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    Late registrations complicate the start of school for many Boston families

    September 5, 2019

    Boston Globe | Features research by Kelley Fong, PhD candidate in Sociology and Social Policy, and Sarah Faude of Northeastern University.

    "Two researchers from Harvard and Northeastern universities raised alarms last year about inequities in Boston’s school assignment system. After examining late registrations, the researchers concluded 'nearly half of black kindergartners miss the first registration deadline, a rate almost three times higher than their white peers, consigning them to the least preferred schools.'

    “'We find that late registration is highly stratified, disproportionately experienced by black and Hispanic children as well as children living in lower-income neighborhoods,” the authors, Kelley Fong and Sarah Faude, wrote."

     
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    Matthew Clair and Alix Winter

    Law and Society John Hope Franklin Prize: Matthew Clair and Alix Winter

    April 17, 2017

    Awardees | The Law and Society Association has awarded Matthew Clair, Ph.D. candidate in Sociology, and Alix Winter, Ph.D. candidate in Sociology & Social Policy, its John Hope Franklin Prize for the best article on race, racism, and the law published in the past two years. The article, How Judges Think about Racial Disparties: Situational Decision-Making in the Criminal Justice System, "reveals that judges who routinely impose sentences with a differential racial impact sometimes intervene to mitigate the effects, and in many cases, justify decision making that continues to perpetuate disparities," in the words of the award citation. In so doing, "this article provides valuable new insights into the legal consciousness of elite actors and their thinking about the discriminatory impact of their decisions."
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    Lead Water Pipes Linked to Higher Murder Rates

    Lead Water Pipes Linked to Higher Murder Rates

    April 20, 2016

    The Huffington Post | Spotlights research by James Feigenbaum (Ph.D. candidate in Economics) and Christopher Muller (Ph.D. '14, now an assistant professor of Sociology at UC Berkeley) linking lead exposure and violent crime in the early 20th century. Feigenbaum and Muller presented this work, which is forthcoming in Explorations in Economic History, in the Inequality Seminar on April 18. Read the Feigenbaum and Muller paper.

    Limited housing, poor economy plagues reservation

    Limited housing, poor economy plagues reservation

    September 2, 2015

    National Catholic Reporter | Blythe George, Ph.D. student in Sociology & Social Policy who studies poverty on Native American reservations, provides perspective on extreme poverty often seen in these communities.

    Alexandra Roulet

    Loi Sapin 2 : moderniser l'économie, comment l'entendez-vous?

    June 11, 2016

    France Culture | Alexandra Roulet, Ph.D. candidate in Economics, guests on 'L'Economie en questions' to discuss France's proposed Sapin 2 Law, which seeks tightened anti-corruption measures to enhance transparency and modernization of the economy. [Audio, in French, 29 minutes].

    Mapping every single job in the U.S.

    Mapping every single job in the U.S.

    July 14, 2015

    The Atlantic—CityLab | Sociology & Social Policy Ph.D. student Robert Manduca brings employment data to life with interactive mapping.

    Margot Moinester awarded American Bar Foundation Doctoral Fellowship in Law & Inequality

    Margot Moinester awarded American Bar Foundation Doctoral Fellowship in Law & Inequality

    March 23, 2017
    American Bar Foundation | Margot Moinester, Ph.D. candidate in Sociology, has been awarded a two-year doctoral fellowship in Law & Inequality from the American Bar Foundation, the nation's leading research institute for the empirical study of law. ABF doctoral and postdoctoral fellows spend their fellowship tenure in residence at the American Bar Foundation's headquarters in Chicago.

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