About
Catalina Anampa Castro is a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at the University of Michigan, where she is an affiliate with the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics and a Population Studies Center trainee at the Institute for Social Research.
Her dissertation projects consist of two lines of research. The first examines wealth as an outcome of social inequality through examining the work and family dimensions to wealth accumulation. The second line of research looks at wealth as a driver of social inequality, specifically examining how parental resources influence children’s educational outcomes and contribute to the intergenerational transmission of inequality.
Catalina’s research has received funding and grant support from Poverty Solutions, the University of Michigan Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics, the Rackham Partnerships for Access, Community, and Excellence (PACE) group, and the American Sociological Association's Section for Aging and Life Course.
Before joining the department, Catalina became interested in demographic research after joining the Minnesota Population Center as a research assistant. Catalina received a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Sociology from the University of Minnesota.
