Michael Esposito

Associate Professor Esposito's 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. Michael's 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.