Deirdre Bloome
Bloome will study the effects of rising inequality in the U.S. on intergenerational income persistence, or the extent to which children’s economic outcomes in adulthood resemble those of their parents....
View ArticleYarimar Bonilla
Bonilla will explore the Puerto Rican statehood movement in the context of the territory’s current fiscal, economic, and social crisis. Using ethnographic, archival, and survey research, she will...
View ArticleKatharine Donato
Donato will analyze how race and gender affect immigrant incorporation in the U.S. Using Census data, she will investigate immigrant women’s participation in the labor force and track how marital...
View ArticleLynne Haney
Haney will study the relationship between mass incarceration and the enforcement of child support at the federal, state, and local levels. She will use an ethnographic study of child support courts in...
View ArticleJennifer Jennings
Jennings will examine the barriers to access to high-quality high schools for low-income students. Using a decade of administrative data from the New York City Department of Education, she will analyze...
View ArticleNathan Kelly
Kelly will complete a book on the relationship between political and economic inequality, focusing on how high levels of economic inequality can produce an “inequality trap,” or a cycle in which...
View ArticleIssa Kohler-Hausmann
Kohler-Hausmann will complete a book on how New York City’s signature policing tactics—including “broken windows” and “quality-of-life” policies—have contributed to mass misdemeanor arrests. Drawing...
View ArticleMichal Kurlaender
Kurlaender will research inequality in higher education, using data from California’s public higher education systems to explore the correlates of racial and socioeconomic disparities in academic...
View ArticleJana Morgan
Morgan will study how rising economic inequality has shaped the priorities of policymakers. She will explore the influence of wealthy voters on the congressional agenda and investigate why most...
View ArticleDina Okamoto
Okamoto and Linda Tropp will explore immigrant-native relations based on a telephone survey of 2,000 residents of Atlanta and Philadelphia and in-depth interviews with 250 of the survey respondents.
View ArticleBrian Powell
Powell will work on a book on how Americans view access to higher education. Drawing from interviews and six years of data collection on views of higher education, he will investigate the extent to...
View ArticleDara Strolovitch
Strolovitch will complete a book about how widening socioeconomic inequality and catastrophic events such as 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the Great Recession affect political representation for...
View ArticleLinda Tropp
Tropp and Dina Okamoto will explore immigrant-native relations based on a telephone survey of 2,000 residents of Atlanta and Philadelphia and in-depth interviews with 250 of the survey respondents.
View ArticleAndrea Voyer
Voyer will complete a book on the “etiquette of inequality” in democratic spaces, or the everyday behaviors and practices that influence the participation and social inclusion of individuals within...
View ArticleRichard Ashby Wilson
Wilson will develop a framework for identifying the types of political speech that contribute to violence. Drawing from social psychology, anthropology, and three original surveys on hate speech in the...
View ArticleEdwin Amenta
Amenta and Francesca Polletta will study the ways in which social movements have transformed culture and everyday life. Drawing from interviews, public polls, and media coverage of social movements...
View ArticleTonya Brito
Brito will explore the challenges faced by low-income defendants who owe unpaid child support and cannot afford attorney representation within the family court system. She will use interviews, court...
View ArticleNoreen Goldman
Goldman and Anne Pebley will analyze longitudinal data on Latino health outcomes, focusing on how factors such as documentation status and occupational segregation affect the physical wellbeing of...
View ArticlePeter A. Hall
Hall will study growth regimes, or the social and economic policies implemented by governments that, in combination with the strategies deployed by firms, are used to foster economic growth. He will...
View ArticleBradley L. Hardy
Hardy will investigate how historical racial segregation in different geographical areas of the U.S. has affected contemporary socioeconomic outcomes for racial minorities. By combining data on...
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