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
Wood, A. (2025). The New Nadir, Black Workers and the Cannibalization of the Grassroots Ecosystem: Donald Trump and the 2024 Election. Labor Studies Journal, 50(2 Special Issue: A Post-2024 U.S. Presidential Election Analy...), 142-152. https://doi.org/10.1177/0160449X251342386
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.