Joint CSRPC/CSGS Residential Fellow
cpcunningham@uchicago.edu

Peyton Cunningham is a PhD candidate in the Sociology department and an Institute for Education Sciences fellow with the Committee of Education. Broadly, her work engages theories of racial bias, education, and stratification. Her research examines how intergroup contact and institutional structures shape bias and social preferences in educational settings. Using mixed methods, her dissertation investigates the role of assigned college roommates in shaping students’ attitudes regarding race, class, politics, and sexuality. She holds a BA in Sociology from Princeton University and an MA in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago. .