The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing social, economic, and racial inequalities, especially those in housing. In response, significant governmental efforts have tried to support housing stability caused by the pandemic through numerous policies. The effects of eviction moratoria and other emergency measures are likely to be highly variable as these policies were issued by multiple levels and branches of government including local and state courts, state and local executives, and legislative bodies and were differentially implemented.

Because of stagnant wages and rising rents, a quarter of all renters spends more than half of their income on housing. In 2016, a time of robust economic growth, 3.7 million eviction cases were filed. This suggests that the pandemic and resulting recession came at a time when millions were already at high risk of eviction. The Eviction Lab’s COVID-19 Housing Policy Scorecard assesses state-level renter protections on a scale from zero to five stars; 39 states have one star or below.

Inequalities in citizen access to the vote is tied to one’s location in our highly stratified society and differential access to the vote has been associated with voter suppression, unlawful purging of voter rolls, and strict identification requirements. Few scholars, however, have examined the impact of the routine maintenance of voter rolls, mandated by Congress as part of the 1993 National Voter Registration Act, on voter access.

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Co-funded by JPB Foundation

This project will evaluate the psychosocial consequences of social mobility among Black Americans. Three research questions will be addressed: First, how does social mobility shape goal-striving stress and life satisfaction among Black Americans? Second, does goal-striving stress explain the link between social mobility and life satisfaction? Third, what factors condition the impact of social mobility on goal-striving stress and life satisfaction?

Poor children and children of color have been systematically denied access to the material resources needed for them to thrive. Yet preschool quality hinges on teachers—workers in an industry with high stress, high turnover, and low wages. Further, preschools are segregated by race and class. How does segregation shape teachers' experiences and decisions in preschool classrooms? This project will focus on 60 preschools in Denver, Colorado.

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the fragility of Latino families, many of whom are not eligible for assistance from federal- and state-level social safety net programs due to their documentation status. This project will employ a mixed-methods study which follows a sample of the Latino population in the New York City metropolitan area, living in mixed-status households, from the early days of the pandemic through Fall 2021 to address the following research questions: 1) How has the U.S.

This study will examine the racial dynamics of trust in schools, with an emphasis on the perspectives of Black youth. Scholars recognize the value of trust for social mobility and collective action, but they overlook trust as a key dimension of educational inequality. Fox-Williams’ previous research demonstrates that student–educator trust is a positive predictor of students’ academic outcomes. However, Black students report the lowest levels of trust in their educators compared to students of other racial groups.

Undocumented status is a significant structural inequality known to constrain immigrant integration and compromise intergenerational mobility. This project will examine how self and parental undocumented status create legal vulnerability and compromise Latinx children of immigrants’ potential for mobility through higher education. Using original survey data collected from 1,862 Latinx undergraduates, Enriquez will investigate differences in mobility potential among: 1) 1.5 generation undocumented immigrants, 2) U.S. citizens with an undocumented parent, and 3) U.S.