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Social Inequality:
Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and
Class & Stratification
Department of Sociology
University of California, Irvine
2009-11
Overview
The study of social inequality has been a central focus of the Sociology Department at UCI since its inception. UCI sociologists study social inequality by race/ethnicity, gender, and class – as well as the intersections of these dimensions – by employing a wide variety of methods, from ethnographic fieldwork and in-depth interviews to multilevel statistical models and social network methods. As a result, the work of those in the social inequality cluster frequently compliments – and is complimented by – research by other UCI sociology faculty.
Some of the ongoing research by UCI faculty in the Social Inequality cluster include:
- Immigrant and intergenerational mobility among immigrants in the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area
- The effects of September 11 th on the ethnic and religious identities of Arab Americans
- Career prioritizing in dual-earner couples
- Effects of organizational and labor market characteristics on job segregation and wage inequality
- Patterns, determinants, and consequences of racial attitudes in Brazil
- How immigration and racial/ethnic diversity affect intermarriage and multiracial identification
- Cultural influences on racial/ethnic women's employment
- The impact of changes in Affirmative Action policy on the transition from high school to college and other educational outcomes
FACULTY
Catherine Bolzendahl
political sociology, sex and gender, comparative sociology/historical sociology |
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Andrew Penner
gender, inequality, education, family, and race |
Francesca Cancian
sociology of the family, carework,
sexual assault
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Joy Pixley
life course, work & family, sex stratification, gender roles, research design |
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Matt Huffman*
gender inequality, gender & work, discrimination, labor markets |
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Belinda Robnett-Olsen
social movements, race & ethnicity, gender, social change, African-Americans |
* Cluster coordinator
Stanley R. Bailey*
Latin America, race and ethnicity,
religion, US-Mexico border |
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John Liu
race & ethnicity, social theory |
Frank Bean
international migration, demography,
racial & ethnic relations, economic sociology, family |
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Andrew Penner
gender, inequality, education, family, and race |
Cynthia Feliciano
race/ethnicity/minority relations,
migration and immigration,
education |
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Belinda Robnett-Olsen social movements, race & ethnicity, gender, social change, African-Americans |
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Matt Huffman
racial inequality, discrimination, research methods |
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Rubén G. Rumbaut
international migration, the "1.5" generation, comparative race and ethnic relations, structural inequality, identity, health and mental health |
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Jennifer Lee
race & ethnicity, international migration, social inequality, urban sociology,
Asian American studies |
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* Cluster coordinator
Susan Brown
immigration, inequality,
urban sociology
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David Smith
world systems analysis, urbanization, development, comparative-historical sociology, dependent development in east Asia |
Matt Huffman*
social inequality, discrimination,
research methods
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David Snow
collective behavior and social movements, social psychology, urban sociology, social problems, culture and qualitative methods |
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Andrew Penner
gender, inequality, education, family, and race |
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Judy Stepan-Norris
labor unions, sociology of work, political sociology, American society, research methods, historical-comparative methods, class formation |
* Cluster coordinator
For this year's schedule of Gender, Work, and Family Research Group Talks, click here.
FIELD EXAMS & GRADUATE COURSES
With respect to field exams, the three clusters in the inequality area (gender, race/ethnicity, class and stratification) are treated separately. Thus, graduate students may opt to take a field exam in any of the three sub-areas (gender, race/ethnicity, class and stratification). Alternatively, students may satisfy the two field exam requirement for the Sociology graduate program by taking exams in any two of the three inequality sub-areas (gender, race/ethnicity, class and stratification).
To qualify for a field exam in Social Inequality (no matter what sub-area or areas form the basis of the exam), students must complete the core course in Inequality (Sociology
239) and two elective courses. Elective courses offered over the next two years include all the courses listed below (the core course, Inequality, is also listed below, in bold ).
Two Year Teaching Plan (subject to change, check with the department or a cluster coordinator)
2009 - 2010
Fall
• Race and Ethnicity (Robnett) -- Race/Ethnicity
• Immigration, Race, and the American Dream (Lee) -- Race/Ethnicity
Winter
• Organizational Inequality (Huffman) -- Gender; Class and Stratification
• Families and Households (Bolzendahl) -- Gender
• Nature and Nurture (Penner) -- Gender; Class and Stratification
• Global Urbanization (Smith) -- Class and Stratification
• Immigrant America (Rumbaut) -- Race/Ethnicity
Spring
• Inequality (Huffman) -- Gender; Class and Stratification, Race/Ethnicity
• Ethnic America (Rumbaut) -- Race/Ethnicity
• Race and Education (Feliciano) -- Race/Ethnicity
2010-2011
Fall
• Race, Immigration, and Opportunity (Lee) -- Race/Ethnicity
Winter
• Organizational Inequality (Huffman) -- Gender; Class and Stratification
• Gender, Family and the Welfare State (Bolzendahl) -- Gender
• Nature and Nurture (Penner) -- Gender; Class and Stratification
• Racial/Ethnic Feminist Perspectives (Robnett) -- Gender, Race/Ethnicity
• Educational Inequality (Brown) -- Class and Stratification
• Immigrant America(Rumbaut) -- Race/Ethnicity
• Race and Ethnicity (Bailey, Feliciano) -- Race/Ethnicity
Spring
• Gender and Politics (Bolzendahl) -- Gender
• Marriage and Cohabitation (Pixley) -- Gender
• Inequality (Huffman) -- Gender; Class and Stratification, Race/Ethnicity
• Ethnic America (Rumbaut) -- Race/Ethnicity
• Contemporary Racial/Ethnic Theory (Robnett) -- Race/Ethnicity
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