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1/19/04

SLU PROF WRITES FOR RACE-ETHNIC STUDIES ENCYCLOPEDIA

CANTON – St. Lawrence University Professor of Government Joseph M. Kling is 
the author of an entry in the recently published Encyclopedia of Race and Ethnic 
Studies.
	The volume, edited by Ellis Cashmore, was published by Routledge in 
November of 2003. Kling is the author of an entry titled "Double-Consciousness."
	According to Routledge, Encyclopedia of Race and Ethnic Relations "has 
been assembled by a team of international scholars led by Cashmore to provide an 
authoritative, single-volume reference work on all aspects of race and ethnic 
studies. From 'beauty' to 'Richard Wagne,' 'Islamophobia' to 'welfare,' the 
Encyclopedia is organized alphabetically and reflects cultural diversity in a 
global context. The entries range from succinct 400-word definitions to in-depth 
2,000-word essays to provide comprehensive coverage of: all the key terms, 
concepts and debates; important figures, both historical and contemporary; landmark 
cases; and historical events. Although unafraid to engage with cutting-edge theory, 
the Encyclopedia is uncluttered by jargon and has been written in a lucid, 
'facts-fronted' style to offer an accessible introduction to race and ethnic 
studies. It should become a key resource for scholars and students of race and 
ethnic studies, as well as a handy reference for journalists and others working 
in the field."
      Kling is a graduate of Rutgers University, where he also earned a Master of 
Social Work degree. He holds a Ph.D. from the City University of New York, and has 
been a member of the St. Lawrence faculty since 1984. Kling has co-edited two 
volumes dealing with the relation between class, community, and political action, 
Dilemmas of Activism: Class, Community, and the Politics of Local Mobilization with 
Prudence S. Posner, and Community Mobilization in the Era of Global Cities with 
Robert Fisher. In 1986, he received the Louis and Frances Maslow Award at St. Lawrence.

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