Inequality and Social Demography (ISD) Workshop
By Sociology Graduate Student Sheng-Pin Huang
Title: "Higher Education and the Socioeconomic Gap in Marriage"
Reconceiving Merit and Devotion at Work, with Evidence-Based Illustrations from Academic Careers
Mary Blair-Loy, University of California San Diego
Reconceiving Merit and Devotion at Work, with Evidence-Based Illustrations from Academic Careers...
Inequality and Social Demography (ISD) Workshop
By Sociology Graduate Student Sarah Sullivan
Title: "Temporal Change in U.S. Families: Age, Period, or Cohort Effects?"
Rebuilding Democracy
Osita Nwanevu in conversation with Elizabeth Anderson on the American Crossroads
As the country heads into the 2026 midterm elections, the University of Michigan welcomes journalist Osita Nwanevu, contributing editor at...
"The Great Separation" by Xiaohong Xu - Book Launch Event
Honoring the life and legacy of Professor Xiaohong Xu
The University of Michigan Department of Sociology and the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies (LRCCS) invite you to an event...
Social Theory Workshop
Andrei Boutyline & Hsin-Keng Ling
Title: "Surprise: A Structural Theory of Agency"
Social Theory Workshop
By Sociology Graduate Student Xianni Zhang
Title: "Exclusionary Articulation: The Kuomintang’s Failure to Articulate Salt Workers, 1937–1949"
Inequality and Social Demography (ISD) Workshop
By Sociology Graduate Student Analidis Ochoa
"Bleeding the Middle Class: Paid Plasma Donation an Income-Generating Strategy Amidst Rising Economic Insecurity"
The Grit and the Grind: Politics, Legitimacy, and Educational Change
Joshua L. Glazer, George Washington University
School reform depends on sustained work to strengthen instruction, develop professional capacity, and build organizations that can learn....
Inequality and Social Demography (ISD) Workshop
By Sociology Graduate Student Junchao Tang
Title: "Self-Employment, Entrepreneurship, and Heterogenous Wealth Returns in the U.S."
Who Gets Connected? Network Drivers of Racial Inequality in Tie Formation at Work
Mabel Abraham, Columbia Business School
Intraorganizational networks are critical for careers, yet Black employees derive fewer benefits from networks than their White...
The Franchise Gap: Fissuring, Job Quality, and Labor Standards Compliance
Daniel Schneider, Harvard Kennedy School
Work has increasingly re-organized and fissured: the breakdown of traditional employment relations has pushed lower-income workers into...
Between Slavery and Incarceration
Christopher Muller, Harvard University
This talk aims to make sense of some puzzling patterns in the incarceration rates of Black and White Americans since slavery, particularly...
Gender, Feedback, and Persistence Following Rejection: Evidence from Academic Grant Competitions
Laura Doering, University of Toronto
Research on gender inequality in high-status careers often finds that women are less likely to persist–or reapply–following rejections...
The Role of Young Firms as Employers of Marginalized Workers
Kylie Jiwon Hwang, Northwestern University
Young firms have long been known to be important drivers of job creation, yet little is known about how and who these firms hire. We provide...
