1997

PhD Sociology

University of Sheffield (UK) 

1993

MA Black Studies

The Ohio State University

1992

BA (Honors) Sociology & American Studies

Liverpool Hope University (UK)

Historical sociology and "race" theories/research; Black studies; African Diaspora (UK, USA & Caribbean); Social construction of racialized identities and African Diaspora cultures; Race/Class/Gender perspectives

Christian, Mark (Ed) (2002).  Black Identity in the 20th Century:  Expressions of the US and UK African Diaspora.  London:  Hansib.

Christian, Mark (2000).  Multiracial Identity:  An International Perspective.  London/New York:  Macmillan/St. Martin's Press.

Mark Christian and Stephanie Y. Evans (Guest Editors) "Africana Studies at the Graduate Level: A Twenty-First Century Perspective" Western Journal of Black Studies, Vol. 34 (2) Summer 2010.

Christian, Mark (Ed.). "Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association; New Perspectives on Philosophy, Religion, Micro-Studies, Unity and Practice."  Journal of Black Studies 39(2) (November 2008):  168pp.

Christian, Mark (Ed.).  "The State of Black Studies in the Academy" Journal of Black Studies 36(5) (May 2006):  142pp. 

 Christian, Mark. "Black Studies in the UK and US: A Comparative Analysis' in Jeanette R. Davidson (Ed.), African American Studies (Edinburgh University Press, 2010): 149-167.

Christian, Mark. "Notes on the Dilemma of the Black Scholar in Predominately White Universities: A Personal Perspective via Postmodernist Agency" in Editors: Sharon E. Moore, Rudolph Alexander, Jr., and Anthony J. Lemelle, Jr. Dilemmas of Black Faculty at U.S. Predominantly White Institutions: Issues in the Post-Multicultural Era (The Edwin Mellon Press, 2010): 53-70.

Christian, Mark. "African Diaspora Connections and Gilroy's Denial" in James L. Conyers, (Ed.), Racial Structure & Radical Politics in the African Diaspora (New Brunswick: Transaction, 2009): 45-60.

Christian, Mark "The Fletcher Report 1930:  A Historical Case Study of Contested Black Mixed Heritage Britishness" in Journal of Historical Sociology 21 (2/3) (June/September 2008):  213-241.

Christian, Mark "Notes on Black Studies:  Its Continuing Necessity in the Academy and Beyond" in Journal of Black Studies 37(3) (January 2007):  348-364.

Christian, Mark (January 2005), "The Politics of Black Presence in Britain and Black Male Exclusion in the British Education System," Journal of Black Studies 35(3):  327-346.

Christian, Mark "Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA): With Special Reference to the 'Lost' Parade in Columbus, Ohio, September 25, 1923" in Western Jounal of Black Studies 28(3) (2004):  424-434.

Christian, Mark (2004).  "Assessing Multiracial Identity" in Jayne O. Ifefwunigwe (Ed.), Mixed Race:  Studies:  A Reader.  London & New York:  Routledge:  303-312.

Encyclopedia of African American Popular Culture. Editor, J.C. Smith, Fisk University. (ABC CLIO, 2010).

International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences.  2nd Ed. 9 Vols. Macmillan, 2008.

Encyclopedia of Social Problems. 2 Vols. Sage, 2008.

Encyclopedia of Race & Racism. 3 Vols. Macmillan, 2008.

Encyclopedia of Black Studies. Sage, 2005.