Mamadi Corra
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of South Carolina 2002
Areas of Interest: Social Psychology, Classical and Contemporary Social Theory, 
Structural Sociology, African and African American Studies, Social Stratification and Inequality
Office: Brewster A-420
Tel: 252.328.4836
E-mail: corram@ecu.edu

Curriculum Vita

Research

Selected Publications
Corra, Mamadi. Forthcoming. “The State of Black America on the Heels of the Election of Barack Obama as the First African American President of the United States." The Western Journal of Black Studies.

Corra, Mamadi, Shannon Carter, J. Scott Carter and David Knox. Forthcoming. “Trends in Marital Happiness by Sex and Race, 1973-2006." Journal of Family Issues.

Corra, Mamadi, and Sitawa Kimuna. 2009. “Double Jeopardy? Female African and Caribbean Immigrants in the United States.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 35(6): 1015 - 1035.

Carter, Scott J., Mamadi Corra and Shannon Carter. 2009. “The Interaction of Race and Gender: Changing Gender-Role Attitudes, 1974-2006.” Social Science Quarterly90 (1):196-211.

Corra, Mamadi. 2008. “Inclusion and Ordering: The Compounding Effects of Two Distinct but Related Structural Power Conditions.” Social Behavior and Personality: An International Journal 36 (9): 1161-1178.

Corra, Mamadi, and J. Scott Carter. 2008. “Shadow of the past? Assessing Racial and Gender Differences in Confidence in the Institutions of Science and Medicine.” Black Women, Gender and Family 2 (1):54-83.

Corra, Mamadi. 2007. “Stereotype Threat? Male and Female Students in Advanced High School Courses.” Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering 13 (2): 95-118.

Corra, Mamadi. 2005. "Separation and Exclusion: Distinctly Modern Conditions of Power?" The Canadian Journal of Sociology 30(1): 41-70.

Corra, Mamadi, and D. Willer. 2002. “The Gatekeeper.” Sociological Theory 20: 180-207.

Corra, Mamadi. 2000. “Applying Resistance to Ordering in Exchange Networks: A Theoretical Extension.” Current Research in Social Psychology 5:84-96 <http://www.uiowa.edu/grpproc>.

Current Research Interests
     ·           Social Psychology (Group Processes)

·         Classical and Contemporary Theory (focusing on power and status structures)

·         Structural Sociology                                                                 

·         African and African American Studies

·         Social Stratification

·         Social Networks

·         Exchange and Bargaining