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Patrick Denice, Assistant Professor

PhD, Sociology, University of Washington

Patrick Denice is a sociologist who studies inequality in education and in the workplace. He has published on demographic distribution of COVID-19, union and non-union pay, race and gender in schooling, and stratification in higher education. His recent work looks at the potential of school choice policies to attenuate or exacerbate patterns of inequality and segregation in urban public education systems. Dr. Denice's current projects examine  non-traditional pathways to and through postsecondary education, and how workplace institutions and policies shape workers' wages.

Areas of Specialization

Selected Publications

• "Visualizing the Geographic and Demographic Distribution of COVID-19"
  2020; Socius; Patrick Denice | Kate H. Choi | Michael Haan | Anna Zajacova
• "Unions and nonunion pay in the U.S., 1977–2015"
  2018; Sociological Science; Patrick Denice | Jake Rosenfeld
• "Back to school: Race and gender gaps in adults' participation in formal schooling, 1978-2013"
  2017; Demography; Patrick Denice
• "Choice, preferences, and constraints: Evidence from public school applications in Denver"
  2016; Sociology of Education; Patrick Denice | Betheny Gross
• "The power of transparency: Evidence from a British workplace survey"
  2015; American Sociological Review; Jake Rosenfeld | Patrick Denice

News

How Black Canadians are disproportionately impacted by COVID-19

Data linking race and health predicts new COVID-19 hotspots

WashU Expert: New labor laws would strengthen unions, fight income inequalities

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