Simone Delerme

Associate Professor of Anthropology and McMullan Associate Professor of Southern Studies

• Faculty
• Instructor

• Email:

  sdelerme@olemiss.edu

• Office Location:

  523 Lamar

• Phone:

  662-915-7421

Biography

Dr. Simone Delerme joined the University of Mississippi’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology and Center for the Study of Southern Culture in the fall of 2013. She specializes in migration to the US. South, with interests in race relations, integration and incorporation, community development, and social class inequalities. Delerme holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s degree in liberal arts from the University of Delaware, as well as master’s and doctorate degrees in anthropology from Rutgers University. The research for her first book, Latino Orlando: Suburban Transformation and Racial Conflict, focuses on Puerto Rican migration to Orlando, Florida and the social class distinctions and racialization processes that create divergent experiences in Southern communities. Delerme’s work has been featured in several academic publications, including Southern Spaces, Southern Cultures, and Florida Historical Quarterly.

• Office, Department or Center

  Department of Sociology and Anthropology

  Center for the Study of Southern Culture

• School

  College of Liberal Arts

• Campuses

  Oxford