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My name is Katherine (Kathy) Lin and I am an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Dartmouth College. Prior to this position, I was an NIA postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Demography and Ecology and Center for Demography of Health and Aging at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
I received my PhD in Sociology at the University of Michigan. During my time at Michigan, I was also an affiliate of the Population Studies Center, and an NIA funded predoctoral trainee. Prior to starting my doctoral program, I obtained a B.A in Sociology and Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences from Northwestern University.
My research program is motivated by an interest in the mechanisms underpinning persistent inequalities. I take a life course approach to these issues, focusing on how the timing, sequencing, and duration of life events produce stratified outcomes. I pay attention to how human action, at critical turning points in the life course, is constrained by structure, and contextualized by historic and temporally moments. I use both quantitative and qualitative techniques to study these issues, with a particular focus on the contours of gender, race, and socioeconomic inequalities in workplaces, families, and health. Accordingly, my work brings a life course perspective to the sociology of health and aging as well as the sociology of gender, work and family.
I can be reached at katherine dot y dot p dot lin at dartmouth dot edu.
My name is Katherine (Kathy) Lin and I am an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Dartmouth College. Prior to this position, I was an NIA postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Demography and Ecology and Center for Demography of Health and Aging at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
I received my PhD in Sociology at the University of Michigan. During my time at Michigan, I was also an affiliate of the Population Studies Center, and an NIA funded predoctoral trainee. Prior to starting my doctoral program, I obtained a B.A in Sociology and Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences from Northwestern University.
My research program is motivated by an interest in the mechanisms underpinning persistent inequalities. I take a life course approach to these issues, focusing on how the timing, sequencing, and duration of life events produce stratified outcomes. I pay attention to how human action, at critical turning points in the life course, is constrained by structure, and contextualized by historic and temporally moments. I use both quantitative and qualitative techniques to study these issues, with a particular focus on the contours of gender, race, and socioeconomic inequalities in workplaces, families, and health. Accordingly, my work brings a life course perspective to the sociology of health and aging as well as the sociology of gender, work and family.
I can be reached at katherine dot y dot p dot lin at dartmouth dot edu.
