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Brad Foster

Sociologist, US Census Bureau, Center for Administrative Records Research and Applications
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Washington, 2016

Contact Information

thomas.b.foster@census.gov
Personal Website

Fields of Interest

Demography Immigration Poverty Quantitative Methods Race and Ethnicity Residential Mobility and Migration Residential Segregation Social Stratification/Inequality Urban Community

Biography

M.A., Sociology, University of Washington, 2012
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Washington, 2016
Curriculum Vitae (116.33 KB)

Research

Selected Research

  • Foster, Thomas B. 2016. "Rooted or Stuck?  The Causes and Consequences of American Mobility Decline." PhD Dissertation, Department of Sociology, University of Washington.
    Adviser: Kyle Crowder, Adviser: Jerald R. Herting, Adviser: Stewart Tolnay
  • Foster, Thomas B. and Rachel Garshick Kleit. 2015. "The Changing Relationship between Housing and Inequality, 1980-2010." Housing Policy Debate 25(1).

Courses Taught

Additional Courses

Soc356: Urban Community

Affiliations

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Sociology

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