & Society. Online. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2025.2508937
Wright II, Earl, Kierra Toney, Keri Eason, and Anthony J. Stone Jr. (eds.). 2021. Sociology and Hip Hop: An Anthology (2nd edition). San Diego, CA: Cognella.
Stone Jr., Anthony J. and Carol Rambo. 2021. “Surviving Racism & Genocide: Native American Caricature Iconography
and Racial Formation Projects.” Pp. 91-115 in Studies in Symbolic Interaction Vol. 54, edited by N.K. Denzin and S.L. Chen. Bingley: Emerald Publishing Limited.
Johnson, Andre E. and Anthony J. Stone Jr. 2018. "The Most Dangerous Negro in America: Rhetoric, Race and the Prophetic Pessimism
of Martin Luther King Jr." Journal of Communication & Religion, 41(1): 8-22.
