The Role of Catholic Schools in Reducing Educational and Economic Inequality

Laura Nichols is an associate professor of sociology at Santa Clara University. Her research is in
the areas of participatory program planning and evaluation, the application of sociology in nonprofit
organizations, the study of inequalities, the experiences of first-generation college students, and
teaching about inequality. She co-edited the book Undocumented and in College (Fordham
University Press, 2017), with Terry-Ann Jones from Fairfield University, about the experiences of
undocumented students at Jesuit universities.