Japonica Brown Saracino and Heather Schoenfeld receive Russell Sage Foundation research grants

The Russell Sage Foundation has announced their latest research grant recipients including two BU Sociology faculty for the program on Social, Political, and Economic Inequality. Japonica Brown Saracino, with Robin Bartram (University of Chicago), will use the grant to study gender and homeownership. You can read more about their research on “How Homeownership Stabilizes and Destabilizes Women’s Lives” here. And Heather Schoenfeld, with Michael Campbell (University of Denver) will investigate what factors influence states’ adoption of decarcerative policies. Learn more about their research on “21st Century Justice: The Struggle to Decarcerate in the U.S. States” here.