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Jackelyn Hwang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Stanford University and Director of the Changing Cities Research Lab. Her research focuses on urban sociology, race and ethnicity, immigration, and inequality, particularly how neighborhoods change and the persistence of neighborhood inequality by race and class in U.S. cities.
Her educational background includes a B.A.S. in Sociology and Mathematics from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in Sociology and Social Policy from Harvard University. She completed her postdoctoral training as a Research Fellow in the Office of Population Research at Princeton University.
Her research interests center on gentrification, residential segregation, and structural racism in urban environments. She employs novel data sources such as Google Street View imagery to develop automated methods for measuring neighborhood physical conditions over time. Her work highlights how gentrification perpetuates racial inequality even without increased displacement, emphasizing the enduring role of structural racism in shaping housing outcomes.
The available article demonstrates a strong trend in examining racial stratification in urban contexts, particularly focusing on how gentrification interacts with segregation across different housing markets like Philadelphia and the San Francisco Bay Area. Her research combines national-level analyses, longitudinal survey data, and consumer credit datasets to explore persistent patterns of inequality.
- Supported by the American Sociological Association
- Supported by the Joint Center for Housing Studies
- Supported by the National Science Foundation
Jackelyn Hwang advises students through her role as Director of the Changing Cities Research Lab and has secured competitive external funding from major institutions including the National Science Foundation. Her research has been published in top-tier journals such as the American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, Demography, and Social Forces.
She leads the Changing Cities Research Lab at Stanford University, which focuses on developing computational and quantitative methods to study urban change, neighborhood inequality, and the racial dynamics of gentrification.
