Annie Ferguson
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Bailey Hall 239
585-245-6206
aferguson@geneseo.edu
She/They
Annie Ferguson has been a faculty member of һԹ since 2025.

Office Hours
- Tuesday & Wednesday 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
- Thursday 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
- Virtual by appointment
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2025 Ph.D., Sociology, Arizona State University
Dissertation: White Emotions in Action: Strategies and obstacles for
increased engagement in antiracist movements
Committee: Monica McDermott (Chair), Nilda Flores-Gonzalez, Rocío García, Glenn Bracey
2012 M.C.R.P., Community & Regional Planning, Iowa State University
M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa State University
Thesis: Empowerment in the context of climate change: how community-based organizations can play a role in engaging citizens.
2006 B.A., Planning & Environmental Policy, Western Washington Univ.
Publications
Ferguson, Annie. Forthcoming. White Gatekeeping: How internalized white supremacy and emotions impact white antiracism. Ethnic & Racial Studies.
Ferguson, Annie. 2023. Redefining antiracism: Learning from activists to sharpen academic language. Sociology Compass, 17(1). doi.org/10.1111/soc4.13057.
McDermott, Monica, and Annie Ferguson. 2022. Sociology of Whiteness. Annual Review of Sociology 48:25776. doi: https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-soc-083121-054338.
Perline, Allie, Ferguson (Heuscher), Annie, Sondag, Annie, & Brown, Blakely. 2015. Perceptions of local hospitals and food producers on opportunities for and barriers to implementing farm-to-hospital programs. Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 6(1), 147159.
Interests
- Social movements
- Emotions
- Social psychology
- Critical whiteness
- Qualitative methods: interviewing, ethnography, and focus groups