Faculty Books
Lincoln Quillian
Professor
1812 Chicago Avenue
Room 303
Phone: (847) 491-7488
l-quillian@northwestern.edu
Office Hours: (Winter 2012)
Wednesday 3:30-5:00 or
By Appointment
Areas of Interest
Social Stratification
Race and Ethnicity
Urban Sociology
Quantitative Research Methods
Relevant Link
Applied Quantitative Methods Workshop
Institute for Policy Research
Biography
Lincoln Quillian received his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1997 and formerly was on the faculty at the University of Wisconsin. His interests are in social stratification, urban sociology, race and ethnicity, and quantitative methods. His past work includes studies of migration patterns among neighborhoods that contribute to poverty concentration, racial attitudes, and segregation in social networks.
His current work focuses on the causes and consequences of residential race and income segregation in American cities.
Professor Quillian directs the Applied Quantitative Methods Workshop:
SOCIOL 576: Applied Quantitative Methods Workshop
Courses Taught
SOCIOL 325: Sociology of Inequality Syllabus
SOCIOL 401: Statistical Analysis of Social Data: Regression Analysis I Syllabus
SOCIOL 476: Statistical Methods for Hierarchical/Panel Data Syllabus
SOCIOL 476: Urban Sociology and Urban Problems Syllabus
Publications
Estimating Risk: Stereotype Amplification and the Perceived Risk of Criminal Victimization
With Devah Pager; Social Psychology Quarterly (ASA), 2010
Can Social Capital Explain Persistent Racial Poverty Gaps?
With Rozlyn Redd, Eds. Ann Chih Lin, David R. Harris; Russell Sage, 2008
Walking the Talk? What Employers Say Versus What They Do
With Devah Pager; American Sociological Review, 2005
Migration Patterns and the Growth of High-Poverty Neighborhoods, 1970-1990
American Journal of Sociology, 1999
Sociology Robert F. Winch Awards for 2011
Outstanding Graduate Student Lecturer: Marina Zaloznaya
Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Assistants: Fiona Chin and Christopher Carroll
Outstanding Graduate Student Second-Year Paper: Jaimie Morse
Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Published or Presented:
Upcoming Events
Colloquium: Nicola Beisel, PhD - Sociology
February 23, 2012 • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Culture and Society Workshop: Simone Ispa-Landa, Human Development and Social Policy
February 23, 2012 • 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
