Postdoctoral Fellow

Sophie studies the political causes and consequences of inequality in the United States, through a policy-focused and comparatively informed perspective. Her research pays particular attention to the ways in which public policy concentrates disadvantage...

Margaret received her PhD in Political Science from University of Chicago in 2021, and holds an MA from the University of Michigan in Public Policy and Higher Education. Margaret’s research elevates the experiences of people of color, especially women of...

Anthony completed his Ph.D. in Sociology at Northwestern University in 2018. Anthony’s research is broadly at the intersection of inequality; education; science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM); and culture. His current book project, tentatively...

Paige completed her PhD in Sociology from the University of Illinois - Chicago in 2018. Her research focuses on the politics of health, expert knowledge, inequalities around gender and sexuality, and social theory. Paige’s current research explores the...

Irene completed her PhD in Agricultural and Applied Economics at the University of Wisconsin - Madison in 2020, where she concentrated in environmental economics. Her work explores the causes and consequences of environmental inequality, and in particular...

Chris completed his PhD in Sociology at the University of California - Berkeley in 2020. Chris's research focuses on homelessness, housing, welfare, and criminal justice in US cities. His work has been published in American Sociological Review, the Annals...

Michael completed his Ph.D. in History at the University of Washington, Seattle, in 2019. His research examines class formations, labor activisms, and the dialectical relationship between economic powerbrokers, the state, and working peoples in the...

Miao completed her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology at the University of Toronto in 2019. Miao’s research focuses on the early development of racial biases (e.g., prejudice, stereotypes, and discrimination), as well as interventions to reduce those...