About

I am a PhD Candidate in Sociology at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, affiliated and trained by the Center for Demography and Ecology and the Institute for Research on Poverty. My work has been published in the Journal of Marriage and Family, Children & Society, and Currents.

I will begin as an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the Fall of 2023.

I use both qualitative and quantitative methods to study family relationships, responsibilities, and media use in low-income families in the U.S.

My dissertation research focuses on the classed dynamics of family media use. Using multiple methods – statistical analysis of nationally representative survey data, interviews, participant observation, and time diaries of participants in low- and middle-income families, and discourse analysis – I investigate how low- and middle-income families use media differently, how the meaning the make out of media use varies, and how the “screen time” discourse is classed, gendered, and racialized. This dissertation work was recently funded by the American Sociological Association Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant and the Institute for Research on Poverty Dissertation Research Fellowship. My other current research focuses on daughters’ responsibilities in low-income white families and the role of parent-child relationships in child wellbeing.

Interest Areas: Class, Family, Gender, Media

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