Jennifer Sherman
Associate Professor in Sociology / Washington State University, USA
Jennifer Sherman is a sociologist focused on poverty and inequality, particularly in rural U.S. communities.
Jennifer Sherman has an MA and PhD in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley. Her policy interests include the social safety net, family support, and education, while her research looks at the interactions of economic conditions, cultural norms, and family outcomes, particularly in rural areas. She focuses on the connections between structural conditions, cultural discourses, and family lives.
Recent Publications:
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‘Surviving the Great Recession: Growing Need and the Stigmatized Safety Net.’ in Social Problems, 2013.
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‘Social Class and Parenting: Classic Debates and New Understandings’, in Sociology Compass, 2012
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‘”Sending Off All Your Good Treasures”’: Rural Schools, Brain Drain, and Community Survival in the Wake of Economic Collapse’, in Journal in Research in Rural Education, 2011
- Those Who Work, Those Who Don’t: Poverty, Morality, and Family in Rural America. Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press, 2009
