Juan Battle

Juan Jose Battle
Juan Battle, Faculty Profile Picture 2014
Born	1968
Website	www.juanbattle.com
Academic background
Education	Ph.D.
Alma mater	University of Michigan
Thesis title	A nationwide comparison of African American and white eighth graders' academic achievement, educational aspirations, and current attitudes toward education
Thesis year	1994
Doctoral advisor	Donald R. Deskins, Jr.
Academic work
Discipline	Sociologist
Sub discipline	Public Health, Urban Education
Institutions	The Graduate Center, CUNY

Juan Jose Battle (born 1968) is an academic, author, activist, and feminist.  He is currently a Professor of sociology,public health, and urban education at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He also serves as the Coordinator of the Africana Studies Certificate Program. Battle's research focuses on race, sexuality, and social justice. He was a former president of The Association of Black Sociologists (ABS) and an active member of the American Sociological Association (ASA). He has delivered keynote lectures at a multitude of academic institutions, community based organizations, and funding agencies throughout the world and his scholarship has included work on five continents including North America, South America, Africa, Asia, and Europe.

His research has been funded by a variety of sources, including the National Institute of Mental Health, National Science Foundation, Ford Foundation,National Institute of General Medical Sciences, Arcus Foundation, and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.

He is currently the Principal Investigator, in collaboration with Co-Investigator Antonio (Jay) Pastrana, Jr., of the Social Justice Sexuality Project (SJS), a project that explores the lived experiences of Black, Latina/o/x, and Asian lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in the United States and Puerto Rico.