Assistant Professor | rellis@umsl.edu | 314-516-6825
Rachel Ellis received her Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania in 2017. Using qualitative methods, her research focuses on inequality and incarceration, particularly with respect to gender, race, class, and religion. Her book project is based on 12 months of ethnographic fieldwork inside a U.S. state women’s prison. Rachel’s most recent project is an interview study of women’s reentry.
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About Rachel Ellis
Rachel Ellis received her Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania in 2017. Using qualitative methods, her research focuses on inequality and incarceration, particularly with respect to gender, race, class, and religion. Her book project is based on 12 months of ethnographic fieldwork inside a U.S. state women’s prison. Rachel’s most recent project is an interview study of women’s reentry.
| Present | Assistant Professor, University of Missouri-St. Louis ‐ Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
| 2018 - Present | Research Board Grant |
| University of Missouri-St. Louis | |
| 2014 - 2014 | Joseph H. Fichter Research Grant |
| Association of the Sociology of Religion | |
| 2011 - 2011 | Philip E. Goldfein Research Award |
| Jewish Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania |
Honors and Awards
- Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Mellon/American Council of Learned Societies, 2016-2017
- Honorary Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, 2016-2017
- Honorary Dissertation Fellowship, Louisville Institute, 2016-2017
- Honorary Dissertation Completion Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, 2016-2017
- Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation, 2012-2015
- Constant H. Jacquet Research Award, Religious Research Association, 2014
- Joseph H. Fichter Research Grant, Association for the Sociology of Religion, 2014
- Gertrude and Otto Pollak Summer Research Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, 2013-2014
- Pew Presidential Prize Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania, 2010-2011
- Phillip E. Goldfein Research Award, Jewish Studies Program at the University of Pennsylvania, 2011
- Hoggson Award for Excellence in Sociology, Georgetown University, 2010
| 2017 | PhD, University of Pennslyvania ‐ Sociology | |
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| 2012 | MA, University of Pennslyvania ‐ Sociology | |
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| 2010 | BA, Georgetown University ‐ Sociology and French | |
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