
Michael Esposito
he/him
Sociology
Room 909 Social Sciences Building
267 19th Ave S
Minneapolis,
MN
55455
Collegiate Affiliation
My research identifies the structural mechanisms that generate population health inequality in the US, with a particular focus on racial and class-based disparities. I examine how Black and working class Americans have consistently experienced disproportionate illness and premature death compared to their White and professional class peers. My work demonstrates that these durable disparities stem from racism and classism embedded in our political, economic, and social systems -- powerful organizing logics that have kept health-relevant privileges and imposed hazards allocated along similar lines for as long as we've been collecting population health data.