Overview
Jessi Streib is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Duke University. Her research uncovers mechanisms and builds theories about how social class inequality is experienced, reproduced, and alleviated. She has published four books: The Power of the Past: Understanding Cross-Class Marriages, Privilege Lost: Who Leaves the Upper Middle Class and How They Fall, The Accidental Equalizer: How Luck Determines Pay After College, and Is it Racist? Is it Sexist? Why Red and Blue White People Disagree and How To Decide in the Gray Areas.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor of Sociology
·
2021 - Present
Sociology,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Faculty Research Scholar of DuPRI's Population Research Center
·
2014 - Present
Duke Population Research Center,
Duke Population Research Institute
Recent Publications
How Cultural Capital and Its Evaluation Enable Social Mobility
Journal Article Sociology Compass · March 1, 2026 How does cultural capital facilitate upward and downward mobility? Bourdieu's theory of cultural capital is widely used to study class reproduction but is less often used to study social mobility. In this article, I review research showing that exceptions ... Full text CiteIs It Racist? Is It Sexist? Why Red and Blue White People Disagree, and How to Decide in the Gray Areas
Book · January 14, 2025 Why Red and Blue White People Disagree, and How to Decide in the Gray Areas Jessi Streib, Betsy Leondar-Wright. Tom ( research assistant ) : Tell me what made you think it was sexism . Tessa : Because I was treated differently just on ... ... CiteHow the Class-Advantaged Fail to Obtain Greater Economic Capital from Their Greater Social Capital
Journal Article Socius · January 1, 2025 How do class-advantaged individuals with more social capital fail to obtain greater economic capital than class-disadvantaged individuals with less? Although stratification scholars often assume that the class-advantaged convert their greater social capita ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
Young Voices: The Political Socialization of America's Next Generation
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Institute for Humane Studies · 2024 - 2026Beyond Entering And Remaining: Social Class Inequality In The Transition From College To Work
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Spencer Foundation · 2014 - 2018View All Grants
Education
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor ·
2013
Ph.D.