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Gabby Yearwood is a sociocultural anthropologist earning his Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin, focusing on Black Diaspora Studies and Masculinity. He also holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Virginia. His research interests include the social constructions of race and racism, masculinity, gender, sex, Black Feminist and Black Queer theory, anthropology of sport and Black Diaspora. He has conducted research on the experiences of Black athletes in university and racial disparities in health outcomes and experiences during COVID. 

From 2014-2025, he served in many roles at the University of Pittsburgh. He was a Teaching Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh; Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Department of Anthropology from 2017-2022; Managing Faculty Director for the Center for Civil Rights and Racial Justice at the University Pittsburgh School of Law from 2022-2024; and held a secondary appointment with the Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies Program at Pitt. Gabby also chaired the Provost Faculty Committee on Anti-Black Racism course for the University of Pittsburgh.

Publications

• 2018 "Heritage as hate: racism and sporting traditions." Leisure Studies (2018): 1-15.
• 2018 Playing without Power: Black Male NCAA Student-Athletes Living with Structural Racism. Transforming Anthropology. Vol. 26, Number 1, pp. 18–35, March 25, 2018. (Recognized by the American Anthropology Association as the most downloaded article in Transforming Anthropology for 2018).

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