Kristie J. R. Phillips

Kristie J. R. Phillips is an associate professor of sociology in the Department of Sociology at Brigham Young University. Her research focuses on educational inequality, social stratification, and the sociology of education. Phillips has examined factors influencing academic achievement and access to educational opportunities, with an emphasis on how race, class, and gender intersect to affect educational outcomes. She has published in journals such as Sociology of Education and Social Science Research. Phillips received her PhD in sociology from the University of California, Davis.

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