Monica Prasad
Monica Prasad's areas of interest are political sociology, economic sociology, and comparative historical sociology. She has written three award-winning books using comparative and historical methods to examine the political economy of the United States and Europe, including the history and divergent trajectories of welfare states, the rise of “neoliberalism,” and the origins of distinct patterns of economic growth in different countries and their consequences for redistribution.
Her scholarship has received the Fulbright award, the National Science Foundation Early Career Development Award, the Guggenheim Fellowship, and several other grants and awards.
Her new book, Problem-Solving Sociology, is forthcoming from Oxford University Press.
Education
- Ph.D. University of Chicago, 2000 (Sociology)
- M.A. University of Chicago, 1995 (Sociology)
- M.A. Johns Hopkins University, 1993 (Writing Seminars)
- B.A. Yale University, 1991 (English and Religious Studies), summa cum laude
Source: Northwestern University
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