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Samantha Friedman
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
Areas of expertise:
Residential segregation; racial and ethnic disparities in housing and neighborhood quality; immigration
Residential segregation; racial and ethnic disparities in housing and neighborhood quality; immigration
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(518) 442-5458
Biography:
Associate Professor Samantha Friedman's research focuses on racial/ethnic disparities in housing and neighborhood quality and on minority success in overcoming such inequality. She is researching minority homeowners' access to racially integrated and predominantly white neighborhoods, as well as the neighborhood quality of middle-class whites, blacks, and Hispanics.
Associate Professor Samantha Friedman's research focuses on racial/ethnic disparities in housing and neighborhood quality and on minority success in overcoming such inequality. She is researching minority homeowners' access to racially integrated and predominantly white neighborhoods, as well as the neighborhood quality of middle-class whites, blacks, and Hispanics.
Friedman is co-author of The Housing Divide: How Generations of Immigrants Fare in New York's Housing Market (New York University Press, 2007) and has published articles in Social Problems, Urban Affairs Review and Social Science Quarterly, among others.
