March 2021 Department Publications and News Coverage

Departmental News

Posted: Mar 15, 2021 - 12:00am

Publications:

Hernandez, Maricarmen. 2021. “Toxicity and Informal Living in Esmeraldas, Ecuador.” Contexts, feature article, 20(1):31-35. doi:10.1177/1536504221997866  

Korver-Glenn, Elizabeth. 2021. Race Brokers: Housing Markets and Segregation in 21st Century Urban America. New York: Oxford University Press.

Park, K. (2021). Adolescents’ Relative Position in School and Educational Attainment: The Mediating Role of Educational Expectations. Social Science Research 96 (Feb 2021).

Eli Wilson wrote a public sociology essay for Zócalo Public Square, "Can Restaurants Become Drivers of Opportunity–Not Inequity?"

News Coverage of Research:

Journalist Brentin Mock writes for Bloomberg CityLab about the appraisal industry's reckoning with racial bias, citing Dr. Elizabeth Korver-Glenn’s research with Junia Howell, as well as research by Andre Perry

This is a follow-up to a piece Mock wrote for Bloomberg CityLab back in September 2020, which also cites their research.