Faculty

Office: Manchester Hall 321
Telephone: 860 486-4425
E-Mail: mary.fischer@uconn.edu

Biographical Statement:

Mary Fischer joined the University of Connecticut in the fall of 2004 after completing a post-doc at Princeton University.  Her research interests broadly defined concern processes of stratification, particularly by race and ethnicity.  Some of the topics she has studied include minorities in higher education, residential segregation, and immigration.  She is currently working on two major research projects.  The first examines looks at the social capital accumulation in choice schools using the Educational Longitudinal Survey (ELS).   The other project looks at the effects of expanded access to credit on minority neighborhood outcomes.   Professor Fischer has received support for her research from the AERA/NSF, the Russell Sage Foundation, and the University of Connecticut Research Foundation. 

Education:

PhD 2003 University of Pennsylvania (Demography and Sociology)

AM 1999 University of Pennsylvania (Demography)

BA 1997 College of Wooster (Urban Studies)

Selected Publications:

Fischer, Mary J.  2010. Forthcoming.  “How do College Students Find Summer Jobs?  The Role of Institutional Contacts in Employment Outcomes”  Social Science Quarterly

Fischer, Mary J. 2010.  “Immigrant Educational Outcomes In New Destinations: An Exploration of High School Attrition”  Social Science Research 39(4):627-541. 

Charles, Camille Z, Mary J. Fischer, Margarita Mooney, and Douglas S. Massey.  2009.
Taming the River: Negotiating the Academic, Financial, and Social Currents in Selective
Colleges and Universities.  Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

Fischer, Mary J.  2008  “Does Campus Diversity Promote Friendship Diversity?  A Look at Inter-Racial Friendships in College” Social Science Quarterly  89(3):631-655.

Fischer, Mary J.  2008.  “Shifting Geographies: Examining the Role of Suburbanization in        Black’s Declining Segregation” Urban Affairs Review 43(4):475-496.

Fischer, Mary J. 2007.  ‘Settling into Campus Life: Differences by Race/Ethnicity in College Involvement and Outcomes.’ Journal of Higher Education 78(2): 125-161.

Fischer, Mary J. and Douglas S. Massey.  2007.  ‘The Effects of Affirmative Action in Higher Education’ Social Science Researce 38:531-549.

Fischer, Mary J. and Douglas S. Massey.  2004.    ‘The Ecology of Racial Discrimination.’ City and Community Volume 3, Number 3, pp.221-241.

Fischer, Mary J.  2003.  ‘The Relative Importance of Class and Race in Determining Residential Outcomes in U.S. Urban Areas, 1970-2000’ Urban Affairs Review Volume 38, Number 5, pp. 669-696.

Curriculum Vitae