Joscha Legewie
Associate Professor of Sociology
Harvard University
jlegewie@fas.harvardsdsr223@nyu.edu.edu
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Education
Ph.D. Sociology, Columbia University, 2013
M.A. Sociology, Columbia University, 2010
B.A. Social Science, HU-Berlin, 2006
Selected Publications
Legewie, Joscha and Nino Cricco (2022): Long-Term Exposure to Neighborhood Policing and the Racial/Ethnic Gap in High School Graduation. Demography, forthcoming
Legewie, Joscha and Jeffrey Fagan (2019): Aggressive Policing and the Educational Performance of Minority Youth. American Sociological Review [PDF, Preprint]
Figures, Kalisha Dessource and Joscha Legewie (2019). Visualizing Police Exposure by Race, Gender and Age in New York City. Socius[PDF]
Legewie, Joscha (2018): Living on the Edge: Neighborhood Boundaries and the Spatial Dynamics of Violent Crime. Demography 55 (5): 1957–1977 [PDF, Preprint]
Legewie, Joscha (2016): Racial Profiling and Use of Force in Police Stops: How Local Events Trigger Periods of Increased Discrimination. American Journal of Sociology 122 (2): 379–424 [PDF]
Legewie, Joscha and Merlin Schaeffer (2016): Contested Boundaries: Explaining Where and When Ethno-Racial Diversity Provokes Neighborhood Conflict. American Journal of Sociology 122 (1): 125–161 [PDF]
Legewie, Joscha and Thomas DiPrete (2014): The High School Environment and the Gender Gap in Science and Engineering. Sociology of Education 87 (4): 259-280 [PDF]
Legewie, Joscha and Thomas DiPrete (2014): Pathways to Science and Engineering Bachelor's Degrees for Men and Women. Sociological Science 1: 41-48 [PDF]
Legewie, Joscha (2013): Terrorist Events and Attitudes toward immigrants: A Natural Experiment. American Journal of Sociology 118 (5): 1199-1245 [PDF]
Legewie, Joscha and Thomas DiPrete (2012): School Context and the Gender Gap in Educational Achievement. American Sociological Review 77(3): 463-485 [PDF]
Legewie, Joscha (2012): Die Schätzung von kausalen Effekten: Überlegungen zu Methoden der Kausalanalyse anhand von Kontexteffekten in der Schule. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie 64 (1): 123–153 [PDF]
Legewie, Joscha and Heike Solga (2012): Social Class – An Extension or Critique to "Return to Education"? Comment on Bukodi and Goldthorpe. Longitudinal and Life Course Studies 3 (2): 285-296.
Legewie, Joscha and Thomas DiPrete (2009): Family Determinants of the Changing Gender Gap in Educational Attainment: A Comparison of the U.S. and Germany. Journal of Applied Social Science Studies (Schmollers Jahrbuch) 129 (2): 1-13. [PDF]
Legewie, Joscha (2008): Zum Einfluss der regionalen Arbeitslosigkeit auf Einstellungen zur sozialen Gerechtigkeit. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie 60 (2): 287-314.
Legewie, Joscha and Arno Simons (2008): Zur Rationalität von Selbstmordattentätern. Überlegungen zur Anwendung von Rational-Choice Theorien. In: S. Shikano, T. Bräuninger, J. Behnke (Eds.), Jahrbuch für Handlungs- und Entscheidungstheorie, Vol. 5. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag.
Replication Materials
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