Amy C. Steinbugler is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Dickinson College.

2014 Distinguished Book Award, Section on Sexualities, American Sociological Association

Winner of the William J. Goode Book Award from the Family Sociology section of the American Sociological Association

"Using qualitative data of Black/White couples, Steinbugler has written a powerful book on how race works in everyday family life. She shows that one member of the couple is usually 'out of place' as the couples live in a neighborhood, go to church, or attend other events. These broader patterns create 'racial fatigue.' Beautifully written, the details of the couples' lives are at times poignant and funny; they are always revealing of the continuing significance of race in America." -- Annette Lareau, University of Pennsylvania

"This is a beautifully written and theoretically innovative study of interracial intimacy that sociologists have been waiting for. It is destined to become a classic ethnography of race. Steinbugler provides new concepts that innovate and renovate studies of intimacy. This study should be required reading for courses devoted to race or racism, intimacy, American studies, sociology and cultural studies." -- France Winddance Twine, University of California, Santa Barbara

"Beyond Loving is a finely developed and sophisticated analysis of the intersections of race, gender and sexuality as they relate to the ways Black/White straight and gay couples negotiate their multiple identities as they forge their lives together in contemporary America. This is truly original work and will become a foundational text in the study of interracial relationships." -- Mignon R. Moore, author of Invisible Families: Gay Identities, Relationships and Motherhood among Black Women