Alexander Adames is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Faculty Associate at The Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics. He is a sociologist and social demographer who primarily examines the drivers and consequences of economic stratification within the United States. Broadly speaking, his research agenda focuses on examining factors associated with variation in wealth, income, and labor market outcomes over the life course and across familial generations. In a separate line of research, Adames investigates the factors associated with romantic desirability in the context of online dating.

He received his PhD in Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was an Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Pre-doctoral fellow and received a master’s in statistics from The Wharton School.