Shamus Khan

Shamus Khan is Willard Thorp Professor of Sociology and American Studies at Princeton University, researching race, inequality, and elite formation.

Education:

• PhD, University of Chicago
• MA, University of Chicago
• MA, University of New Mexico
• BA, University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras

His scholarship examines how elite institutions reproduce social hierarchies through cultural practices and institutional structures, with focus on Caribbean postcolonial sovereignty and Latinx politics.

Awards and Honors:

• Presidential Teaching Award, Columbia University (2016)
• Hans L. Zetterberg Prize for best sociologist under 40 (2018)