Her general areas of interest include demography, economic sociology, and inequality. Past research has examined race and class inequality in the likelihood of spending time in prison and the implications of the growth of the American penal population on the labor market opportunities and experiences of low-skill men in the United States. She recently completed a book manuscript investigating how gender inequality in the workplace is institutionalized through state and market policies and practices. While at the ABF she will be working on a project examining the implications of the recent rise in the American penal population for racial inequalities in demographic and health outcomes.