Affiliate Assistant Professor
Associate Professor of Sociology, Umeå University
Biography
Ph.D., University of Washington, 2010
M.A., University of Washington, 2005
M.A., Stanford University, 2000
B.A., Stanford University, 1999
Maureen A. Eger is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles. Her research interests lie broadly in political sociology, with an emphasis on immigration, nationalism, and the welfare state.
*The selection of publications listed under "Research" reflects work carried out while at UW and/or published with other UW Sociology alumni.
Awards and Honors
Herbert L. Costner Distinguished Graduate Student Paper Award, Department of Sociology, University of Washington, 2009
John C. Flanagan Dissertation Fellowship, the Graduate School, University of Washington, 2008-2009
Research
Selected Research
- Eger, Maureen A. and Sarah Valdez. 2023. “'Speak English': A Comment on English Language Instruction in an Era of Neo-Nationalism.” TESOL Quarterly 57(3): 969-981.
- O’Brien, Michelle L., and Maureen A. Eger. 2021. “Suppression, spikes, and stigma: How COVID-19 will shape international migration and hostilities toward it.” International Migration Review 55(3): 640-659.
- Eger, Maureen A., and Sarah Valdez. 2019. “From radical right to neo-nationalist.” European Political Science 18(3): 379–399.
- Kornrich, Sabino, and Maureen A. Eger. 2016. “Family Life in Context: Men and Women's Perceptions of Fairness and Satisfaction Across Thirty Countries.” Social Politics: International Studies in Gender, State & Society 23(1): 40-69. (Online first: 2014)
- Eger, Maureen A., and Sarah Valdez. 2015. “Neo-nationalism in Western Europe.” European Sociological Review 31(1): 115-130. (Online first 2014)
- Eger, Maureen A. 2010. “Even in Sweden: The Effect of Immigration on Support for Welfare State Spending.” European Sociological Review 26(2): 203-217.
- Eger, Maureen A. 2010. "Ethnic Heterogeneity and the Limits of Altruism." PhD Dissertation, Department of Sociology, University of Washington.