Allen Hyde
Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies
- School of History and Sociology
- Development Studies Program
Overview
Allen is an Associate Professor in the School of History and Sociology at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a quantitative scholar whose main research areas are stratification and inequality, urban sociology, work and occupations, climate and disaster resilience, and immigration. He is currently conducting research on the effects of race/ethnicity and immigration status on homeownership, social and demographic change in Clarkston, GA (known as the most diverse square mile in America), and Principal Investigator for the Youth Advocacy for Resilience to Disasters Program research project funded by the National Science Foundation's Civic Innovation Challenge. He has also been Principal Investigator for a National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (I-Corps) grant. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Sociology at the University of Connecticut and has published research articles in journals like Social Science Research, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, Social Currents, Environmental Sociology, Social Indicators Research, City & Community, and Sociological Perspectives.
- Ph.D.; Sociology; University of Connecticut
- M.A.; Sociology; University of Connecticut
- B.A.; History and Sociology; University of Alabama at Birmingham
Interests
- Agriculture, Health, and the Environment
- Climate Change Adaptation
- Climate Change Mitigation
- Education Policy
- Global Cities and Urban Society
- Labor Economics
- U.S. Society and Politics/Policy Perspectives
Focuses:
- Europe
- United States
- United States - Southeast
- Inequality and Social Justice
- Community engagement
- Globalization and Localization
- Immigration and Migration Studies
- Impacts and Consequences of Race/Ethnicity
- Inequality and Poverty
- Inequality, Inequity, and Social Justice
- Interdisciplinary Learning and Partnering
- Political Economy
- Statistics
- Sustainability
- Vulnerable Populations
- Youth Culture
Courses
- HTS-2016: Soc Issues&Public Policy
- HTS-3008: Class,Power & Inequality
- HTS-3012: Urban Sociology
- HTS-3027: Civil Rights Movement
- HTS-4814: Special Topics
- SOC-1101: Intro to Sociology
Publications
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
- Financialization, Income Inequality, and Redistribution in 18 Affluent Democracies, 1981-2011
In: Social Currents [Peer Reviewed]
- Immigration and Earnings Inequality in America’s New Small Town Destinations
In: Social Science Research [Peer Reviewed]
Date: January 2015
- Running with or against the treadmill? Labor unions, institutional contexts, and greenhouse gas emissions in a comparative perspective
In: Environmental Sociology [Peer Reviewed]
Date: November 2018
All Publications
Journal Articles
- Running with or against the treadmill? Labor unions, institutional contexts, and greenhouse gas emissions in a comparative perspective
In: Environmental Sociology [Peer Reviewed]
Date: November 2018
- Union Decline in the Neoliberal Era: Globalization, Financialization, Regionalization, and Union Density in Eighteen Affluent Democracies
In: Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World [Peer Reviewed]
Date: July 2016
- Immigration and Earnings Inequality in America’s New Small Town Destinations
In: Social Science Research [Peer Reviewed]
Date: January 2015
- Religious Affiliation and Hiring Discrimination in the American South: A Field Experiment
In: Social Currents [Peer Reviewed]
Date: March 2014
- Religious Affiliation and Hiring Discrimination in New England: A Field Experiment
In: Research in Social Stratification and Mobility [Peer Reviewed]
Date: December 2013
- The Role of Attractiveness and Aggression in High School Popularity
In: Social Psychology of Education [Peer Reviewed]
Date: March 2011
- Financialization, Income Inequality, and Redistribution in 18 Affluent Democracies, 1981-2011
In: Social Currents [Peer Reviewed]