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Princeton sociologist Frederick Wherry, second from left, studies how people interact with money and the institutions that surround it. He is shown here in the town of Princeton with members of his research team involved in the Dignity and Debt Network, from left: Isabel Jijón, postdoctoral research associate; Parijat Chakrabarti, graduate student; and undergraduate Gabriela Oseguera Serra.
Photo illustration by Denise Applewhite, Office of Communications
Frederick Wherry, a professor of sociology at Princeton, calls himself an “accidental sociologist.”
How did Americans come to think of themselves as respectable members of the middle class? Was it just by earning a decent living? Or did it require something more? And if it did, what can we learn that may still apply?
The world of money is being transformed as households and organizations face changing economies, and new currencies and payment systems like Bitcoin and Apple Pay gain ground. What is money, and how do we make sense of it? Money Talks is the first book to offer a wide range of alternative and unexpected explanations of how social relations,...
From sociologist and MacArthur "Genius" Matthew Desmond, a landmark work of scholarship and reportage that will forever change the way we look at poverty in America. In this brilliant, heartbreaking book, Matthew Desmond takes us into the poorest neighborhoods of Milwaukee to tell the story of eight families on the edge.
Jessica Compton’s family of four would have no income if she didn’t donate plasma twice a week at her local donation center in Tennessee. Modonna Harris and her teenage daughter Brianna, in Chicago, have gone for days with nothing to eat other than spoiled milk. After two decades of groundbreaking research on American poverty, Kathryn Edin...
How does a so-called bad neighborhood go about changing its reputation? Is it simply a matter of improving material conditions or picking the savviest marketing strategy? What kind of role can or should the arts play in that process? Does gentrification always entail a betrayal of a neighborhood’s roots? Tackling these questions and offering a...
For a century, social scientists have avoided genetics like the plague. But the nature-nurture wars are over. In the past decade, a small but intrepid group of economists, political scientists, and sociologists have harnessed the genomics revolution to paint a more complete picture of human social life than ever before. The Genome Factor describes...
News
Frederick Wherry, a professor of sociology at Princeton, calls himself an “accidental sociologist.”
The National Academy of Sciences has elected six Princeton faculty members, including our very own Dalton Conley, as new members. They are among 84...
The CBS program “60 Minutes” featured Princeton President Christopher L. Eisgruber and several students Sunday evening, focusing on how Princeton and...
Miguel Díaz-Canel was named president of Cuba, marking a historic shift in power. This is the first time in nearly six decades a Castro isn’t leading...
Events
“Schools as Surveilling Institutions? Paternal Incarceration, System Avoidance and Parental Involvement in Schooling”
Mon, Sep 24, 2018, 12:00 pm
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165 Wallace Hall
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The Melvin Tumin Lecture on Social Inequality
Thu, Sep 27, 2018, 4:30 pm
Location:
Robertson Hall, Bowl 001
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School of Social Science Institute for Advanced Study
Title: "Of Peepholes and People, The Moral and Political Life of Things in Prison"
"Mobility Optimism Revisited: The Paradox of Americans' Perceptions of Economic Mobility"
Mon, Oct 8, 2018, 12:00 pm
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165 Wallace Hall
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