Aliya Saperstein

Assistant Professor

Address: 718 PLC University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403	Phone:	(541) 346-8021
	Fax:	(541) 346-5026
	Email:	asaper@uoregon.edu

Professor Saperstein received her B.A. in Sociology from the University of Washington in 1999 and her Ph.D. in Sociology and Demography from the University of California, Berkeley in 2008. Her current research examines the relationships between social status and racial/ethnic classification and identification in the contemporary United States. Professor Saperstein joined the University of Oregon faculty in 2008.

Research Interests

measurement of race and ethnicity
racial formation processes
stratification and mobility
health disparities

Teaching Areas

race and ethnicity
social demography
social inequality
research methods

Courses Taught

SOC 303	World Populations
SOC 311	Introduction to Social Research
SOC 410	Race and Ethnicity around the World

Selected Articles

Forthcoming. "The Race of a Criminal Record: How Incarceration Colors Racial Perceptions." Saperstein, Aliya and Andrew M. Penner. Social Problems.

2009. “Different Measures, Different Mechanisms: A New Perspective on Racial Disparities in Health Care.” Research in the Sociology of Health Care, volume 27.

2008. “How Social Status Shapes Race.” Penner, Andrew M. and Aliya Saperstein. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105(50): 19628-30.

2008. “(Re)Modeling Race: Moving From Intrinsic Characteristic to Multidimensional Marker of Status” In Racism in Post-Race America : New Theories, New Directions , ed. Charles Gallagher. Social Forces Publishing.

2006. “Double-Checking the Race Box: Examining Inconsistency Between Survey Measures of Observed and Self-Reported Race.” Social Forces 85: 57-74.

2006. “Where Americans Came From: Race, Immigration and Ancestry,” Pp. 23-56 in Claude S. Fischer and Michael Hout, Century of Difference: How America Changed in the Last One Hundred Years. Russell Sage.

Education

Ph.D. -- University of California, Berkeley