Research/Areas of Interest
Race and Gender Stratification; Labor Markets; Immigrant Incorporation; Quantitative Methods; Field Experiments; Comparative Sociology; Latin America
Education
- PhD, Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, USA, 2017
- MA, Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, USA, 2010
- BA, Sociology, University of California/LA, USA, 2006
Biography
Felipe Dias is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Tufts University. Before coming to Tufts, he was a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Stanford University. His research agenda evolves around understanding the institutional and organizational bases for social stratification and inequality in the United States and in Latin America. One of the central themes in his current research agenda is understanding how status-based characteristics shape hiring decisions. Felipe's research has appeared in the American Journal of Sociology, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, International Migration Review, Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, and Comparative Sociology.
Selected Publications:
Pedulla, David, Felipe A. Dias, Katie. Wullert, and John. Munoz. Forthcoming. "Racial Discrimination in Context: The Role of Organizational Policies and Practices in Hiring Discrimination." American Journal of Sociology.
Dias, Felipe A. 2024. "Discrimination Against Hispanics and. Eastern-European Immigrants in the United States: Evidence from a Field Experiment. Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231241272546.
Dias, Felipe A. and Joseph Chance. 2024. "The Real Consequences of Symbolic Social Policies: The Public Charge Rule and Benefits Use among Non-Citizen Immigrants." International Migration Review 1-28, DOI: 10.1177/01979183241228208.
Dias, Felipe A. 2023. "The (In)Elasticity of Racial Discrimination: Labor Market Context and the Racial Wage Gap in the United States, 2000-2021." Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 9: 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231221148932.
Dias, Felipe A. 2022. "Audit Studies and Job Posting Sources: The Consequences of Job Database Selection for Estimates of Racial Discrimination." (with David Pedulla, Katherine Wullert, and John Munoz). Sociology of Race and Ethnicity https://doi.org/10.1177/23326492211029336.
Dias, Felipe A. 2021. "The Racial Gap in Employment and Layoffs During COVID-19 in the United States." Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 7:1-3. https://doi.org/10.1177/2378023120988397.
Dias, Felipe A. 2021. "COVID-19, Public Charge Rules, and Immigrant Employment in the United States". (equal authorship with Joseph Chance*). IRLE Working Paper No. 102-21. http://irle.berkeley.edu/files/2021/02/COVID19-Public-Charge-Rules-Immigrant-Employment.pdf.
Dias, Felipe A. 2020. "How Skin Color, Class Status, and Gender Shape Labor Market Outcomes in Brazil: A Field Experiment." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 65, 100477. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2020.100477.
*Winner: Outstanding Paper Award, ASA Section on Race, Gender, and Class.
*Winner: RC28 Research Committee on Stratification and Inequality Kerckhoff Award.
Dias, Felipe A. 2020. "The Motherhood Penalty and the Fatherhood Premium in Employment during COVID-19: Evidence from the United States." (first author with Joseph Chance* and Arianna Buchanan) Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 69, 100542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2020.100542.
*featured in the Washington Post and USA Today.
Dias, Felipe A. 2018. "The Effects of Racial Segregation and Isolation on Afro-Brazilian Homicide Rates." SocArXiv. July 12. doi:10.31235/osf.io/fjxy7
Dias, Felipe A. 2014. "Racial Articulation and Labor in 19th Century Brazil." Comparative Sociology 13(4): 445-481. https://doi.org/10.1163/15691330-12341315.
Selected Publications:
Pedulla, David, Felipe A. Dias, Katie. Wullert, and John. Munoz. Forthcoming. "Racial Discrimination in Context: The Role of Organizational Policies and Practices in Hiring Discrimination." American Journal of Sociology.
Dias, Felipe A. 2024. "Discrimination Against Hispanics and. Eastern-European Immigrants in the United States: Evidence from a Field Experiment. Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231241272546.
Dias, Felipe A. and Joseph Chance. 2024. "The Real Consequences of Symbolic Social Policies: The Public Charge Rule and Benefits Use among Non-Citizen Immigrants." International Migration Review 1-28, DOI: 10.1177/01979183241228208.
Dias, Felipe A. 2023. "The (In)Elasticity of Racial Discrimination: Labor Market Context and the Racial Wage Gap in the United States, 2000-2021." Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 9: 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231221148932.
Dias, Felipe A. 2022. "Audit Studies and Job Posting Sources: The Consequences of Job Database Selection for Estimates of Racial Discrimination." (with David Pedulla, Katherine Wullert, and John Munoz). Sociology of Race and Ethnicity https://doi.org/10.1177/23326492211029336.
Dias, Felipe A. 2021. "The Racial Gap in Employment and Layoffs During COVID-19 in the United States." Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 7:1-3. https://doi.org/10.1177/2378023120988397.
Dias, Felipe A. 2021. "COVID-19, Public Charge Rules, and Immigrant Employment in the United States". (equal authorship with Joseph Chance*). IRLE Working Paper No. 102-21. http://irle.berkeley.edu/files/2021/02/COVID19-Public-Charge-Rules-Immigrant-Employment.pdf.
Dias, Felipe A. 2020. "How Skin Color, Class Status, and Gender Shape Labor Market Outcomes in Brazil: A Field Experiment." Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 65, 100477. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2020.100477.
*Winner: Outstanding Paper Award, ASA Section on Race, Gender, and Class.
*Winner: RC28 Research Committee on Stratification and Inequality Kerckhoff Award.
Dias, Felipe A. 2020. "The Motherhood Penalty and the Fatherhood Premium in Employment during COVID-19: Evidence from the United States." (first author with Joseph Chance* and Arianna Buchanan) Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 69, 100542. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rssm.2020.100542.
*featured in the Washington Post and USA Today.
Dias, Felipe A. 2018. "The Effects of Racial Segregation and Isolation on Afro-Brazilian Homicide Rates." SocArXiv. July 12. doi:10.31235/osf.io/fjxy7
Dias, Felipe A. 2014. "Racial Articulation and Labor in 19th Century Brazil." Comparative Sociology 13(4): 445-481. https://doi.org/10.1163/15691330-12341315.