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Becky Pettit is a Professor at the University of Texas at Austin's College of Liberal Arts and holds the Barbara Pierce Bush Regents Professorship of Liberal Arts. She is a sociologist specializing in demographic methods, with a focus on social inequality, race, gender, and labor markets.
- Ph.D., Princeton University
- B.A., University of California at Berkeley
Her research examines how mass incarceration exacerbates racial and gender disparities, particularly through legal fines/fees and systemic exclusion. She has published extensively in top journals like American Sociological Review and Demography, and her books Invisible Men and Gendered Tradeoffs have garnered significant acclaim.
Recent publications focus on monetary sanctions, misdemeanor justice, and the intersection of race, health, and employment post-incarceration. Her work has influenced national policy discussions and media coverage.
- Recipient of the James Short paper award (ASA Crime, Law, Deviance Section)
- Honorable Mention, ASA Sociology of Law Section Article Prize
- Finalist, Rosabeth Moss Kanter Work-Family Research Award
- Elected member, Sociological Research Association (2018)
Her courses include Social Research Methods and Demography. She served as editor of Social Problems (2011–2014) and received a NIH NICHD mentored research award.
