Director (2014-2022)
Dina Okamoto was the Director of the Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society (CRRES) and Professor of Sociology at Indiana University. Her research focuses on race and ethnicity, immigrant incorporation, as well as intergroup conflict and cooperation in the U.S. context.
Associate Director (2015-2022)
Michelle Moyd was the Associate Director of the Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society (CRRES) and is an Associate Professor of History at Michigan State University. She is a historian of eastern Africa, with special interests in the history of African soldiers and warfare. Other research interests include German colonial history, the history of racial thought in Europe, Africa, and the United States, and the history of race as a factor in labor and military recruitment processes in Africa and elsewhere.
Director (2012-2014)
Pamela Braboy Jackson served as the Founding & Inaugural Director for CRRES from 2012-14 and is a Provost Professor of Sociology at Indiana University. Her research focuses on stress and mental health, healthcare disparities, and the impact of work and family roles on well-being.
Associate Director (2012-2014)
Sylvia Martinez is a Professor in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies and the Latino Studies program at Indiana University. Her research focuses on Latino/a ethnic identity, Latino/a education, and sociology of education issues more generally.
Karen Inouye
Associate Director (2017-2018)
Karen Inouye was the Associate Director of the Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society (CRRES) and Assistant Professor of American Studies at Indiana University. Her book, "The Long Afterlife of Nikkei Wartime Incarceration" (Stanford University Press, 2016) focuses on questions of belonging, race and ethnicity. Her next book project concerns the cultural and political impacts of the decision to build prison camps for Nikkei on Native American and Indigenous lands.
Associate Director (2014-2015)
Marvin Sterling was the Associate Director of the Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society (CRRES) and Associate Professor of Anthropology at Indiana University. His research interests include contemporary Japan, African Diaspora, race, social identity, Afro-Asia, Performance Studies, transnationalism, and human rights.
