David Grusky

David Bryan Grusky (born April 14, 1958) is an American sociologist and academic renowned for his work on social inequality, economic stratification, and mobility. He is the Barbara Kimball Browning Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University and serves as the founding director of the Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality. He formerly taught at Cornell University and the University of Chicago. Grusky's research combines sociological theory to investigate the systemic causes and consequences of inequality, with a particular focus on income disparities, social class, microclass occupations and intergenerational mobility.

He was elected a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2025. Provided by Wikipedia