{"id":50,"date":"2015-01-06T13:39:36","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T13:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/kendra-jason\/?page_id=50"},"modified":"2022-01-10T12:40:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T12:40:05","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/kendra-jason\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My program of research seeks to address the question, \u201cWhy does inequality persist for minority workers?\u201d This question is especially<\/p>\n

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pertinent to issues of race, gender, and class because women, the working poor, and Blacks are some of the most marginalized workers in the labor market. My goals as a sociologist and scholar are to challenge the myth that we live in a post-racial, gender-equal society, to examine how discriminatory practices operate, and to create solutions that promote equality in the workplace. My research addresses gaps in the field concerning how societal, organizational, and individual-level factors shape work experiences and outcomes in the workplace and in society more generally. As such, my work has implications for several bodies of sociological thought, including sex and gender, race and ethnic relations, work and occupations, social psychology, and critical theory.<\/p>\n

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