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The Stratification and Race/Ethnic/Gender Inequality Specialization

The stratification and inequality graduate program emphasis at Penn State draws on theoretical and empirical scholarship from institutional and class stratification as well as population-based inequality perspectives. A major intellectual focus is on socio-economic inequalities across race, ethnic, and gender groups, both at the individual and family level and at the state, nation, and global level. Stratification and inequality has been a major program emphasis for hiring new faculty in the Sociology Department.

Research Themes

  • Neighborhood racial/ethnic segregation
  • Educational inequality in the U.S.
  • Global inequalities in income, education, and health
  • Gender and race
  • Inequality among immigrant groups
  • Poverty

Graduate Courses

  • Stratification and Social Change
  • Gender Stratification
  • Gender, Occupations, and Professions
  • Population and Gender in Africa
  • Inequality in Educational Attainment
  • Inequality in Child Development
  • Inequality in Immigrant Incorporation
  • Race, Ethnicity, and Residence
  • Health Disparities

Program Faculty

David Baker

David Baker

  • Professor of Education
  • Professor of Sociology
dpb4@psu.edu

Francis Dodoo

Francis Dodoo

  • Liberal Arts Research Professor of Sociology and Demography
duf2@psu.edu

(814) 863-2240

Diane Felmlee

Diane Felmlee

  • Professor of Sociology
dhf12@psu.edu

(814) 863-5509

Glenn Firebaugh

Glenn Firebaugh

  • Roy C. Buck Professor of American Institutions and
  • Professor of Sociology and Demography
gaf1@psu.edu

(814) 865-5001

Emily Greenman

Emily Greenman

  • Assistant Professor of Sociology and Demography
ekg15@psu.edu

(814) 867-2275

John Iceland

John Iceland

  • Professor of Sociology and Demography
  • Department Head
jdi10@psu.edu

(814) 867-2821

Barry Lee

Barry Lee

  • Professor of Sociology and Demography
  • Director, Graduate Program in Sociology
bal6@psu.edu

(814) 863-7430

Molly Martin

Molly Martin

  • Associate Professor of Sociology & Demography
mam68@psu.edu

(814) 863-5508

Stephen A. Matthews

Stephen Matthews

  • Associate Professor of Sociology, Anthropology, and Demography
  • Courtesy appointment in Geography
  • Faculty Director, Geographic Information Analysis Core PRI/SSRI
  • Incoming Director of the Demography (Dual-Degree) Training Program (July 2013)
matthews@psu.edu

(814) 863-9721

Marylee Taylor

Marylee Taylor

  • Associate Professor of Sociology
mct@psu.edu

(814) 865-1411

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