Contact Information
810 S. Wright Street
M/C 466
Urbana, IL 61801
Research Interests
20th Century African American Urban History with a specialization in race, political economy, social movements, and gentrification.
Additional Campus Affiliations
Assistant Professor, School of Labor and Employment Relations
Assistant Professor, History
Recent Publications
Dickson, A., & Wood, A. C. (2023). The state of tipped work in Chicago – Findings from surveys of restaurant and bar employees in 2022. In City of Chicago Tipped Worker Report (pp. 4-85) https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/bacp/OSL/coctippedworkereport20230928docx.pdf
Wood, A. C. (2022). Toward a Theory of Super-Exploitation: The Subproletariat, Harold “Hal” Baron, and the Crisis of the Political Economy of Black Labor. Labor Studies Journal, 47(4), 462-487. https://doi.org/10.1177/0160449X221123534
Wood, A. C. (2019). The Crisis of the Black Worker, the U.S. Labor Movement, and Democracy for All. Labor Studies Journal, 44(4), 396-402. https://doi.org/10.1177/0160449X19887253
Cha-Jua, S., & Wood, A. C. (2018). McKissick, Floyd B., Sr. (1922-1991). In A. Umoja, K. L. Standford, & J. A. Young (Eds.), Black Power Encyclopedia: From "Black is Beautiful" to Urban Uprisings (J-Z ed., Vol. 2, pp. 509-519). ABC-CLIO.
Cha-Jua, S., & Wood, A. C. (2018). Urban Rebellions. In A. Umoja, K. L. Standford, & J. A. Young (Eds.), Black Power Encyclopedia: From "Black is Beautiful" to Urban Uprisings (A-I ed., Vol. 1, pp. cix-cxxiv). ABC-CLIO.