Jacqueline Battalora

Birth of A White Nation: The Invention of White People and its Relevance Today 2nd Ed.

Jacqueline Battalora, Ph.D., J.D., M.T.S. – Brief Bio.

Jacqueline Battalora is the author of, Birth of a White Nation: The Invention of White People and Its Relevance Today 2nd ed. (New York: Routledge Press, 2021). She is an attorney and professor of sociology at Saint Xavier University, Chicago and a former Chicago Police Officer. Battalora is an editor for the Journal of Understanding and Dismantling Privilege.

She completed her law degree and came to Chicago to practice. Her interest in the role of law in creating human difference shaped her graduate work at Northwestern University where she received her Ph.D.

Her work is featured on:
• The King Center, NonViolence365 training series
• the Documentary Film, The American L.O.W.S. (Netflix) by Darnley R. Hodge, Jr.
• the Documentary Film, HAPI by Gerard Grant
• the forthcoming Documentary Film, The Social Construction of Whiteness by Art Jones

Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr., C.E.O., of The Privilege Institute describes Jacqueline Battalora as, “one of the nation’s best advocates for issues of equity and social justice. Her talks are challenging and engaging…. And leave people ready to move forward.. . . Her work is essential to the field and her passion contagious.”

Jacqueline Battalora is the Founder of the 3-day virtual conference, FREEDOM TO LEARN SUMMER

Learn more at: http://www.jbattalora.com/

RECENT PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
Jacqueline Battalora. Birth of A White Nation: The Invention of White People and its Relevance Today, 2nd Ed. (New York: Routledge Press, 2021).

MANUSCRIPT
Jacqueline Battalora. Becoming Human: Recovering From Race. (working title). This is a manuscript in process.

ARTICLES & CHAPTERS
“Whiteness Competency: How Not to be BBQ Betty,” in Teaching Beautiful Brilliant Black Girls, eds. O. Delano-Oriaran, M. Penick, S. Arki, A. Michael, O. Swindell, E. Moore (Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin, 2021).

“White What?” A Matter of Spirit 128, Fall 2021.

“Doing Good Can Come With a Target On Your Back” (2019). In The Diversity Consultant Cookbook: Preparing for the Challenge. Eddie Moore, Jr., Art Munin, Marguerite Penick-Parks (Eds.). Streling, VA: Stylus Publications.

“White Privilege and What to do About it” A Matter of Spirit 122, Spring 2019.