Thomas J. Espenshade (born March 17, 1943) is an American sociologist known for his work on

social demography Demography () is the statistical study of populations, especially human beings. Demographic analysis examines and measures the dimensions and dynamics of populations; it can cover whole societies or groups defined by criteria such as edu ...

. He is an emeritus professor of sociology at Princeton University's Office of Population Research, as well as the director of the National Study of College Experience and the Campus Life in America Student Survey. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Princeton in 1972 and joined their faculty in 1988.

Research

Espenshade is known for his work in the field of social demography, and is especially known for his work on population economics, demography and racial diversity in higher education in the United States. His 2009 book ''No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal: Race and Class in Elite College Admission and Campus Life'', co-authored with Alexandria Walton Radford, explores the issue of affirmative action in the United States from a quantitative perspective. The book concluded that

Asian American Asian Americans are Americans of Asian ancestry (including naturalized Americans who are immigrants from specific regions in Asia and descendants of such immigrants). Although this term had historically been used for all the indigenous people ...

applicants to United States colleges were much more likely to be rejected by seven elite colleges than were similar members of any other race. It received the

American Sociological Association The American Sociological Association (ASA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the discipline and profession of sociology. Founded in December 1905 as the American Sociological Society at Johns Hopkins University by a group of fif ...

's Pierre Bourdieu Award, which is given to the year's best book on sociology of education, in 2011.

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