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Diana Karafin

Ph.D. Level

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Email: karafin.1@osu.edu

CV: View my Curriculum Vitae (pdf)


Previous Degrees:

  • 2009 (expected). Ph.D. Sociology, The Ohio State University
    • Dissertation: "Racial and Ethnic Integration in U.S. Metropolitan Neighborhoods: Patterns, Complexities and Consequences"
    • Committee: Lauren J. Krivo (chair), Vincent Roscigno, Rachel Dwyer
    • Ph.D. Candidacy Exam Areas: Race and Ethnicity, Urban Stratification
  • 2002. M.A. Sociology, Baylor University
  • 2000. B.A. Sociology, Baylor University

Research Interests:

My research interests include: Neighborhood Integration, Discrimination in Housing and Labor Markets, Racial and Ethnic Inequality, Crime and Safety in Neighborhoods, and Mixed Methods.

My teaching interests include: Race and Ethnicity, Urban Sociology, Research Methods, Statistics, Theory, Demography, Crime and Community, and Social Stratification.


Publications and Presentations:

  • Roscigno, Vincent, Diana L. Karafin, and Griff Tester. Forthcoming. "The Complexities and Processes of Racial Housing Discrimination." Social Problems.
  • Pager, Devah and Diana L. Karafin. Forthcoming. "Bayesian Bigot? Statistical Discrimination Stereotypes, and Employer Discrimination." Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. (January 2009)
  • Karafin, Diana L. 2008. "Housing Audits" in Richard T. Schaefer (ed.) Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
  • Karafin, Diana L. and Vincent J. Roscigno. 2007. "The Contexts of Housing Discrimination." Pp.153-170 in The Face of Discrimination by Vincent J. Roscigno. New York: Rowman & Littlefield.
  • Roscigno, Vincent, Diana L. Karafin, and Griff Tester. 2007. "The Multidimensional Nature of Housing Discrimination." Pp. 171-186 in The Face of Discrimination by Vincent J. Roscigno. New York: Rowman & Littlefield.
  • Krivo, Lauren J., Ruth D. Peterson, and Diana L. Karafin. 2006. "Perceptions of Crime and Safety in Racially and Economically Distinct Neighborhoods." Pp. 237-255 in The Many Colors of Crime: Inequalities of Race, Ethnicity and Crime in America, edited by Ruth D. Peterson, Lauren J. Krivo, and John Hagan. New York: New York University Press.