MARTA TIENDA Office of Population Research Princeton University Wallace Hall Princeton, NJ 08544 t: (609) 258-5808 f: (609) 258-1039 tienda@princeton.edu theop.princeton.edu |
WHAT MUST BE EQUAL FOR OPPORTUNITY TO BE EQUAL?
My research has focused on race and ethnic differences in various metrics of social inequality - ranging from poverty and welfare to education and employment - to address how ascribed attributes acquire their social and economic significance. Through various studies of immigration, population diversification and concentrated poverty, I have documented social arrangements and life course trajectories that both perpetuate and reshape socioeconomic inequality. My current research on equity and access to higher education strives to understand the limits of social policy in equalizing opportunity by examining the changing foundations of merit in college admissions criteria. Please check the website for the THEOP project to learn more theop.princeton.edu. CURRICULUM VITA (pdf) SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: Tienda, Marta and Faith Mitchell (editors) 2006. Multiple Origins, Uncertain Destinies: Hispanics and the American Future. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press. Tienda, Marta and Faith Mitchell (editors) 2006. Hispanics and the Future of America. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press. Rutter, Michael and Marta Tienda. (editors) 2005. Ethnicity and Causal Mechanisms. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Tienda, Marta. 2002. “Demography and the Social Contract.” Demography, 39(4): 587-616. Tienda, Marta and William J. Wilson. (editors) 2002. Youth in Cities: A Cross-National Perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Stier, Haya and Marta Tienda. 2001. The Color of Opportunity: Pathways to Family, Work, and Welfare. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. |
