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Wenhao Jiang

Assistant Professor of Sociology
Sociology
Office hours Wednesday 10 AM - 12 PM in 2025 Fall  

Overview


I primarily study inequality in the labor market, with particular attention to often-overlooked but increasingly important dimensions of social stratification, including cultural and moral framing, scheduling practices, and physical space—examining how work is organized, distributed, and segregated across micro-level interactions, meso-level workplaces, and macro-level geographies.

I am broadly interested in developing new sociological data and methodologies to engage classic debates and generate new perspectives, particularly through the use of large-scale textual and visual data, alongside computational and causal inferential methods.

My previous research has been published or is forthcoming in American Sociological Review. It has won awards from the Economic Sociology Section of American Sociological Association and RC28 of the International Sociological Association.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor of Sociology · 2025 - Present Sociology, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Recent Publications


The Cultural Devaluation of Feminized Work: The Evolution of U.S. Occupational Prestige and Gender Typing in Linguistic Representations, 1900 to 2019

Journal Article American Sociological Review · October 1, 2025 Previous research on occupational devaluation typically evaluates the potential wage declines associated with a significant inflow of women into an occupation; results have been mixed. Few studies, however, examine the cultural mechanism central to the the ... Full text Cite

Human mobility patterns are associated with experienced partisan segregation in US metropolitan areas.

Journal Article Scientific reports · June 2023 Partisan sorting in residential environments is an enduring feature of contemporary American politics, but little research has examined partisan segregation individuals experience in activity spaces through their daily activities. Relying on advances in sp ... Full text Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


New York University · 2025 Ph.D.

External Links


Personal Website