Ritika Goel is a recent doctoral graduate in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley. Her research explores status aspirations among minority and poor individuals, and how right-wing populists capture narratives and shape perceptions...
Davis Daumler is a sociologist who studies wealth, poverty, and families—in order to understand the process by which societies become economically and racially stratified. His research advances our understanding of how population-level inequalities are...
Shay O’Brien studies the kinship networks that weave elites together. Her mixed-methods research tracks the capture and circulation of resources through upper-class populations over time, with a particular focus on women, whiteness, and wealth. She is...
Luis Flores is a recent doctoral graduate in sociology from the University of Michigan, and incoming Assistant Professor of Sociology at UC Berkeley (Fall 2025). Drawing on historical methods, his research examines the regulatory politics at the boundary...