David Grusky

David B. Grusky is Professor of Sociology at Stanford University, Director of the Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality at Stanford University, and coeditor (with Paula England) of the Stanford University Press Social Inequality Series. He received his B.A. at Reed College, his M.S. and Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and has held positions at the University of Chicago, Cornell University, and Stanford University. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, recipient of the 2004 Max Weber Award, founder of the Cornell University Center for the Study of Inequality, and a former Presidential Young Investigator. His research addresses issues of inequality and takes on such questions as whether and why gender, racial, and class-based inequalities are growing stronger, why they differ in strength across countries, and how such changes and differences are best measured. His recent and forthcoming books are Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective (3rd edition, coedited with Manwai C. Ku and Szonja Szelényi, Westview Press, forthcoming), Poverty and Inequality (coedited with Ravi Kanbur, Stanford University Press, 2006), Mobility and Inequality (coedited with Stephen Morgan & Gary Fields, Stanford University Press, 2006), Occupational Ghettos (coauthored with Maria Charles, Stanford University Press, 2004), The Declining Significance of Gender? (coedited with Francine Blau and Mary Brinton, Russell Sage, 2006), and Inequality: Classic Readings in Race, Class, and Gender (coedited with Szonja Szelényi, Westview Press, 2006), and The Inequality Reader: Contemporary and Foundational Readings in Race, Class, and Gender (coedited with Szonja Szelényi, Westview Press, 2007).

Curriculum Vitæ
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RESEARCH AREAS

inequality; race, class and gender stratification

OTHER APPOINTMENTS/ORGANIZATIONS

Director, Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality at Stanford University

Director of Graduate Studies

PUBLICATIONS

Recent Books:

  • Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective, 3rd Edition, edited by David B. Grusky, Manwai C. Ku, and Szonja Szelényi. Forthcoming. Boulder: Westview Press.
  • The Inequality Reader: Contemporary and Foundational Readings in Race, Class, and Gender, edited by David B. Grusky and Szonja Szelényi. 2007. Boulder: Westview Press.
  • The Declining Significance of Gender?, edited by Francine D. Blau, Mary C. Brinton, and David B. Grusky. 2006. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
  • Mobility and Inequality: Frontiers of Research from Sociology and Economics, edited by Stephen Morgan, Gary Fields, and David B. Grusky. 2006. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
  • Poverty and Inequality, edited by David B. Grusky and Ravi Kanbur. 2006. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
  • Inequality: Classic Readings in Race, Class, and Gender, edited by David B. Grusky and Szonja Szelényi. 2006. Boulder: Westview Press.
  • Occupational Ghettos: The Worldwide Segregation of Women and Men, Maria Charles and David B. Grusky. 2004. Stanford: Stanford University Press. Winner, 2005 Max Weber Prize, American Sociological Association.

Recent Papers:

 

  • Grusky, David B., and Manwai C. Ku. 2008. “Gloom, Doom, and Inequality.” Pp. 2-28 in Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective, 3rd edition, edited by David B. Grusky, Manwai C. Ku and Szonja Szelényi. Boulder: Westview Press.
  • Grusky, David B., and Asaf Levanon. Forthcoming. “Four Gloomy Futures for Sex Segregation.” Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective, 3rd edition, edited by David B. Grusky, Manwai C. Ku and Szonja Szelényi. Boulder: Westview Press.
  • Grusky, David B., and Kim A. Weeden. Forthcoming. “Are There Social Classes? An Empirical Test of the Sociologist’s Favorite Concept.” Social Class: How Does it Work?, edited by Dalton Conley and Annette Laureau. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
  • Grusky, David B., and Kim A. Weeden. Forthcoming. “Measuring Poverty: The Case for a Sociological Approach.” Many Dimensions of Poverty, edited by Nanak Kakwani and Jacques Silber. New York: Palgrave-Macmillan.
  • Grusky, David B. Forthcoming. “A Benign Future for Occupational Sex Segregation?” Inequality, Religion, and Differentiation, edited by Bernice McNair Barnett. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
  • Grusky, David B. Forthcoming. “Who Gets Prestige, Power, Property, and Privileged Industry Positions?” Aspiration and Achievement to Midlife: Studies of a Wisconsin Cohort, edited by Robert M. Hauser and W.H. Sewell. Chapter 13.
  • Grusky, David B. 2008. “Class.” The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd edition. Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.
  • Weeden, Kim, Young-Mi Kim, Matthew Di Carlo, and David B. Grusky. Forthcoming. “Is the Labor Market Becoming More or Less Gradational?” Social Stratification: Class, Race, and Gender in Sociological Perspective, 3rd edition, edited by David B. Grusky, Manwai C. Ku and Szonja Szelényi. Boulder: Westview Press.
  • Jonsson, Jan, David B. Grusky, Matthew Di Carlo, Reinhard Pollak, and Mary C. Brinton. Revise and Resubmit, American Journal of Sociology. “Micro-Class Mobility: Social Reproduction in Four Countries.”
  • Grusky, David B. 2007. “Theories of Stratification and Inequality.” Pp. 4801-4810 in Encyclopedia of Sociology, edited by George Ritzer. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
  • Weeden, Kim A., Young-Mi Kim, Matt DiCarlo, and David B. Grusky. 2007. “Social Class and Earnings Inequality.” American Behavioral Scientist 50: 702-36.
  • Charles, Maria, and David B. Grusky. 2007. “Egalitarianism and Gender Inequality.” Pp. 327-342 in Inequality: Contemporary and Foundational Readings in Race, Class, and Gender, edited by David B. Grusky and Szonja Szelényi. Boulder: Westview Press.
  • Grusky, David B., and Szonja Szelényi. 2007. “The Rise and Fall of Benign Narratives About Inequality.” Pp. 1-13 in The Inequality Reader: Contemporary and Foundational Readings in Race, Class, and Gender., edited by David B. Grusky and Szonja Szelényi. Boulder: Westview Press.
  • Grusky, David B., and Emily Ryo. 2006. “Did Katrina Recalibrate Attitudes Toward Poverty and Inequality? A Test of the ‘Dirty Little Secret’ Hypothesis.” Du Bois Review 3 (1): 59-82.
  • Grusky, David B., and Asaf Levanon. 2006. “Describing Occupational Segregation in Sparse and Incomplete Arrays.” Sociological Methods and Research 34: 554-72.
  • Blau, Francine D, Mary C. Brinton, and David B. Grusky. 2006. “The Declining Significance of Gender?” Pp. 3-34 in The Declining Significance of Gender?, edited by Francine D. Blau, Mary C. Brinton, and David B. Grusky. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
  • Grusky, David B. 2006. “Journalists Without Deadlines.” Contexts 5(Winter): 54-56.
  • Grusky, David B., and Kim A. Weeden. 2006. “Does the Sociological Approach to Studying Social Mobility Have a Future?” Pp. 85-108 in Mobility and Inequality: Frontiers of Research from Sociology and Economics, edited by Stephen Morgan, Gary Fields, and David B. Grusky. Forthcoming. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
  • Grusky, David B., and Ravi Kanbur. 2006. “Conceptual Ferment in Poverty and Inequality Measurement: The View from Economics and Sociology.” Pp. 1-29 in Poverty and Inequality, edited by David B. Grusky and Ravi Kanbur. Forthcoming. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
  • Weeden, Kim A., and David B. Grusky. 2005. “The Case for a New Class Map.” American Journal of Sociology 111: 141-212.
  • Grusky, David B., and Gabriela Galescu. 2005. “Foundations of Class Analysis: A Durkheimian Perspective.” Pp. 51-81 in Approaches to Class Analysis, edited by Erik O. Wright. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Grusky, David B. 2005. “Is Durkheim a Class Analyst?” Pp. 322-59 in The Cambridge Companion to Durkheim, edited by Jeffrey Alexander and Phil Smith. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Weeden, Kim A., and David B. Grusky. 2005. “Are There Any Social Classes at All?” Pp. 3-56 in The Shape of Social Inequality: Stratification and Ethnicity in Comparative Perspective, edited by David Bills. Volume 22, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. Amsterdam: Elsevier.


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