Zachary V. Sunderman

Zachary V. Sunderman
  • Instructor at SUNY Westchester Community College

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Introduction
I study society and social life from an interpretive perspective that is informed by existentialism, hermeneutics, and other fields as much as it is by my own discipline. I consider my work to be a sustained project oriented toward investigating the human condition through sociology, providing "empirical answers to philosophical questions." My first book, "Dilemmas of Allyship: White Anti-Racists and the Challenges of Social Justice," is available now from Routledge.
Current institution
SUNY Westchester Community College
Current position
  • Instructor
Additional affiliations
August 2018 - May 2024
Eastern Gateway Community College
Position
  • Professor (Assistant)
Description
  • Assistant Professor of Sociology (2022-24; previously full-time Instructor) and Division Chair (2019-24) of Sociology, History, and Political Science
January 2024 - May 2024
University of Pittsburgh
Position
  • Assistant Research Scientist
Description
  • I worked with Joshua Bloom, co-author of Black Against Empire, and journalist Johnetta Elzie on their research into the formation of the Ferguson rebellion, managing undergraduate interns.
January 2017 - December 2017
College of Staten Island
Position
  • Adjunct Lecturer
Education
August 2015 - May 2021
New School
Field of study
  • Sociology
August 2013 - May 2015
New School
Field of study
  • Sociology
January 2010 - May 2012
Hiram College
Field of study
  • Social Science/Communication

Publications

Publication (1)
Book
Dilemmas of Allyship investigates the political phenomenon of social justice allyship—in the form of white anti-racism—from a novel perspective. The book argues that 21st-century allyship is best understood as a set of socially mediated personal problems and challenges, and that these problems and challenges furnish the material with which many all...