Affirmative Action at a Crossroads

Anthony S. Chen is Associate Professor of Sociology and Political Science at Northwestern University, where he is also a Faculty Fellow at the Institute for Policy Research. The author of The Fifth Freedom: Jobs, Politics, and Civil Rights in the United States, 1941–1972 (Princeton, 2009), he is interested in political sociology, historical sociology, and American political development, with a special emphasis on civil rights, social and economic policy, and business-government relations.

Lisa M. Stulberg is Associate Professor of Sociology of Education at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. The author of Race, Schools, and Hope: African Americans and School Choice after Brown (Teachers College Press, 2008) and the co-editor (with Sharon Lawner Weinberg) of Diversity in American Higher Education: Toward a More Comprehensive Approach (Routledge, 2011), she researches the politics of race and education, and LGBTQ+ social change.

Peter Arcidiacono is a Professor of Economics at Duke University, a Research Associate of the NBER, an IZA Research Fellow, and a fellow of the Econometric Society.

Josh Kinsler is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Georgia.

Tyler Ransom is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Oklahoma and an IZA Research Affiliate.