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Jessi Streib

Professor of Sociology
Sociology
2200 West Main Street (Suite 700), Durham, NC 27705

Scholarly Works - Books


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 ... ... Cite

The 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. ... Cite

Privilege Lost: Who Leaves the Upper Middle Class and How They Fall

Book · January 1, 2020 One in two white youth born into the upper-middle class will fall from it. Drawing upon 10 years of longitudinal interviews with over 100 American youth, this book shows which upper-middle-class youth are most likely to fall, how they fall, and why they do ... Full text Cite