Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University

Deirdre Bloome

Department of Sociology, Department of Sociology

Deirdre is a PhD student in Sociology and Social Policy and a graduate Affiliate with the Institute for Quantitative Social Science. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Brown University with a BA in Sociology with Honors. After working as a consultant, advising on issues of corporate finance, she entered Princeton University, where she obtained a Certificate in Demography from the Office of Population Research. Deirdre's research interests include income and wealth inequality, intergenerational mobility, poverty, and statistical demography. Her previous work has focused on the life course of at-risk children and teens, the effects of income inequality on children’s developmental environments, and the demographic and economic contributions to rising family income inequality in the U.S. Deirdre is a Jacob K. Javits Fellow.