Garrett Baker

I am a PhD candidate at Duke University in the Department of Sociology and the Sanford School of Public Policy. My research centers on families, inequality, and institutions of social control. I’m also interested in quantitative methods broadly defined, and my work draws especially from causal inference, demography, and structural equation modeling.

Current projects focus on intergenerational transmission processes, parental investment, and the social and financial costs of mass incarceration.

My research has been published in academic journals including Demography, Sociology of Education, and Sociological Science. I’ve also received a number of awards, including the Gene Carte Student Paper Award (given by the American Society of Criminology in recognition of the most outstanding paper written by a student) and the Vorsanger-Smith Scholar Award (given by Duke’s Sociology Department for overall excellence in the graduate program).

You can access my CV here.