Society & Policy

The study, “A Penny on the Dollar: Racial Inequalities in Wealth Among Households with Children,” by Professor Christine Percheski of the Department of Sociology and Christina Gibson-Davis of Duke University, was published in Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. The...

Professor James Druckman conducted a survey through Northwestern in conjunction with Harvard, Northeastern, and Rutgers in determining the Americans' trust in governmental institutions such as the police. This survey was administered before and after the emergence of protests against police...

The study "Racial Discrimination in the U.S. Housing and Mortgage Lending Markets: A Quantitative Review of Trends, 1976-2016" examined how discrimination in housing and mortgage lending against blacks, Latinos and Asians has changed over the last 40 years by performing...

Sociology Professor Lincoln Quillian conducted a study on racial discrimination of labor markets in various countries. In the nine countries Quillian and his colleagues examined, they found evidence of hiring discrimination against non-white populations. The study, published in the journal...

Professor Onnie Rogers of the Department of Psychology is the author of a study that analyzed the ways children’s gender narratives reinforce or disrupt gender inequality. “I’m Kind of a Feminist”: Using Master Narratives to Analyze Gender Identity in Middle...

Adrian Randolph, dean of the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, announces a cluster of new faculty hires as part of the recently launched Indigenous Studies Research Initiative. Three new colleagues in this area will join Weinberg College in September 2016. Beth...

Mary Pattillo’s groundbreaking scholarship on the black middle class has made her a celebrated thought leader in her field. Two of her books, Black Picket Fences (2nd ed. 2013) and Black on the Block (2007), are seminal explorations of race and class focused through the...

Adrian Randolph, dean of the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, has announced the creation of the Indigenous Studies Research Initiative. The full text of the announcement follows. As a positive and forward-looking response to the recommendations that emerged from the...

Burgess S. Davis '03, Vice President of  Global Sustainable Plastics at PepsiCo, discusses how she creates and implements ideas to prevent climate change and maintain sustainability in the materials they use for their products worldwide. Davis credits Northwestern and her...