Forum Organizers
Kevin T. Leicht
UI Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute for Inequality Studies and Director of the Social Science Research Center
Kevin Leicht's interests include sociology of work, organizations and organization theory, social stratification, and political sociology. His current research is examining gender inequality among professionals, transaction-cost approaches to career decision-making, the development of economic development programs by the U.S. states, and the causes and consequences of corporate restructuring. He teaches courses in the sociology of work, organizational theory, economy and society, political sociology and social stratification.
Mary E. Campbell
UI Assistant Professor of Sociology
Mary Campbell’s research focuses on two related themes: racial identification - or how racial categories are used in surveys and daily interactions - and racial inequality - or how race and ethnicity shape all aspects of American life. Examples of her work on racial identification include research into how different ways of measuring “race” on surveys lead to different conclusions about racial inequality and research into the mismatch between how people racially self-identify and how they are perceived by others. Examples of her research on racial inequality include projects exploring health, educational and socioeconomic inequality in an increasingly diverse and multiracial context, as well as projects investigating racial prejudice and discrimination against multiracial individuals and interracial relationships.