Welcome

My name is Chloe Rosenstock (she/her/hers). I was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, and I attended the University of California, Los Angeles and graduated in 2023 with a bachelor’s in Sociology and Labor Studies, with a minor in Community Engagement and Social Change.

Currently, I am a Ph.D. student in the Department of Sociology at University of Wisconsin – Madison. My research and teaching interests include cultural sociology, urban sociology, family, meritocracy, social networks, poverty, gender, and qualitative methods.

My in-progress masters thesis explores how elite mothers make decisions for their children based on their notions about poverty, meritocracy, and “deservingness.” My research interrogates the relationship between motherhood and the social reproduction of cultural elitism. This research incorporates theories about gender, family, cultural capital, and political economy.

I am passionate about public sociology, breaking down institutional barriers into academia, and housing justice for all.