Jessica Halliday Hardie

Jessica Halliday Hardie is a Professor of Sociology at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center, with affiliations at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research. Her research focuses on inequality, family dynamics, health, education, and the transition to adulthood, particularly examining how class, race, and gender shape youth trajectories. She holds a PhD from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and a postdoctoral fellowship from Penn State University.

Education: PhD in Sociology (UNC-Chapel Hill), BA from Wellesley College, additional teaching certification from Pace University. Teaching roles include Introduction to Sociology, Statistics, and Family Studies courses at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

Research emphasizes qualitative and quantitative methods exploring adolescent social capital, maternal health impacts, work-stress relationships, and economic factors in romantic relationships. Her 2022 book Best Laid Plans examines women's life course trajectories in uncertain socioeconomic contexts.

Publications span journals like Social Forces, Journal of Marriage and Family, and Sociological Perspectives, focusing on themes of social stratification, health disparities, and family policy implications.