#  SOC 24: Introduction to Social Inequality 

 



**Semester:** Spring

**Offered:** 2018

OVERVIEW  
In this course, we will identify the basic contours of the structure and culture of social inequality in the United States and beyond through engagement with sociological research on class, race, gender, and immigration. Through our reading and active participation in lectures, we will develop answers to the central questions that motivate much sociological inquiry into inequality: Who gets what? Who is included and excluded? How and why? Should/can inequality be addressed?

  
OBJECTIVES  
In this introductory course on social inequality, we will:  
1\. Develop a descriptive and analytical understanding of inequality  
2\. Explore central concepts through which sociologists investigate inequality.  
3\. Become familiar with key debates that animate contemporary research on inequality.  
4\. Consider and critique competing explanations for distribution and recognition conceived as two dynamic dimensions of inequality.  
5\. Mobilize the analytical tools learned in this course to make sense of your own experience with the various dimensions of inequality (access to resources and (mis)recognition).  
6\. Consider how you can address the challenges presented by inequality in the current moment (e.g. by lowering stigmatization in your immediate environment, collaborating with various NGOs, etc.).

[Syllabus Spring 2018.pdf](/sites/g/files/omnuum1866/files/lamont/files/syllabus_soc24_spring2018.pdf "Syllabus Spring 2018.pdf")



 



 

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In recent years Lamont has taught undergraduate courses on “Successful Societies: Markers and Pathways,” "Culture, Power, and Inequality," "Racism and Anti-Racism in Comparative Perspective," and "Knowledge Production and Evaluation." At the graduate level, she taught "Qualitative Data Analysis," "Classical Sociological Theory," and "Culture and Inequality." Since 2004, she has co-organized the [**Culture and Social Analysis Workshop**](http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k25441&pageid=icb.page118760) in the Department of Sociology, where faculty, post-doctoral researchers, graduate students and visitors come together to share their work in progress. Since 2005, she has also been the co-organizer of the [**Study Group on Exclusion and Inclusion at the Center for European Studies.**](http://www.ces.fas.harvard.edu/studygroups/sg12.html)

An active mentor of post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, and undergraduate students, Lamont advises research on a wide range of topics. She received the 2010 [**Everett Mendelsohn Excellence in Mentoring Award**](/sites/g/files/omnuum1866/files/lamont/files/gsas-bulletin-may2010.pdf "gsas-bulletin-may2010.pdf"), given by the Harvard Graduate Students Council. For a list of current and past graduate students and post-docs, [**click here**](/sites/g/files/omnuum1866/files/2024-10/Advisees%202024.pdf "advisees.pdf"). She was also one of eight Harvard faculty across all schools to be recognized as "master mentor" by the Office of the Senior Adviser for Faculty Development and Diversity in 2010.