DR. HAYWARD DERRICK HORTON

Dr. Hayward Derrick Horton is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the State University of New York at Albany. A native of Norfolk, VA, he holds a BA in Sociology from Norfolk State University, and an MA and Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State University. He has also held professorships at the University of Central Arkansas and Iowa State University. Dr. Horton specializes in demography, race and ethnicity, and rural sociology. He has published over 30 articles on topics such as: the demography of rural black families; differences in black-white levels of homeownership; population change and the employment status of college-educated blacks; race, ethnicity and levels of employment; the demography of black entrepreneurship; and the feminization of poverty. Professor Horton developed the first and only sociological model of black community development, The Black Organizational Autonomy (BOA) Model. He also introduced a new paradigm into the field of demography- -Critical Demography. In fall of 1999, he edited a special issue of the journal Sociological Forum on this new paradigm.

WALTER ALLEN

Walter Allen is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. After receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, Allen began teaching at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. He went on to lead an ambitious and successful career focused especially on the subject areas of comparative race and ethnic relations, comparative family studies, higher education desegregation and the sociology of health. Allen is perhaps best known for his work on blacks and higher education, especially the academic experiences, choices, and college attainment among Black and Latino students as well as under-representation of minorities in higher education. He also has worked on the status of Black males in American society, skin color and status attainment among Blacks and Latinos, and social support and health among elderly. Allen has numerous articles and has authored and edited notable books. In addition to these accomplishments, Allen served as president of the American Sociological Association, received the Distinguished Career Award from the Association of Black Sociologists, and has been awarded numerous grants from institutions such as the Russell Sage Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the Rockefeller Foundation.