Samuel Fishman

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 is an assistant professor of sociology at Baylor University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2019. His research examines the intergenerational and early-life determinants of education and other socioeconomic attainments, and how those attainments in turn shape health, finances, and beliefs. His work has appeared in journals including the American Journal of Sociology, Social Science Research, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, and Demographic Research. His current projects consider how economic losses and gains relate to mental health and substance use, and how parents shape distrust of science and scientists.

Recent Publications

Fishman, Samuel H., Jerry Z. Park, and Michael Ervin. 2025. “Extending the Strategic Adaptation Framework: The Children of Immigrants’ Pursuit of Postsecondary STEM Education.” Social Science Research 128:103157.

Fishman, Samuel H. 2025. “Parental Contextual Education and Educational Mobility among the Children of Asian American Immigrants.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 101059.

Fishman, Samuel H. 2025. “Occupational Status and Health in Early Midlife.” Population Research and Policy Review 44(1):4.

Fishman, Samuel H., and Laura Upenieks. 2025. “Education, Religious Attendance, and Precursors to Deaths of Despair in the United States.” Journal of Religion and Health 1–22.