Marcus Britton
- Associate Professor, Sociology
- Affiliated Assoc. Professor, Urban Studies
Education
- Ph.D., Sociology, Northwestern University
Office Hours
- Bolton Hall, 728
- Tuesdays 2:00-3:00pm
Courses Taught
- SOCIOL 324: Race and Ethnicity in Global Contexts
- SOCIOL 330: Economy and Society
- SOCIOL 361: Research Methods in Sociology
- SOCIOL 901: Urban Social Structure
- SOCIOL 982: Advanced Quantitative Analysis
Research Interests
- Urban Sociology
- Racial Segregation & Integration
- Racial & Place-based Inequality
Selected Publications
Isaac, Victoria and Marcus L. Britton. Forthcoming. "
"Arts Education and Black and Latinx Student Achievement and Attainment: Evidence from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009." Sociological Perspectives
Shin, H. , Aliaga-Linares, L. , & Britton, M. L. (2017) Social Science Research , 66, 234-247.
Goldsmith, P. R., Britton, M. L., Reese, B. , & Velez, W. (2017) Will Moving to a Better Neighborhood Help? Teenage Residential Mobility, Change of Context and Young-Adult Educational Attainment. Urban Affairs Review , 53(2), 305–337.
Britton, M. L. (2016) 15(3), 338–340. City & Community.
Britton, M. L., & Velez, W. (2015) CENTRO Journal , 26(1).
Britton, M. L. (2014) Latino Spatial and Structural Assimilation: Close Intergroup Friendships among Houston-Area Latinos. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies , 40(8), 1192-1216.
Britton, M. L., & Shin, H. (2013) Social Science & Medicine , 98, 37-45.
Britton, M. L. (2013) Race/Ethnicity, Attitudes and Living with Parents during Young Adulthood. Journal of Marriage and Family , 75, 995-1013.
Britton, M. L., & Goldsmith, P. R. (2013) Keeping People in Their Place? Young-Adult Mobility and the Persistence of Residential Segregation in U.S. Metropolitan Areas. Urban Studies , 50(14), 2886-2903.
Britton, M. L. (2012) . City & Community , 11(2), 224, 225. Wiley Blackwell.
Britton, M. L. (2011) Silver, H. (Ed). City & Community, Wiley , 10(2), 182-204.
Britton, M. L. (2008) "My Regular Spot": Race and Territory in Urban Public Space. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography , 37(4), 442-468.
Britton, M. L. (2007) Urbanization and Spatial Organization: Hospital and Orphanage Location in Chicago, 1848-1916. Social Forces , 85, 1303-1317.