by Nicole Bonomini | Aug 24, 2022 | Inequality Scholar Spotlight
In the United States, home ownership is one of the main ways in which Americans possess and accumulate wealth – particularly the middle class. But just how easy is it to purchase and afford your own home? CID faculty member, urban sociologist and demographer Joe...
by Nicole Bonomini | May 22, 2022 | Inequality Scholar Spotlight
Kathy Velikov is a designer, an academic, and an architect. As Professor of Architecture and Associate Dean for Research and Creative Practice at U-M’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, when a colleague reached out to her to see if she would be...
by Nicole Bonomini | Mar 30, 2022 | Inequality Scholar Spotlight
How do people choose where to live? What goes into determining which geographical areas to invest in? How are regional inequalities fueled by neighborhoods and housing? Urban sociologist Lydia Wileden seeks to answer questions such as these in order to understand...
by Nicole Bonomini | Feb 2, 2022 | Inequality Scholar Spotlight
Scholars studying inequality often analyze socio-economic gaps by geography, gender, age, or race and the policies devised to address them. Political sociologist Luciana de Souza Leão, assistant professor in sociology in the College of Literature, Science, and the...
by Nicole Bonomini | Jan 12, 2022 | Inequality Scholar Spotlight
Why is San Francisco so much richer than Detroit? What are the trends in upward mobility and why are they changing? What are the economic consequences of living in one part of the United States versus another? These are the sorts of questions that Robert Manduca,...
