Deirdre Bloome

Graduate Student in Sociology and Social Policy

Biographical Note

Deirdre Bloome is a PhD student in Sociology and Social Policy and a research fellow with the Institute for Quantitative Social Science. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Brown University with a BA in Sociology with Honors. After working for two years a consultant, advising on issues of corporate finance, she entered Princeton University, where she obtained a Certificate in Demography from the Office of Population Research. Deirdre's research interests include income and wealth inequality, intergenerational mobility, poverty, and statistical demography. Her previous work has focused on the life course of at-risk children and teens, the effects of income inequality on children’s developmental environments, and the demographic and economic contributions to rising family income inequality in the U.S. Deirdre is a Jacob K. Javits Fellow.

Research Interests

Inequality, mobility, poverty, well-being, statistical demography

Contact

617-496-5794 (FAX)