Kyle Crowder is the Department of Sociology Chair at the University of Washington. His research focuses on the processes of residential differentiation and the effects of physical and social context on individual life conditions. Most of his recent work deals specifically with processes of neighborhood selection and how racial and ethnic differences in the residential mobility process shape broader patterns of residential segregation. Crowder is currently involved in three large-scale projects related to this broad endeavor. First, in collaboration with colleagues at several other universities, Crowder is examining the roles of racial differences in neighborhood experiences, daily activities, and social networks in processes of residential mobility and the perpetuation of racial segregation. Second, in collaboration with local housing authorities, they are examining factors that affect successful lease-up, residential stability, and access to high-opportunity neighborhoods for low-income families. Third, with collaborators in the School of Social Work and the Departments of Environmental & Occupational Health Sciences, he is researching the effects of neighborhood pollution exposure on individual health outcomes. This project focuses specifically on the ways in which pollution exposure interacts with individual-, family-, and neighborhood-level sources of stress to affect racial differences in a variety of health outcomes.
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