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Department of Sociology
Specialization:
His research examines the causes and consequences of social inequality in three domains: education, family and the criminal justice system.
Bio:
Yader R. Lanuza is assistant professor of sociology at UC Santa Barbara. His research examines the causes and consequences of social inequality in three domains: education, family and the criminal justice system. He focuses largely, though not exclusively, on the experiences of immigrants and their offspring from Latin America and Asia.