Adia Harvey Wingfield
Adia Harvey Wingfield
I am a sociologist who researches racial and gender inequality in professional occupations. I’m currently the Mary Tileston Hemenway Professor of Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, where I also co-direct the Program for Public Scholarship and am Vice Dean for Faculty Development and Diversity. I have served as President of Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS), the Southern Sociological Society (SSS), and in 2023 I was elected the 116th President of the American Sociological Association. In addition to my academic work, I also write regularly for mainstream outlets including The Atlantic, Vox, Slate, and Harvard Business Review.
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