Profile

Professor Elliott received his B.A. in Sociology from University of California-Santa Cruz in 1989, and his Ph.D. in Sociology (minor in Geography) from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1997. He trained as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina's Population Center from 1997 to 1999 and then took a position in the sociology department at Tulane University from 1999-2006. He joined the University of Oregon faculty as an Associate Professor of sociology in 2006. His scholarship has focused on urban development and social inequalities in the United States, ranging from research on native- and foreign-born migration, racial and gender inequalities in the labor market, struggles over public housing, and social vulnerabilities to environmental hazards. His research has employed a variety of quantitative and qualitative methods and has received funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the National Science Foundation.