#  Ann Lauren Owens 

 

 



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 (Sociology & Social Policy, May 2012)  
*Thesis Title:* The New Geography of Subsidized Housing: Implications for Urban Poverty  
*Committee:* Robert J. Sampson and Christopher Jencks (Co-chairs), William Julius Wilson, and Kathryn Edin  
*Initial Placement:* Postdoctoral Fellow, Center on Poverty and Inequality and Department of Sociology, Stanford University  
*Current Position:* [Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA](http://dornsife.usc.edu/cf/faculty-and-staff/faculty.cfm?pid=1042807)

 **Ann Owens** is an Associate Professor in the Sociology department at USC. She received her PhD in [Sociology and Social Policy](http://www.hks.harvard.edu/socialpol/intro/intro.htm) from Harvard University. Ann was a postdoctoral research fellow at the [Center on Poverty and Inequality](http://www.stanford.edu/group/scspi/) at Stanford University. She is a faculty affiliate of the [Spatial Sciences Institute](http://spatial.usc.edu/) and an Associate Director of the [Sol Price Center for Social Innovation](https://socialinnovation.usc.edu/) at USC. Her research centers on the causes and consequences of social inequality, with a focus on urban neighborhoods, housing, education, and geographic and social mobility. Her research also examines how social policies cause or alleviate social inequalities.



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Alumni Position Type
    
     [R1](/alumni-position-type/r1)
- ## Early Placement (Alumni only)
    
     [Postdoctoral Fellow](/early-placement-alumni-only/postdoctoral-fellow)