Sasha Joffre
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
University of Washington
In the News:
- Johfre and Colleagues Study the Social Construction of Age in the Context of Healthcare (04/26/2024)
- CSDE Welcomes 4 New Research Affiliates (02/02/2024)
- New Research Co-authored by Johfre Examines the Social Construction of Age (02/02/2024)
Sasha Johfre is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and core faculty in the Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences at the University of Washington. Her research considers the creation and consequences of conceptual categories, including ways that human difference (e.g. based on gender, race, age, etc.) is seen as real and natural. Her overall goal is to create new conceptual and methodological tools that help people understand, interrogate, and intentionally engage in social processes. She is currently working on projects related to what I call the "natural-is-better cultural logic"; age as a socially constructed system of inequality; methods to more responsibly measure and interrogate social difference; and the intersectionality of interpersonal perception of social categories.