Visiting Scholars Program
The Russell Sage Foundation’s Visiting Scholars Program provides a unique opportunity for select scholars in the social, economic, political and behavioral sciences to pursue their data analysis and writing while in residence at the foundation’s headquarters in New York City.
RSF's Visiting Scholar fellowship is one of the preeminent fellowships of its kind within the social sciences. During their time at the Foundation, scholars will interact with other scholars from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds, as well as Visiting Journalists, Visiting Researchers, Margaret Olivia Sage Scholars, and RSF staff in programs, communications, and publishing.
Current and previous scholars represent the diversity of the social sciences including anthropology, economics, political science, psychology, and sociology, as well as many other related fields (e.g., behavioral sciences, criminal justice, demography, education, history, law, public and social policy, public health, social epidemiology, social work, statistics, and urban planning, among others).
Meet Our Current Visiting Scholars
Gregory Acs
Vice President, Tax & Income Supports Division, Urban Institute
Omer Ali
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Pittsburgh
Tony Cheng
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Duke University
Bo Cowgill
Assistant Professor of Strategy, University of Toronto
Peter Hepburn
Associate Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University–Newark
Jelani Ince
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Washington
Elizabeth Jacobs
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Connecticut
Christine Jang-Trettien
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Queens College & The Graduate Center, City University of New York
Gabriela Kirk-Werner
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Syracuse University
Lisa Levenstein
Professor of History, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Rachel Meltzer
Plimpton Associate Professor of Planning and Urban Economics, Harvard University
Tali Mendelberg
John Work Garrett Professor of Politics, Princeton University
Suzanne Mettler
John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions, Cornell University
Ryan Parsons
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Southern Studies, University of Mississippi
Samuel Perry
University of Oklahoma
Laurel Smith-Doerr
Professor of Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Mary Ellen Stitt
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University - New Brunswick
Lauren Valentino
Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Caitlin Zaloom
Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University
The Visiting Scholar Fellowship is one of the preeminent fellowships of its kind within the social sciences. During their time at the Foundation, scholars will interact with other scholars from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds, as well as Visiting Journalists, Visiting Researchers, Margaret Olivia Sage Scholars, and RSF staff in programs, communications, and publishing. This residential fellowship requires significant foundation resources, and scholars are expected to engage fully in the intellectual life of RSF.
The Russell Sage Foundation’s Visiting Scholars Program provides a unique opportunity for select scholars in the social, economic and behavioral sciences to pursue their research and writing while in residence at the Foundation’s New York headquarters.
Visiting Journalists
Visiting Researchers
Margaret Olivia Sage Scholars
Russell Sage Foundation Nobelists
Research Highlights
