The Russell Sage Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of nineteen leading social scientists as visiting scholars for the 2019–2020 academic year. While in residence, they will pursue research and writing projects that reflect the foundation’s commitment to strengthening the social sciences and conducting research to “improve social and living conditions in the United States.”

To read about each scholar’s project, use the links below or visit the incoming scholars pageon our website.

• Sofya Aptekar (University of Massachusetts, Boston)
• Marisa Chappell (Oregon State University)
• Frank Dobbin (Harvard University)
• Timothy Frye (Columbia University)
• Larisa Heiphetz (Columbia University)
• Alexander Hertel-Fernandez (Columbia University)
• Amy Hsin (Queens College, CUNY)
• Onoso Imoagene (New York University)
• Shinobu Kitayama (University of Michigan)
• Eric Knowles (New York University)
• Wojciech Kopczuk (Columbia University)
• Michèle Lamont (Harvard University)
• Monica McDermott (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
• Lisa Sun-Hee Park (University of California, Santa Barbara)
• Sunita Sah (Cornell University)
• Rebecca Sandefur (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
• Miriam Ticktin (New School)
• Kristin Turney (University of California, Irvine)
• Abigail Weitzman (University of Texas, Austin)