Mississippi Humanities Council

  • Interpreting Our History & Culture
  • Fostering Civil Conversations
  • Enriching Communities

Robert L. Boyd

Robert L. Boyd has served as a professor of sociology at Mississippi State University since 1995. He received his master’s degree in Sociology from the University of Florida and his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research interests include ethnic economies, survivalist entrepreneurship; racial/ethnic inequality in an urban/historical context. He has recently published several articles in 2021 with titles including “Residential Segregation of European Immigrant Groups in the Early Twentieth Century United States”.

Presentations

Professor of Sociology, Mississippi State

(662) 325-7875

PO Box C
Mississippi State, MS 39762-5503