Vida Maralani

Vida Maralani is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Cornell University's College of Arts and Sciences. Her research examines social inequality through a demographic lens, focusing on how resources like education, health, and family dynamics interrelate across generations and the life course. She specializes in quantitative methods including demographic modeling and simulations to analyze dynamic inequality processes.

Her primary research areas include:

• Social stratification and mobility, particularly by education and gender
• Child investment patterns and women's work trajectories
• Health disparities (smoking, breastfeeding, obesity)
• Family processes and their relationship to inequality
• The application of demographic methods to sociological research

Her publications demonstrate consistent focus on educational disparities, gender gaps, and intergenerational transmission of resources. Recent work examines health behaviors linked to education, family dynamics in resource consolidation, and methodological advances in inequality research. Articles frequently employ longitudinal analysis to track how socioeconomic factors influence outcomes across the life course.