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Alexandra Brewer

Assistant Professor of Sociology
Alexandra Brewer
Pronouns She / Her / Hers Email breweral@usc.edu

Research & Practice Areas

medical sociology; work, organizations, and occupations; economic sociology; social inequalities; race, gender, and class; qualitative methods

Biography

Alex Brewer is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Southern California. Her research interests include medical sociology, organizations, work, professions, stratification, economic sociology, qualitative methodologies, and social theory. Across several projects, she investigates the reproduction of social inequalities in the U.S. healthcare system, focusing primarily on the everyday practices of healthcare workers. 

Her work has been published in the American Sociological Review and Social Science & Medicine and has won awards from the American Sociological Association and the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Most recently, my dissertation received honorable mention for the Roberta G. Simmons Outstanding Dissertation Award from the ASA’s Medical Sociology Section. 

Prior to joining the USC of Sociology, she earned her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. 

You can read more about her research at www.alexandrabrewer.com.

  • Research Keywords

    medical sociology; work, organizations, and occupations; economic sociology; social inequalities; race, gender, and class; qualitative methods

    Research Specialties

    medical sociology; work, organizations, and occupations; economic sociology; social inequalities; race, gender, and class; qualitative methods

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