About
Travis Lowe, Ph.D., is a professor of sociology who specializes in inequality in the United States with an emphasis on the influence that social structures have on life chances. He has published research on changes in perceived job and labor market precarity from the 1970s to the present as well as on racial income inequality in urban areas and locational attainment.
Education
- Ph.D., University of Connecticut
- Dissertation: “Subjective Economic Insecurity in the United States: Perceived Precarity in the New Economy”
- M.A., University of Connecticut
- B.A., University of Maine at Farmington
Research interests and areas of expertise
- Inequality
- Urban sociology
- Sociology of work
- Occupations