Sociology

Despite a highly centralized government, why do conflicts between the state religious and federal civil courts become politicized and even turn violent in some states mor [...]

This dissertation explores the production and maintenance of place reputation using three Chicago neighborhoods with different reputations: Wicker Park and reputational h [...]

First-generation and low-income students in the U.S. are attending four-year colleges and universities at unprecedented rates. This demographic shift comes, in some part, [...]

While qualitative research provides many insights into how gendered interactions operate at the level of interpersonal interactions and institutions, gender regimes, or p [...]

Our chances of living a long and healthy life are influenced by our position in intersecting social hierarchies, but also by our exposure to social policies. My research [...]

My dissertation offers a dynamic, relational explanation of the emergence of mid-19th century rebellions in the Qing Empire of China—the bloodiest insurgent civil war i [...]

Researchers persistently document gender inequality in work and family roles. Yet, contemporary young adults in the United States increasingly espouse egalitarian attitud [...]

In this dissertation, I employ an institutional-based approach to immigrant incorporation based on over five years of ethnographic fieldwork that contributes to the emerg [...]

In this dissertation, I examine how poor African American mothers negotiate privacy given the surveillance they face in seeking help from the social safety net. Whether t [...]

This dissertation comprises three essays that explore the relationship between knowledge and social structure through an examination of the use of science in the culinary [...]