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Ann Owens

Professor of Sociology and Public Policy
Ann Owens
Email annowens@usc.edu Office HSH 204 Office Phone (213) 821-5730

Research & Practice Areas

Urban Sociology, Sociology of Education, Social Stratification, Social Policy, Quantitative Analysis, Spatial Analysis

Biography

Ann Owens is Professor of Sociology and, by courtesy, Public Policy at USC. She received her PhD in Sociology and Social Policy from Harvard University. Ann was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Center on Poverty and Inequality at Stanford University. 

Her research centers on the causes and consequences of social inequality, with a focus on urban neighborhoods, housing, education, and geographic and social mobility. Her research also examines how social policies cause or alleviate social inequalities. With sean reardon, Ann directs the Segregation Explorer, a data and research initiative on school and residential segregation in the US.

Ann will be on leave as a fellow at the Stanford Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in 2024-25.

Education

  • Ph.D. Sociology and Social Policy, Harvard University, 2012
  • A.B. Sociology, University of Chicago
    • Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Stanford University, Center on Poverty and Inequality, 2012-2013

  • Research Keywords

    Urban Sociology, Sociology of Education, Social Stratification, Social Policy, Quantitative Analysis, Spatial Analysis

    Research Specialties

    Urban Sociology, Sociology of Education, Social Stratification, Social Policy, Quantitative Analysis, Spatial Analysis

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