Back New Race Relations Blog 04/23/2008   Meeting the students where they live 'online' is a tactic a nationally renowned sociologist at Texas A&M University has adopted. To accomplish that, Professor of Sociology Joe R. Feagin has created a blog on racial relations that extends the U.S. dialogue on racial and ethnic issues beyond the traditional avenues. Feagin says he hopes to use his research-based blog "part of a new breed commonly referred to as expert blogs to differentiate them from personal blogs" to help improve research connectivity to students, teachers, journalists and the general public. He has invited about 30 academicians and other Ph.D.-level experts in sociology and social science disciplines from various academic institutions across the country to post comments on the site, http://www.racismreview.com/blog/. He created the expert blog with colleague and former Ph.D. student Jessie Daniels, a racial relations expert at Hunter College who is writing a book on the impact of the Internet and related technology on this society. To read more go to the blog address.   Contact Person: Joe Feagin News Source: http://www.racismreview.com/blog/ Copyright statement and legal notices Please send comments, suggestions, and queries to aapo@tamu.edu. African American Professional Organization (AAPO) Texas A&M University · P.O. Box 13148 College Station, Texas 77841-3148