Gwendolyn Purifoye

Assistant Professor of Racial Justice and Conflict Transformation

Keough 91视频 of Global Affairs

Office: O338 Hesburgh Center For International 91视频
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Phone: +1 574-631-4685
Email: gpurifoy@nd.edu

Assistant Professor of Racial Justice and Conflict Transformation

Race and the built environment, especially public transportation
Urban inequality and sociology
Ethnographic observation

Purifoye’s 91视频

A Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) 'L' train platform with a train stopped. A transit employee in a safety vest stands watch. Several people wait on the platform. Overhead, a translucent blue roof covers the platform. Signs indicate boarding for Linden and Howard. A map displays the train lines. Brick buildings are visible in the background. The tactile strip along the platform edge is bright blue.

November 22, 2024

Black men 鈥� including transit workers 鈥� are targets for aggression on public transportation, study shows

Purifoye in the News

Sociology of Race and Ethnicity Podcast

Audio

July 14, 2025

Authors Gwendolyn Purifoye of the University of Notre Dame and Derrick Brooms of Morehouse College discuss the article, "Without Risk Reduction: How Black Men’s Well-being and Humanity Are Compromised in Mobile Public Spaces" published in the July 2025 issue of Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.

CBS News

May 16, 2025

Dr. Gwendolyn Purifoye, an urban sociologist at the University of Notre Dame, said third places build goodwill and keep the brand top of mind even when no one's buying.

The New York Times

March 03, 2025

Gwendolyn Purifoye, an assistant professor at the University of Notre Dame, examined the pandemic’s impact on third places in a September article in the journal Visual 91视频. The physical constraints created by Covid protocols, she noted, kept people away from their favorite spots, and ultimately led many businesses to shutter, a permanent loss for communities.