We are very saddened at the Harvard Pop Center to learn of the passing of Harvard sociologist Devah Pager. The Harvard Gazette pays tribute to this academic ‘force of nature’ who passed away last Friday.
When it comes to hiring, racial discrimination against African-Americans in U.S. holding steady
Despite improvements in racial bias and inequities in certain respects over the last 25 years in the United States, a new meta-analysis indicates that there has been no change in the level of hiring discrimination against African-Americans, while there has been some improvement within the Latino population. Harvard Pop Center faculty member Devah Pager, PhD, is author on a paper published in PNAS. Read more in Northwestern Now.
Pop Center faculty members Killewald and Pager named as Radcliffe Institute Fellows
Congratulations to Harvard sociologists Alexandra Killewald and Devah Pager who will be joining the 2017-2018 cohort of incoming Radcliffe Institute Fellows.