Professor of Sociology
Research Areas: Urban and community sociology; cultural sociology; the study of race, ethnicity, and sexualities.
Selected Publications:
How Places Make Us: Novel LBQ Identities in Four Small Cities (University of Chicago Press, 2018).
“Explicating Divided Approaches to Gentrification and Growing Income Inequality.” Annual Review of Sociology, V. 43, 2017.
With Jeffrey Nathaniel Parker, eds. “‘What is up with my sisters? Where are you?’ The origins and consequences of lesbian-friendly place reputations for LBQ migrants.” Sexualities, 2017.
“An Agenda for the Next Decade of Gentrification Scholarship.” City & Community 15 (3): 220 – 225.
A Neighborhood That Never Changes: Gentrification, Social Preservation, and the Search for Authenticity (University of Chicago Press, 2009).
For a detailed academic bio and CV, please see Professor Brown-Saracino’s Department Profile.