School Bullying

Anthony A. Peguero, Ph.D., is a Professor of the T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics and School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Arizona State University. Dr. Peguero’s research focuses on youth violence, socialization and marginalization, education, and the adaptation of the children immigrants. Overarching themes in Dr. Peguero’s research include the barriers and challenges faced by the children of immigrants; how social inequality is central for sociological and criminological theories toward understanding and addressing youth violence; the intersection of race/ethnicity, immigration, and gender in relationship to youth marginalization, particularly within schools; and policies intended to promote safety and equity for youth. Dr. Peguero serves as the Director of the Laboratory for the Study of Youth Inequality and Justice, Research Fellow at the Institute for Society, Culture and Environment, and Research Affiliate of the Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention at Virginia Tech. He is also a member of the Racial Democracy, Crime, and Justice Network and co-founder of Latina/o/x Criminology which both hold the goals of advancing research on the intersection of race, crime, and justice and promoting racial democracy within the study of these issues by supporting junior scholars from under-represented groups. Jun Sung Hong, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at Wayne State University. He is currently the Co-Associate Director of the Laboratory for the Study of Youth Inequality and Justice (at Virginia Tech).  He had also been an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Sungkyunkwan University (summer) in Seoul, South Korea from 2015 to 2019. For the past several years, Sung Hong has primarily researched factors associated with bias-based bullying and peer victimization (both face-to-face and cyberbullying) of racial/ethnic minority, immigrant, LGBTQ, juvenile justice-involved, and economically disenfranchised adolescents and young adults in the United States. He has also collaborated with scholars in South Korea, Taiwan, Sweden, Scotland, Switzerland, Spain, Brazil, Germany, China, Hong Kong, and Ukraine on research projects.

• Chapter 1. Introduction to School Bullying and Violence.- Chapter 2. The Relevance of the Social-Ecological Model and the Significance of Inequality.- Chapter 3. Status Matters: How Socioeconomic and Social Statuses are Associated with Bullying.- Chapter 4. The Role of the Family: Parents/Guardians, Siblings, Cohesion and Interactions.- Chapter 5. Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression: Definitions and Implications for Marginalization.- Chapter 6. The Color of School Bullying Victimization: Race, Ethnicity, Immigration, and Religion.- Chapter 7. Bullying and Youth with Disabilities and Special Health Needs: Victimizing Students with Physical, Emotional, and Learning Disorders.- Chapter 8. Bullying and Victimization of Youth in the Court Systems.- Chapter 9. Conclusion: Implications and Addressing School Bullying and Inequality.