Natasha Quadlin
Biography
I am an Associate Professor of Sociology at UCLA. My research examines social inequality in the contemporary United States, with an emphasis on inequality in access and returns to education. I am particularly interested in using large-scale experiments and surveys to examine the mechanisms behind inequalities in schools, families, and labor markets. Other projects use experimental methods to examine public attitudes, and how these attitudes are linked with inequalities on account of gender, social class, race, and other characteristics.
Degrees
Ph.D., Sociology, Indiana University, 2017
M.S., Applied Statistics, Indiana University, 2014
M.A., Sociology, Indiana University, 2013
B.S., Social Policy, Northwestern University, 2009
Publications
Book
Quadlin, Natasha and Brian Powell. 2022. Who Should Pay? Higher Education, Responsibility, and the Public. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. (Link)
Selected Articles
Roscigno, Vincent J., Jill E. Yavorsky, and Natasha Quadlin. 2021. “Gendered Dignity at Work.” American Journal of Sociology 127(2):562–620.
Quadlin, Natasha and Jordan A. Conwell. 2021. “Race, Gender, and Parental College Savings: Assessing Economic and Academic Factors.” Sociology of Education 94(1):20–42.
Quadlin, Natasha. 2020. “From Major Preferences to Major Choices: Gender and Logics of Major Choice.” Sociology of Education 93(2):91–109.
Quadlin, Natasha. 2019. “Sibling Achievement, Sibling Gender, and Beliefs about Parental Investment: Evidence from a National Survey Experiment.” Social Forces 97(4):1603–30.
Doan, Long and Natasha Quadlin. 2019. “Partner Characteristics and Perceptions of Responsibility for Housework and Child Care.” Journal of Marriage and Family 81(1):145–63.
Quadlin, Natasha. 2018. “The Mark of a Woman’s Record: Gender and Academic Performance in Hiring.” American Sociological Review 83(2):331–60.
Quadlin, Natasha. 2017. “Funding Sources, Family Income, and Fields of Study in College.” Social Forces 96(1):91–120.
Quadlin, Natasha Yurk. 2016. “Gender and Time Use in College: Converging or Diverging Pathways?” Gender & Society 30(2):361–85.
Quadlin, Natasha Yurk and Daniel Rudel. 2015. “Responsibility or Liability? Student Loan Debt and Time Use in College.” Social Forces 94(2):589–614.
Awards & Grants
Visiting Scholar, Russell Sage Foundation, 2022-23
Doris Entwisle Early Career Award, ASA Section on Sociology of Education, 2021
Lupia-Mutz Outstanding Publication Award, Time-Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences (TESS), 2021
Devah Pager Outstanding Article Award, ASA Section on Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility, 2019
Distinguished Article Award, ASA Section on Sociology of Sex and Gender, 2019
James Coleman Award for Best Article, ASA Section on Sociology of Education, 2019
Karl F. Schuessler Award for Graduate Research, Indiana University Department of Sociology, 2016
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow
Collaborators
Jordan Conwell, University of Texas-Austin
Long Doan, University of Maryland
Christina Ciocca Eller, Harvard University
Laura Hamilton, University of California, Merced
Brian Powell, Indiana University
Vinnie Roscigno, Ohio State University
Tom VanHeuvelen, University of Minnesota
Jill Yavorsky, University of North Carolina-Charlotte
