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
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2021 - Present
Sociology,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Faculty Research Scholar of DuPRI's Population Research Center
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2014 - Present
Duke Population Research Center,
Duke Population Research Institute
Recent Publications
Is 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 ... ... CiteThe Accidental Equalizer How Luck Determines Pay after College
Book · November 19, 2023 The Accidental Equalizer is a frank appraisal of how this “luckocracy” works and its implications for the future of higher education and the middle class. ... CiteMoving Away from One’s Origins: Predictors of Becoming a First-Generation College Graduate and Not Becoming a Continuing-Generation Graduate
Journal Article Sociological Quarterly · January 1, 2023 Nearly a third of students whose parents do not have bachelor’s degrees become first-generation college graduates and over a third of students with at least one parent with a bachelor’s degree do not become continuing-generation college graduates. We apply ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
Young Voices: The Political Socialization of America's Next Generation
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Institute for Humane Studies · 2024 - 2025Beyond Entering And Remaining: Social Class Inequality In The Transition From College To Work
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Spencer Foundation · 2014 - 2018View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor ·
2013
Ph.D.