Research

Irizarry, Yasmiyn, Ellis Monk, and Ryon J. Cobb. 2022. “Race-Shifting in the United States: Latinxs, Skin Tone, and Ethnoracial Alignments” Sociology of Race & Ethnicity.

Monk, Ellis. 2022. “Inequality without Groups: Contemporary Theories of Categories, Intersectional Typicality, and the Disaggregation of DifferenceSociological Theory.

Monk, Ellis, Jerry Kaufman, and Yadira Montoya. 2021. "Skin Tone and Perceived Discrimination: Health and Aging Beyond the Binary in NSHAP 2015" The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Social Sciences.

Monk, Ellis, Michael H. Esposito, and Hedwig Lee. 2021. "Beholding Inequality: Race, Gender, and Returns to Physical Attractiveness in the U.S." American Journal of Sociology.

Monk, Ellis. 2021. "The Unceasing Significance of Colorism: Skin Tone Stratification in the U.S.A." Daedalus.

Monk, Ellis. 2021. "Colorism and Physical Health: Evidence from a National Survey" Journal of Health & Social Behavior.

Monk, Ellis. 2020. "Linked Fate and Mental Health among African Americans" Social Science & Medicine.

Jerel M. Ezell, Dana Pasquale, Shirish Poudyal, Sameena Azhar, Ellis Monk, Mahesh Vidula, Vijay Yeldandi, Edward Laumann, Chuanhong Liao & John A. Schneider. 2019. "Are skin color and body mass index associated with social network structure? Findings from a male sex market study" Ethnicity & Health.

Monk, Ellis. 2018. "The Color of Punishment: African Americans, Skin Tone, and the Criminal Justice System" Ethnic and Racial Studies.

Monk, Ellis. 2016. "The Consequences of 'Race and Color' in Brazil" Social Problems.

Monk, Ellis. 2015. "The Cost of Color: Skin Color, Discrimination, and Health among African-Americans" American Journal of Sociology.

Monk, Ellis. 2014. "Skin Tone Stratification among Black Americans, 2001-2003" Social Forces.