In their new study, professors Devah Pager and Bruce Western and graduate students Helen Ho and Becca Goldstein examine the long-term consequences of legal debt for social, economic, and criminal justice outcomes.... Read more about The Costs and Consequences of Legal Debt: A Field Experiment

Professors Alexandra Killewald and Devah Pager were selected as Radcliffe Institute Fellows for the 2017-18 academic year. Hope Harvey will be a Graduate Student Fellow at the Institute.  See the list of fellows and read about their research here.... Read more about 2017–2018 Radcliffe Institute Fellows Selected

"[Sociology] may not have the ear of presidents but may actually do a better job of explaining what has gone wrong in large swaths of the United States and other advanced nations in recent years."... Read more about What if Sociologists had as much influence as Economists?

This fall, a new Harvard course has helped students become part of the effort to reform the nation’s criminal justice system.... Read more about Hard time gets a hard look

In a new study, published in the current issue of the American Sociological Review, I investigate how publicized cases of police violence against unarmed black men — most prominently the 2004 beating of Frank Jude by white police officers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin — affected 911 calls in Milwaukee. Coauthored with fellow...

Doctoral candidate Asad L. Asad was one of three graduate students selected to be a Radcliffe Institute Graduate Student Fellow for 2016-17.... Read more about Asad L. Asad selected as Radcliffe Fellow

Discrimination in hiring continues to limit the opportunities available to racial minorities. How do job seekers respond to this reality? Some argue that job seekers tailor their searches in ways that allow them to avoid discrimination. Others suggest that job seekers adapt by casting a wider net in their search. Until now, we have known little about this process, largely because no existing data source has closely followed individuals through their job search.... Read more about Race, Self-Selection, and the Job Search Process