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Russell Sage Foundation Experts by Subject Area

The Russell Sage Foundation has worked with the country’s leading social scientists to examine today’s most pressing social and economic concerns. Below, you can find a list of RSF-affiliated experts willing to discuss their research in more detail. Click on an expert’s name to learn more about their area of expertise.

Richard Alba

TITLE
Distinguished Professor of Sociology

AFFILIATION
The Graduate Center, CUNY

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Migration; race and ethnicity; urban sociology; second generation immigrants; assimilation

CONTACT INFORMATION
212-817-8773

ralba [at] gc [dot] cuny [dot] edu

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Eileen Appelbaum

TITLE
Senior Economist

AFFILIATION
Center for Economic Policy Research

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Workforce, employment, labor, women workers, work-life balance, workplace practices, labor-management cooperation

CONTACT INFORMATION
202-293-5380 x116

appelbaum [@] cepr [dot] net

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Joshua Aronson

TITLE
Associate Professor of Applied Psychology

AFFILIATION
New York University

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Stereotypes; motivation; race and gender gaps in educational achievement; psychology of stigma; stereotype threat

CONTACT INFORMATION
212-998-5543

joshua [dot] aronson [at] nyu [dot] edu

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Rosemary Batt

TITLE
Alice Cook Professor of Women and Work

AFFILIATION
Cornell University

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Technology and work; call centers; service sector; telecommunications; international and comparative workplace studies; wage differentials and inequality

CONTACT INFORMATION
607-254-4437

rb41 [@] cornell [dot] edu

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Annette Bernhardt

TITLE
Policy Co-Director

AFFILIATION
National Employment Law Project

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Labor Market Research; enforcement of workplace standards; immigrants and work; economic and workforce development

CONTACT INFORMATION
212-285-3025 x350

abernhardt [@] nelp [dot] org

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Marianne Bertrand

TITLE
Chris P. Dialynas Professor of Economics and Richard N. Rosett Faculty Fellow

AFFILIATION
University of Chicago

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Racial discrimination; CEO pay and incentives; effects of regulation on employment; labor economics; corporate finance

CONTACT INFORMATION
773-834-5943

marianne.bertrand [at] chicagobooth [dot] edu

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Sheldon Danziger

TITLE
Henry J. Meyer Distinguished University Professor of Public Policy, G. Ford School of Public Policy

AFFILIATION
University of Michigan

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Poverty and inequality; the effects of economic, demographic changes and government social programs on disadvantaged groups; welfare reform; the material well-being of single mothers

CONTACT INFORMATION
734-615-8321

sheldond [at] umich [dot] edu

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Louis DeSipio

TITLE
Associate Professor, Political Science

AFFILIATION
University of California, Irvine

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Ethnic politics; Latino politics; immigration; naturalization; U.S. electoral politics; political incorporation of immigrants

CONTACT INFORMATION
949-824-1420

ldesipio [at] uci [dot] edu

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Frank Dobbin

TITLE
Professor of Sociology

AFFILIATION
Harvard University

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Diversity management; economic sociology; organizations

CONTACT INFORMATION
617-496-9091

frank_dobbin [at] harvard [dot] edu

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Greg Duncan

TITLE
Distinguished Professor of Education

AFFILIATION
University of California, Irvine

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Income distribution; child poverty; welfare dependence; neighborhood poverty and child development; skills and behaviors developed during childhood

CONTACT INFORMATION
949-824-7831

gduncan [at] uci [dot] edu

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