Nicole Kreisbergمشاهده پروفایل
استادیار
- Immigrant Inequalities
- Labor Market Stratification
- Legal Status and Economic Incorporation
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Nicole Kreisberg is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at Pennsylvania State University and a Co-Funded Faculty member of the Social Science Research Institute (SSRI). Her research focuses on immigrant inequalities across educational institutions and labor markets, with a particular emphasis on legal status effects and employment discrimination. Education: Nicole holds an A.M. in Social Policy from the University of Chicago (201?), a Ph.D. in Sociology from Brown University (201?), and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University’s Center for Population and Development Studies (2017). Research Interests: Her work examines legal status gradients in mental health and labor market outcomes, employer hiring practices toward Latino immigrants, naming practices and immigrant identity signaling, and structural barriers in refugee resettlement programs. Methodologically, she combines experimental designs, policy analysis, and demographic data to explore systemic inequalities. Recent Article Trends: Her publications (2017–2025) consistently analyze how legal status, nativity, and race intersect to shape economic and social opportunities for immigrants. Key themes include labor market penalties for unauthorized immigrants, gendered occupational trajectories, and policy-driven disparities in educational attainment. Labs/Teams: As part of SSRI, her work intersects with interdisciplinary teams studying migration, inequality, and public policy.












