I am an Associate Professor of Sociology at Washington University-St. Louis.  I received my Ph.D. in Sociology from Princeton University in 2007.   The central focus of my research is on the causes of economic inequality in the U.S. and other post-industrial economies.  I am primarily interested in the determinants of wages and salaries, and how these vary across time and place. 

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Book:

• New article with Patrick Denice,  "What Do Government Unions Do?  Public Sector Unions and Nonunion Wages, 1977-2015."  Social Science Research 78: 41-56.
• ​Interviewed by Steven Greenhouse for the story, "The Return of the Strike," American Prospect, January 3, 2019.
• Published "The Meaning of Labor's Win in Missouri," American Prospect, August 13, 2018.
• Interviewed by Ailsa Chang for the story, "Voters in Missouri Reject Right-to-Work Law In Rare Win for Labor," NPR's All Things Considered, August 8, 2018.
• Liz Alderman discussed my research with Patrick Denice in, "Britain Aims to Close Gender Pay Gap With Transparency and Shame," The New York Times, April 5, 2018: B1.
• Interviewed by Noam Scheiber for the story, "6 Reasons That Pay Has Lagged Behind U.S. Job Growth." The New York Times, February 1, 2018, p. B1.
• Interviewed by Claire Cain Miller for the story, "One Effort to Close the Gender Pay Gap Won't Get a Try Under Trump,"  The New York Times, September 1, 2017, p. B2.