I am a 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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Books:

• You're Paid What You're Worth and Other Myths of the Modern Economy now available for order.
• Interviewed by Meghan McCarty Carino for the story, "Disney Faces Pay-Secrecy Complaint in Lawsuit," NPR's Marketplace, March 19, 2021.
• Published "Paying Workers Based on Performance is Harder Than It Looks," The Wall Street Journal, March 17, 2021.
• Published "Five Myths About Compensation,"  Washington Post, March 14, 2021, p. B3.
• New research brief with Shengwei Sun and Patrick Denice,  "On the Books, Off the Record: Examining the Effectiveness of Pay Secrecy Laws in the U.S."  Institute for Women's Policy Research Policy Brief #C494.  January 2021.
• Published "There's Still a Taboo on Discussing Salaries. But Millennials are Breaking It," Washington Post, September 6, 2020.
• Published "Welcome to the Jungle, Again," American Prospect, May 17, 2020.