Social Inequalities Concentration

Central to the core of our discipline, Tulane sociology analyzes the allocation of resources by key institutions and related consequences for individual and collective outcomes. Our program provides a solid foundation in the traditional field of stratification with opportunities to specialize in several related fields, including but not limited to criminology, family, and work & occupations, while also complementing much of our urban agenda.

Several ongoing research projects investigate the social inequalities of gender (Brayfield, Schippers), the family (Adams, Fussell), education (Bankston), housing (Gotham), poverty, income and wealth (Devine), labor markets (Elliott), the criminal justice systems (Brezina, Huggins), and population processes (Fussell), with an emphasis on how they intersect with race/ethnicity, gender, age, and nationality. Faculty also conduct historical and comparative research on the distribution and consequences of wealth, income, power, and knowledge on a variety of societal issues, including environmental politics (Frickel), the scientific community (Frickel), micro-systems of stratification within organizations (Elliott), globalization (Viterna, Fussell), immigration (Fussell, Bankston), and the social construction of childhood (Brayfield).

updated May 20, 2004