In general, my research focuses on identifying the ways in which social networks reproduce ascriptive inequality in the labor market.  I am also interested in organizational characteristics and

human resource policies and practices that exacerbate ascriptive inequality. 

Selected Publications:

    Kmec, Julie A. and Lindsey B. Trimble. Forthcoming (2009). "Does it Pay to Have a Network Contact? Social Network Ties, Workplace Racial Context, and Pay Outcomes" Social Science Research.

    Catanzarite, Lisa, and Lindsey Trimble. “Latinos in the U.S. Workforce at Mid-Decade.” Latino Policy & Issues Brief, Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA. 2007.

    Catanzarite, Lisa, and Lindsey Trimble.  2007. “Latinos in the United States Labor Market.”  In Havidán Rodriguez, Rogelio Saenz, and Cecilia Menjivar (eds.) Latinos/as in the United States.  Springer.