Dustin Avent-Holt
Associate Dean
Professor
Academic Appointment(s)
Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Department of Social Sciences
Education
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Ph.D., Sociology
University of Massachusetts at, 2012
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MS, Sociology
North Carolina State Universit, 2005
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BA, Sociology
Georgia State University, 2003
Awards & Honors
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Center for Social Science Research Fellowship
Center for Social Science Research, 2021
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Louis K. Bell Research Award
Augusta University, 2020
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Max Weber Book Award
Organizations, Occupations, and Work Section, American Sociological Association, 2020
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Outstanding Book Award
Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility Section, American Sociological Association, 2020
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Faculty Award for Excellence in Research
Pamplin College, 2019
Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year
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SOCI 3380
Sociological Theory
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HONR 3900H
Honors: Breaking Boundaries
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SOCI 4950
Selected Topics: Economy & Society: Pandemics
Teaching Interests
Social Stratification and Inequalities
Sociology of Work and Organizations
Economic Sociology
Political Sociology
Sociological Theory
Scholarship
Selected Recent Publications
- The Great Separation: Segregation at Work in Eleven Countries, 2024
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Within-Job Gender Pay Inequality in 15 Countries, 2023
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Egalitarianism and the Concept of Economic Rent in Distributional Inequalities, 2022
Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Review of Rent-Seekers, Profits, Wages, and Inequality: The Top 20% by Péter Mihályi and Iván Szelényi, 2020
Book Review
- Rising Between Workplace Inequalities in High Income Countries., 2020
Journal Article, Academic Journal
Research Interests
Social Stratification and Inequalities
Sociology of Work and Organizations
Economic Sociology
Political Sociology
Sociological Theory
Department Service
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Sociology Curriculum Committee
2013 - Present
Role: Committee Member
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Faculty Recruitment Committee
2017 - 2017
Role: Committee Member
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Faculty Recruitment Committee
2016 - 2016
Role: Committee Member
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Retention, Progress, and Graduation ad-hoc Committee
2015 - 2016
Role: Committee Member
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Faculty Recruitment Committee, Department of Sociology, Criminal Justice, & Social Work, Georgia Regents University
2013 - 2015
College Service
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Faculty Research and Development Committee
2021 - Present
Role: Committee Member
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Advisory Board of the Social Science Research Center
2018 - 2021
Role: Committee Member
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Ad-Hoc By-Laws Review Committee, Pamplin College
2021 - 2021
Role: Committee Member
University Service
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Advisory Committee, Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship
2021 - Present
Role: Committee Member
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Institutional Review Board B-Social Science
2017 - Present
Role: Committee Member
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Intramural Grants Program
2021 - 2021
Role: Grant Proposal Reviewer, Internal
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Intramural Grants Program
2020
Role: Grant Proposal Reviewer, Internal
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AU Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity
2019 - 2019
Role: Grant Proposal Reviewer, Internal
Professional Service
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Committee on the Profession, Southern Sociological Society
2020 - Present
Role: Member
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Socio-Economic Review
2020 - Present
Role: Editorial Review Board Member
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Work in Progress, Public Sociology blog of the American Sociological Association
2019 - Present
Role: Editor, Associate Editor
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Max Weber Best Book Award, OOW, ASA
- 2021
Role: Committee Member
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Outstanding Book Award, IPM, ASA
- 2021
Public Service
