Daniel Alvord joined the Department of Sociology at Oklahoma State University as an Assistant Professor in 2023. His work is primarily concerned with understanding the impact of increasing inequality on local institutions and communities and, in this context, how growing inequality shapes questions of belonging, citizenship, and democratic participation in local communities. His work has appeared in Politics & Society, The Sociological Quarterly, Sociological Forum, Urban Affairs Review, among others.

Research Interests:

Political Sociology, Economic Sociology, Urban and Community Sociology, Immigration, Qualitative Methods