Overview
I study inequality in advanced industrial societies and how it is changing over time. My current projects examine the sources of rising income inequality, the effect of occupational “closure” (e.g., licensing, etc.) on wages, occupational plans and their impact on young men and women’s educational decisions, trends in the gender gap in earnings, and gender segregation in higher education.
Recent Courses
SOC 2208/DSOC Social Inequality
SOC 5180 Social Inequality: Contemporary Theories, Debates, and Models
SOC 5190 Workshop on Social Inequality
Research Focus
- Social Inequality and Mobility
- Labor Markets
- Gender Inequality
- Education
- Occupations
- Inequality Measurement
In the news
- Integrating STEM majors won’t end gender segregation at work
- Grants advance social sciences research, collaboration
- Pandemic reshaped ‘small world’ campus networks
- White House order to loosen occupational licensing burdens
- Gender gaps in STEM college majors emerge in high school
- Research Portal Presents Link between Discrimination and Health Harms for LGBT Population
- New minor track focuses on inequities in health
- Sociologist to speak on inequality and stigmatization
- Conference examines criminalization of immigrants
- Conference explores impacts of the criminalization of immigration