Celeste Vaughan Curington is Assistant Professor of Sociology at North Carolina State University. Jennifer H. Lundquist is Professor of Sociology and Senior Associate Dean in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Ken-Hou Lin is Associate Professor of Sociology and Population Research Center Associate at the University of Texas at Austin.
"""The Dating Divide claims that online dating creates a sort of apartheid, where individuals can filter, reject or simply ignore certain groups. . . . This original, thought-provoking, engaging book is a must-read for anyone interested in exploring how racism seeps into every area of our lives."" * Times Higher Education * ""The Dating Divide adds historical background and in-depth interviews to explain where our dating biases come from. . . . A useful and thoughtful contribution to the literature, and well worth reading."" * Social Forces * “The Dating Divide is a unique study of online dating, an area not readily studied but significant to modern society. . . . The role of race in these interactions is an important area of examination and will no doubt be increasingly important. . . . Highly recommended.” * CHOICE * ""The Dating Divide makes strong empirical interventions…[that] make this text quite useful for teaching about structural racism and its embeddedness in our personal lives in an accessible way."" * American Journal of Sociology *"