10 Facts About Darnell Hunt

Darnell Montez Hunt was born on 1962 and is an American sociologist and academic administrator.

Darnell Hunt is a professor of sociology and African American studies at the University of California, Los Angeles and the former director of the Ralph J Bunche Center for African American Studies.

Darnell Hunt received a Bachelor of Arts with a major in journalism from the University of Southern California in 1984 and a Master of Business Administration from Georgetown University in 1988.

Darnell Hunt received a Master of Arts in 1991 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1994 in sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Darnell Hunt later became a full professor of Sociology and African American Studies.

Darnell Hunt was the chair of the Sociology department, and the director of the Ralph J Bunche Center for African American Studies, where he was succeeded by history professor Kelly Lytle Hernandez.

Since July 2017, Darnell Hunt has served as the dean of Social Sciences.

Darnell Hunt is the author of two books, and the editor of two more books.

Darnell Hunt has published an annual report on the lack of diversity in the film industry since 2014.

Darnell Hunt's fourth book, Black Los Angeles: American Dreams and Racial Realities, co-edited with Ana-Christina Ramon, the assistant director of the Ralph J Bunche Center for African American Studies, is a collection of seventeen articles about South Los Angeles and Leimert Park.