Jennifer Karas Montez

2018 Andrew Carnegie Fellows

Jennifer Karas Montez

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Syracuse University

Jennifer Karas Montez is an assistant professor of sociology at Syracuse University. Her research examines the large and growing inequalities in adult mortality across education levels and geographic areas within the United States. She is particularly interested in why the growing inequalities have been most troublesome among women. 

Publications:

Project Title: Political Economy and Death: Deregulation, Devolution, and Death in America

Website:

https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/soc/Karas_Montez,_Jennifer/