Jessica Kizer

  • Associate Professor of Sociology
  • Sociology Field Group
Professor Jessica Kizer
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Broad Hall 109

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PhD, University of California, Irvine
BA, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Sociology and Its View of the World
Sociology of the Family
Quantitative Research Methods
Qualitative Research Methods
Race and Ethnic Relations

Feliciano, Cynthia. and Jessica M. Kizer.  Forthcoming (Online First).  β€œReinforcing the Racial Structure: Observed Race and Multiracial Internet Daters’ Racial Preferences.” Social Forces. 

Matthew H. Rafalow & Jessica M. Kizer. 2018. Mommy markets: Racial differences in lesbians’ dating preferences for women with children, Journal of Lesbian Studies, 22(3): 297-312, DOI: 

Kizer, Jessica M. 2017. β€œArrested by Skin Color: Evidence from Siblings and a Nationally-Representative Sample.” Socius.

Saperstein, Aliya, Jessica M. Kizer and Andrew M. Penner. 2016. β€œMaking the Most of Multiple Measures: Disentangling the Effects of Different Dimensions of Race in Survey Research.” American Behavioral Scientist 60(4):519-537.

Saperstein, Aliya, Andrew M. Penner and Jessica M. Kizer. 2014. β€œThe Criminal Justice System and the Racialization of Perceptions.” The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 651(1):104-121.

2017 Charles A. Lave Paper Prize for Creative Modeling in the Social Sciences
2017 UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, Alternate