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Kevin A. Whitehead

University of California, Santa Barbara

H-index: 20

North America-United States

About Kevin A. Whitehead

Kevin A. Whitehead, With an exceptional h-index of 20 and a recent h-index of 18 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of California, Santa Barbara, specializes in the field of conversation analysis, membership categorization analysis, ethnomethodology, race and racism, violence.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Sequential Standoffs in Police Encounters With the Public

When simple self-reference is too simple: Managing the categorical relevance of speaker self-presentation

On Sacks and the analysis of racial categories-in-action

The Problem of Context in the Analysis of Social Action: The Case of Implicit Whiteness in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Referring to somebody: Generic person reference as an interactional resource

Extraordinary emergencies: Reproducing moral discourses of the child in institutional interaction

Kevin A. Whitehead Information

University	University of California, Santa Barbara
Position	Associate Professor of Sociology
Citations(all)	1269
Citations(since 2020)	761
Cited By	806
hIndex(all)	20
hIndex(since 2020)	18
i10Index(all)	26
i10Index(since 2020)	23
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University Profile Page	University of California, Santa Barbara
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Kevin A. Whitehead Skills & Research Interests

conversation analysis

membership categorization analysis

ethnomethodology

race and racism

violence

Top articles of Kevin A. Whitehead

Title	Journal	Author(s)	Publication Date
Sequential Standoffs in Police Encounters With the Public	Journal of Language and Social Psychology	Geoffrey Raymond Jie Chen Kevin A Whitehead	2023/10
When simple self-reference is too simple: Managing the categorical relevance of speaker self-presentation	Language in Society	Kevin A Whitehead Gene H Lerner	2022/6
On Sacks and the analysis of racial categories-in-action		Kevin A Whitehead	2021
The Problem of Context in the Analysis of Social Action: The Case of Implicit Whiteness in Post-Apartheid South Africa	Social Psychology Quarterly	Kevin A Whitehead	2020/9
Referring to somebody: Generic person reference as an interactional resource	Journal of Pragmatics	Kevin A Whitehead Gene H Lerner	2020/5/1
Extraordinary emergencies: Reproducing moral discourses of the child in institutional interaction	Pragmatics and Society	Daniella Rafaely Kevin A Whitehead	2020/3/30