Overview
Lisa A. Keister is professor of sociology and public policy at Duke University and an affiliate of the Duke Network Analysis Center and the Duke Population Research Initiative. Her current research focuses on organization strategy, elite households, the processes that explain extremes in wealth and income inequality, and on group differences in the intergenerational transfer of assets. She has been focusing on the causes and consequences of net worth poverty recently with colleagues from the Sanford school and is currently completing two books: one on America’s wealthiest families, the one percent, and one on net worth poverty.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor of Sociology
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2006 - Present
Sociology,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Associate Director of the Rhodes Information Initiative at Duke
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2020 - Present
Rhodes Information Initiative at Duke,
Initiatives
Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy
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2018 - Present
Sanford School of Public Policy
Faculty Research Scholar of DuPRI's Population Research Center
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2010 - Present
Duke Population Research Center,
Duke Population Research Institute
Affiliate of the Center for Child and Family Policy
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2023 - Present
Center for Child and Family Policy,
Sanford School of Public Policy
Bass Fellow
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2018 - Present
Sociology,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Education, Training & Certifications
Cornell University ·
1997
Ph.D.
Cornell University ·
1995
M.A.
University of Oklahoma ·
1991
M.A.