Welcome
Thanks for visiting my web page. Here, you can find information about my research interests and academic training. To view a printable version of my C.V., click on "Vitae."
I have been interested for some time in the Black Land movement and especially encourage you to follow links and find out more about it. Black Land Loss is a considerable problem. As Melvin Oliver and Thomas Shapiro have recently brought to our attention in their important book, Black Wealth/White Wealth, income discrepancies have declined but wealth inequalities have worsened between Blacks and Whites. A portion of this inequality pertains to African-American owned land.
I have worked on several significant research efforts, especially in establishing a Fund for Rural America Center on Minority Land Security (see my C.V.). I have also written about the decline of African-American farmers (see Who Owns the Land?: Agricultural Land Ownership by Race/Ethnicity and Returning African-American Farmers to the Land: Recent Trends and a Policy Rationale). Several of my other papers pertain to historical efforts to combat Black Land Loss.
My dissertation explores the importance of land ownership in Mileston, MS an African-American New Deal Resettlement Community in the Mississippi Delta. In particular, I explore how land ownership fostered civic growth contributing to Mileston's significant role in the Mississippi civil rights movement.
Please feel free to contact me, sdwood AT ksu DOT edu, if you have any comments or questions. Again, thank you for taking the time to visit my site.
Course Information
If your are taking or interested in taking a course with me at Kansas State University:
- Log on to KState Online.
- See Syllabus under Course/Information
- Or, see links to the right for pdfs of recent syllabi
Contact
204 Waters Hall, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 66506
785.532.7178
Xsdwood AT ksu DOT edu (remove the X before sending email).