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Vincent J. Roscigno
Vincent J. Roscigno, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at The Ohio State University.
OccupationSociologist
EmployerOhio State University
Known forWorkplace discrimination, social inequality, sociology of work, sociology of education
TitleDistinguished Professor of Arts & Sciences in Sociology
AwardsAmerican Sociological Association Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award (2026)
Distinguished University Scholar Award, Ohio State University (2012)
W. Richard Scott Distinguished Article Award, ASA (2005)
President, Southern Sociological Society (2010–2011)
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Arizona (B.A., 1989)
North Carolina State University (M.S., 1991; Ph.D., 1996)
Websiteu.osu.edu/roscigno.1/

Vincent J. Roscigno is a sociologist and Distinguished Professor of Arts & Sciences in Sociology at The Ohio State University. His research is comprised of topics ranging from social inequality to workplace discrimination, the sociology of work and education, collective behavior and social movements. Roscigno has served as the Co-Editor of the American Sociological Review, as President of the Southern Sociological Society, and as an elected Council Member of the American Sociological Association. In 2026, he received the American Sociological Association's Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award.[1][2]

Education and career

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Roscigno received his B.A. in sociology from the University of Arizona in 1989. He attended North Carolina State University, where he earned his M.S. in 1991 and his Ph.D. in 1996.[3] His early scholarship, while at North Carolina State, included a co-authored study with sociologist Donald Tomaskovic-Devey on racial economic inequality in the U.S. South.[4]

Roscigno began teaching at The Ohio State University in 1996.[3] He was promoted to associate professor in 2001 and to full Professor in 2005; he was named Distinguished Professor of Arts & Sciences in Sociology in 2012, the same year he received the university's Distinguished University Scholar Award.[5][6]

From 2007 to 2009, Roscigno served as the Co-Editor of the American Sociological Review alongside the late sociologist Randy Hodson.[3][7] From 2013 to 2018, he was the founding Co-Editor (with Toni Calasanti of Virginia Tech) of Social Currents, the official journal of the Southern Sociological Society.[8]

Research

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Roscigno's research addresses inequalities through various methodological procedures ranging from quantitative, qualitative, and historical methods.[9] As of 2026, his publications have accumulated more than 14,000 citations.[10]

Workplace and organizational inequality

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In one area of research, Roscigno's work examines how race, gender, and age discrimination operates within organizations and labor markets, through his 2007 book The Face of Discrimination: How Race and Gender Impact Work and Home Lives, which draws on discrimination complaints filed with the Ohio Civil Rights Commission.[11] His 2011 article "Power, Revisited," delivered as his Presidential Address to the Southern Sociological Society, presents a theoretical framework for understanding power within organizations.[12]

Labor movements, music, and culture

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Roscigno's earlier research explored culture, media, and labor mobilization in the American South. His 2004 book The Voice of Southern Labor: Radio, Music, and Textile Strikes, 1929–1934 (co-authored with William F. Danaher) examines how southern textile mill workers used radio broadcasts and music to build solidarity, sustaining labor insurgencies during the strikes of 1929 and 1934.[13] The book was reviewed in both academic and government publications, including the Journal of Interdisciplinary History,[14] and the International Review of Social History. [15] It was also reviewed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in its Monthly Labor Review.[16]

Education and first-generation students

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Roscigno has also contributed to the sociology of education, leading a longitudinal study on first-generation college students at Ohio State University, specifically examining the structural and social barriers across various outcomes like persistence, campus integration and social mobility.[17]

Professional leadership and honors

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Roscigno served as the President of the Southern Sociological Society in 2010–2011, having served as the President-Elect from 2009 to 2010.[18] He was elected to membership in the Sociological Research Association in 2004, then elected to its executive committee in 2022[19], and is scheduled to serve as its president in 2027.[5]

He served as an elected Council Member of the American Sociological Association from 2019 to 2022[20] and served on the ASA Publications Committee from 2012 to 2015.[21] He has served on the advisory board of the General Social Survey since 2024.[22]

Among his major awards are the Distinguished University Scholar Award from Ohio State University (2012),[6] the W. Richard Scott Distinguished Article Award from the ASA's Organizations, Occupations & Work Section (2005),[23] the Joan Huber Faculty Fellow for Research Excellence (2007–2009),[24] the Harlan Hatcher Arts & Sciences Distinguished Faculty Award (2020),[24] the Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching from Ohio State University (2023),[25] and the Donald MacNamara Distinguished Article Award from the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (2022).[26] He was also co-recipient of the Best Paper Award from the International Sociological Association's Research Committee on Logic and Methodology (RC33) in 2025 for an article first authored by his colleague Michael Vuolo.[27]

References

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  1. ↑ "2026 ASA Award Winners". American Sociological Association. Retrieved 2026-08-14.
  2. ↑ "American Sociological Association Announces 2026 Award Recipients". [www.newswise.com](https://www.newswise.com). Retrieved 2026-08-14.
  3. 1 2 3 American Sociological Association. "Roscigno, Hodson Are Incoming Editors of American Sociological Review." Footnotes, July/August 2006, Vol. 34, No. 6. https://www.asanet.org/wp-content/uploads/fn_2006_06.pdf
  4. ↑ Tomaskovic-Devey, Donald and Vincent J. Roscigno. "Racial Economic Subordination and White Gain in the U.S. South." American Sociological Review 61 (1996): 565–589.
  5. 1 2 Vincent J. Roscigno, Curriculum Vita (June 2026). The Ohio State University Department of Sociology. https://u.osu.edu/roscigno.1/files/2026/06/VJRVITA__6-9-26.pdf
  6. 1 2 "Vincent Roscigno awarded 2012 University Distinguished Scholar Award | Department of Sociology". sociology.osu.edu. Retrieved 2026-08-14.
  7. ↑ "Randy Hodson, our colleague and friend, recently passed | Department of Sociology". sociology.osu.edu. Retrieved 2026-08-14.
  8. ↑ Calasanti, Toni; Roscigno, Vincent J. (2014-02-01). "Social Currents, and the Prospects and Promise of Sociology". Social Currents. 1 (1): 3–4. doi:10.1177/2329496513516934. ISSN 2329-4965.
  9. ↑ "Vincent Roscigno | Distinguished Professor of Arts & Sciences in Sociology". u.osu.edu. Retrieved 2026-08-14.
  10. ↑ "Vincent J. Roscigno". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2026-08-14.
  11. ↑ Roscigno, Vincent J. The Face of Discrimination: How Race and Gender Impact Work and Home Lives. Archived from the original on 2025-05-18.
  12. ↑ Roscigno, Vincent J. "Power, Revisited." Social Forces 90 (2011): 349–374.
  13. ↑ Roscigno, Vincent J. and William F. Danaher. The Voice of Southern Labor: Radio, Music, and Textile Strikes, 1929–1934. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2004. https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/the-voice-of-southern-labor
  14. ↑ Macaulay, Alex (2007-07-01). "The Voice of Southern Labor: Radio, Music, and Textile Strikes, 1929–1934. By Vincent Roscigno and William F. Danaher (Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 2004) 177 pp. $19.95". The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 38 (1): 153–155. doi:10.1162/jinh.2007.38.1.153. ISSN 0022-1953.
  15. ↑ Brown, Cliff (April 2006). "Roscigno, Vincent J. and William F. Danaher, The Voice of Southern Labor. Radio, Music, and Textile Strikes, 1929–1934. [Social Movements, Protest, and Contention, vol. 19.] University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis [etc.] 2004. xxviii, 177 pp. $59.95". International Review of Social History. 51 (1): 136–138. doi:10.1017/S0020859006102357. ISSN 1469-512X.
  16. ↑ "Music for the people: the role of music in the southern textile strikes of 1929–34 : Monthly Labor Review : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics". Bureau of Labor Statistics. Archived from the original on 2026-06-13. Retrieved 2026-08-14.
  17. ↑ "First-Generation Student Study". cssl.osu.edu. Archived from the original on 2025-01-01. Retrieved 2026-08-14.
  18. ↑ "Presidents of the Southern Sociological Society". Southern Sociological Society. Retrieved 2026-08-14.
  19. ↑ "Current SRA Officers". Sociological Research Association. Retrieved 2026-08-14.
  20. ↑ "OSU at the ASA | Department of Sociology". sociology.osu.edu. Retrieved 2026-08-14.
  21. ↑ American Sociological Association. "Publications Committee Summary," August 2015. https://www.asanet.org/wp-content/uploads/savvy/journals/August2015PCSummary.pdf
  22. ↑ "About | NORC at the University of Chicago". gss.norc.org. Retrieved 2026-08-14.
  23. ↑ "Scott Award". Organizations, Occupations and Work. 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2026-08-14.
  24. 1 2 "College Awards | College of Arts and Sciences". artsandsciences.osu.edu. Retrieved 2026-08-14.
  25. ↑ "Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching Awardees | Office of Faculty Affairs". faculty.osu.edu. Retrieved 2026-08-14.
  26. ↑ "Past Award Winners". Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Retrieved 2026-08-14.
  27. ↑ "11ICSSM Awards". rc33.org. Retrieved 2026-08-14.
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