Our postdoctoral scholars program, launched in 2019, is an integral component of the Stone Center. Each academic year, a new cohort of two postdocs joins our team at the Graduate Center for a period of two years. The postdocs — four in residence at any given time — carry out individual research projects related to socio-economic inequality and mobility, and engage with the Center’s senior scholars, associated graduate students, and staff.
In each cohort, one postdoc is selected for a position that focuses on high-end wealth inequality in the United States, internationally, or both. In addition to doing individual research, this postdoc contributes to the Center as a member of the GC Wealth Project team. The second position is open to candidates working on various facets of socio-economic inequality. Preferred topics vary from year to year and often expand the range of the Center’s existing work in new disciplinary, methodological, and substantive directions.
In addition to a competitive salary and a comprehensive CUNY benefits package, postdoctoral scholars receive generous funding to hire Graduate Center students as research assistants, private offices with desktop computers, and additional support to help offset the costs of software, books and journals, and research-related travel. Postdocs have the opportunity to organize and participate in the Multidisciplinary Seminar Series, a forum that connects researchers from various backgrounds, both inside and outside of the Graduate Center, who are interested in inequality; to submit working papers to the Stone Center Working Paper Series; and to extend the reach of their work to both academic and general audiences through the Stone Center’s website.
Current Postdoctoral Scholars
Selected Work by Stone Center Postdoctoral Scholars
A Way to Measure the Top: Ignacio Flores on His Latest Paper and the Method for Adjusting Survey Data that He and His Coauthors Invented
In this interview, Ignacio Flores, a postdoctoral scholar at the Stone Center and a member of The GC Wealth Project team, discusses “The Weight of the Rich: Improving Surveys Using Tax Data” and the algorithm that he and coauthors invented during his Ph.D. years.
How Did Stay-at-Home Orders During Covid Affect Racial Disparities in Arrest Rates?
A new study coauthored by Stone Center postdoctoral scholar Jaquelyn Jahn finds that despite overall declines in arrests in the early months of the pandemic, the vast differences in policing experienced by residents of Black and white neighborhoods persisted.
The Stone Center Announces Its Fourth Cohort of Postdoctoral Scholars
Tina Law and Manuel Schechtl will join the Stone Center as postdoctoral scholars in September 2022.
Measuring Inequality in Latin America: A Conversation with Stone Center Postdoctoral Scholar Ignacio Flores
In this interview, Ignacio Flores discusses his work on constructing macro-consistent estimates of inequality in Latin America and a project on agricultural land distribution in France.
Applications Are Open for Two Postdoctoral Scholar Positions
The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality has openings for a fourth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. The two-year positions will begin in September 2022.
The Mental Health Impacts of Police Stops on Adolescent Boys and Girls, and the Connection Between Police Violence and Pregnancy Loss
In this interview, Jaquelyn Jahn discusses two of her recently published papers, which examine the effects of policing, and police violence, on vulnerable groups: teenagers and pregnant women.
The Stone Center’s First Postdocs Reflect on Their Two Years at the Graduate Center and Look Toward the Future
In this interview, Bilyana Petrova and Marco Ranaldi discuss what they learned at the Stone Center and the new positions they will be starting this fall.
Changing Minds on Racial Inequality: Focusing on the Reasons Driving the Disparities Is Critical
In this commentary, Stone Center postdoctoral scholar Bennett Callaghan explains why discussing the existence of inequality isn’t enough to change public opinion, and can even backfire.
The Stone Center Announces Its Third Cohort of Postdoctoral Scholars
Ignacio Flores and Rafia Zafar will join the Stone Center as postdoctoral scholars in September 2021.
The Crisis of Covid-19 in U.S. Detention Facilities: How We Can Help Protect Society’s Most Marginalized
In this commentary, Stone Center postdoctoral scholar Jaquelyn Jahn, a social epidemiologist who focuses on health equity, discusses ways to prevent more illness and deaths in jails and prisons.
Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality