Department of Sociology

Jonathon Acosta

Graduate Student
Research Interests Social Stratification, Segregation, Race, Class, Ethnicity
Degree(s) M.A. Brown University, B.A. Brown University

Biography

Year of Entry: 2017

Jonathon Acosta is a PhD candidate in sociology at Brown University where he focuses on political sociology, inequality, race and ethnicity. He’s currently a graduate fellow at the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America and a trainee at the Population Studies and Training Center. His dissertation is a community study of a post industrial economically declining city that has been sustained via foreign born migration. In his spare time, Acosta is a State Senator for Rhode Island District 16 representing Central Falls and Pawtucket.

Affiliations

  • Population Studies and Training Center
  • Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America
  • Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
  • Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs

Publications

Acosta, Jonathon. “No MAS: Who Said ‘No’ to Evo in Bolivia”. Sociology of Development. (Publication Pending)

Acosta, Jonathon, Richard Lachmann, and Josh Pacewicz. 2020. “Neoliberalism Is Driving Away Working-Class Voters of Color. They Need to Be Won Back.” Retrieved January 24, 2022 (https://jacobinmag.com/2020/12/2020-election-biden-trump-latino-vote).