Elaina Johns-Wolfe, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Sociology
Education
Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Cincinnati
M.A. in Sociology, Ball State University
B.S. in Sociology, Ball State University
Research Interests
My scholarly research agenda considers the ways in which racial stratification has shaped housing and health in urban contexts over time. Although I am open to all methodological approaches, I am primarily a social demographer. Hence, in my current research I rely on statistical methods to analyze large quantitative datasets with the goal of producing findings that can inform both scholarly and policy debates surrounding inequities in housing and health. The central question that drives my current research is: How is space used as a mechanism of inequality? I have three projects that address this question by measuring different aspects of spatial inequality.
Publications and Media Placements
2024 Swanstrom, Todd, Ifeanyi Ukpabi, and Elaina Johns-Wolfe. 鈥淭he People-Place Dilemma: The Challenge for Anchor Networks in Legacy Cities.鈥� Metropolitan Universities Journal ().
2023 Hall, Matthew, Jeffrey M. Timberlake, and Elaina Johns-Wolfe. 鈥淩acial Steering as a Dynamic Process: Evidence from the Housing Discrimination Study.鈥� Socius ().
Broscoe, Molly, Elaina Johns-Wolfe, and Michelle McGowan. 鈥淢apping Abortion Access: Teaching about Abortion through Geography.鈥� Feminist Pedagogy ().
2022 Smith, Mikaela H., Zoe Muzyczka, Payal Chakraborty, Elaina Johns-Wolfe, Jenny Higgins, Danielle Bessett, and Allison Norris. 鈥淎bortion Travel Within the United States: An Observational Study of Cross-State Movement to Obtain Abortion Care in 2017.鈥� The Lancet Regional Health 鈥� Americas ().