The Education and Inequality Workshop supports the development of research related to both education and social stratification at Penn.  Penn has an active, interdisciplinary, and cross-school group of faculty members and students working on related topics, with scholarship spanning areas of race, class, ethnicity, gender, qualitative and quantitative methods, and US and international contexts.

With support from the Department of Sociology and the Population Studies Center, the Education and Inequality Workshop sponsors four activities: 1) works-in-progress (WIP) meetings to support the development of proposals, journal submissions, and conference and job talks; 2) cluster workshops by internal or external speakers; 3) an annual mini-conference, training session, or symposium; and 4) a working paper series in which workshop participants can share working papers or preprints.  Those not on campus are welcome to register to receive the 2025-2026 E&I Zoom link, which will be used for all E&I events this year (unless otherwise noted in the event post).

Join the Education and Inequality Workshop mailing list here (from a campus computer or using a Penn vpn).

Join the Canvas site for sharing documents here.

If you would like to share your work, the sign-up sheet is here.

Share your preferences for activities and your new papers and updates here.

E&I meetings for 2025-2026:

• Fall term Works-in-Progress (WIP) Meetings: Mondays on demand at 3pm in the PSC Conference Room (5th floor MCNB, between the elevators).  
• Spring term Works-in-Progress (WIP) Meetings: Wednesdays on demand at 3pm in the SOCI Conference Room (3rd floor MCNB, next to the SOCI Department Office).  
• Cluster Workshops All Year: Selected Fridays at 12pm in the SOCI Conference Room.