Family and Society
FACULTY PUBLICATIONS
Kristin Perkins, Ph.D.
Dr. Kristin L. Perkins is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Georgetown University. Kristin studies inequality and social stratification with a focus on children, families, and neighborhoods. Her research examines the consequences of residential mobility and changes in household composition for children’s educational outcomes, the neighborhood contexts of child and adolescent development, and the consequences of housing policies for individuals and neighborhoods.
Volume 60, No 6: “Household Instability and Girls’ Teen Childbearing,” p.1767–1789
Volume 101, No 4: “The Geography of Gentrification and Residential Mobility,” (p.1856–1887)
Additional Publications:
“Heterogeneous Household Change Among Children.”
“Reconsidering Residential Mobility: Differential Effects On Child Wellbeing By Race And Ethnicity.”