Cybelle Fox

PhD in Sociology and Social Policy, 2007.
Class of 1944 Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley.
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Robert Wood Johnson Postdoctoral Scholar in Health Policy Research, University of California, Berkeley, 2007-2009.

Three Worlds of Relief
Cybelle Fox's book, Three Worlds of Relief: Race, Immigration, and the American Welfare State from the Progressive Era to the New Deal, compares the incorporation of blacks, Mexicans, and European immigrants in the American welfare system from the Progressive Era to the New Deal. Princeton University Press (2012).

Fox won six book awards for Three Worlds of Relief, including the 2012 C. Wright Mills Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Her next book project focuses on the rise of citizenship and legal status restrictions in American social welfare policy from the New Deal to the present.

Co-Winner of the 2014 Barrington Moore Book Award, Comparative and Historical Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association.

Winner of the 2013 Distinguished Book Award, Latina/o Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association.

Winner of the 2013 Thomas and Znaniecki Best Book Award, International Migration Section of the American Sociological Association.

Co-Winner of the 2013 Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Award, Political Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association.

Winner of the 2012 Award for Best Book in Latino Politics, Latino Caucus of the American Political Science Association.

Winner of the 2012 C. Wright Mills Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems.