Research Interests: Crime, law, and deviance; neighborhood effects; community/urban; sociology of the city; the life course.
Robert J. Sampson is the Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor. He is also an Affiliated Research Professor at the...
Professors Robert Sampson and Joscha Legewie are organizing the “Urban Theory and Data Lab” to support research by students and postdocs examining the urban condition in the 21st century. The emphasis is on the active discussion of theoretical and...
(Sociology & Social Policy, May 2020)
Thesis Title: Social Structure, Space, and the Dynamics of Income Inequality
Committee: Robert J. Sampson (Chair), Mario Luis Small, and Jason Beckfield
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of...
Responsibilities: Faculty Assistant to Professors Michèle Lamont, Ya-Wen Lei, David Pedulla, and Robert Sampson.
Schedule: Monday - Friday, 9AM - 5PM
(Sociology, May 2016)
Thesis Title: Essays on Place and Punishment in America
Committee: Bruce Western (Chair), Matthew Desmond, Devah Pager, and Robert J. Sampson
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor of Sociology, Boston University
(Sociology, May 2025)
Thesis Title: Patterns of Place: Housing Supply, Racial Segregation, and the Suburbanization of Immigration
Committee: Alexandra A. Killewald (Co-Chair, University of Michigan), Robert J. Sampson (Co-Chair), and David S. Pedulla
(Sociology & Social Policy, November 2016)
Thesis Title: Essays Exploring Urban Violence
Committee: Robert J. Sampson (Co-Chair), Bruce Western (Co-Chair), and Matthew Desmond
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice, School of Criminal...
(Sociology & Social Policy, May 2018)
Thesis Title: Essays on Policing, Legal Estrangement & Urban Marginality
Committee: Bruce Western (Chair), Michèle Lamont, Robert J. Sampson, and Matthew Desmond (Princeton)
Initial Placement: Associate Professor, Yale...
