Samuel Fishman
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Education
Ph.D., Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2019
M.A., Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2015
B.A., Sociology and History, Hope College, 2013
Biography
Sam Fishman completed his Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2019. He joined the Baylor University Department of Sociology in 2023 after completing a postdoctoral associate position at Duke University and two years of non-academic work in social science consulting and federal service. His research focuses on economic stratification and population health, using quantitative research methods to examine inter-generational and early life determinants of education outcomes, racial/ethnic inequity in infant health, and the intersection between education and adult health. This research has been published in research outlets such as the American Journal of Sociology, Social Science Research, Research in Stratification and Social Mobility, and Demographic Research. Dr. Fishman's current academic research examines the relationship between socioeconomic status with health, focusing on the opioid crisis.
Recent Publications
Fishman, Samuel H. 2022. “College-for-Some or College-for-All?: Inequality in the Relationship Between Educational Expectations and Educational Attainment Across Academic Achievement.” Social Science Research 107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2022.102747
Rogers, Richard G., Robert A. Hummer, Elizabeth M. Lawrence, Trent Davidson, and Samuel H. Fishman. 2022. “Early Life Mortality in the United States.” Population Bulletin 16(2).
Tierney, Katherine I. and Samuel H. Fishman. 2022. “Accounting for Past Patient Composition In Evaluations of Quality Reporting.” Health Services Research. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.13942