About Our Keynote Speaker

Christopher Bonastia is Professor and Chair of the Sociology Department at Lehman College-CUNY and Professor of Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center. He has authored three books on the politics of racial inequality in the United States. His most recent, The Battle Nearer to Home: The Persistence of School Segregation in New York City, was published in July 2022 by Stanford University Press. Under his musical alias Uno Collision, he released a companion album, Soundtrack to the Battle, which is available on all major streaming services.   https://www.chrisbonastia.com/bio-chrisbonastia