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Paths Out of Poverty

David Grusky, Director of the Center on Poverty and Inequality, was quoted in a New York Times article about the increase in income in adulthood for children whose families moved to a better neighborhoods. Read more.

AAAS members from Stanford

Congratulations to David Grusky, Director of the Center on Poverty and Inequality, for his election to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Read more.

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Odds of arrest 3 times higher for people viewed as black

According to a study by IRiSS visiting scholar Andrew Penner and IRiSS faculty fellow Aliya Saperstein, youths who appear black were significantly more likely to be arrested than non-black individuals (and those who just appeared non-black). This means that racial perception is more relevant than surroundings, culture, and behavior when it comes to police interactions. Read more.

California's Anti-Poverty Plan

David Grusky, Director of the Center on Poverty and Inequality, outlines a new Equal Opportunity Plan, which focuses on creating equal opportunities for children at the most critical points in their lives. Read more

Toney Receives the Streit Award

May 14, 2015. Marie Toney, finance and administrative services manager for the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences, was awarded the Arnice P. Streit Award for Distinguished Service in the School of Humanities and Sciences at the school's annual staff recognition lunch today.

IRiSS Dissertation Fellows

The Institute for Research in the Social Sciences (IRiSS) invites applications for its 2015-2016 Dissertation Fellows. The program supports work across the six social science departments within the School of Humanities & Sciences. Particular encouragement is provided to graduate students whose research crosses disciplinary boundaries, relies upon computational social science methods, and/or analyzes large, complex data sets. However, any social science graduate student at the dissertation writing stage is welcome to apply.

Discipline and Race

According to research by Jennifer Eberhardt, a former IRiSS Faculty Fellow, teachers are more likely to label black students as troublemakers. Read more.