Katherine S. Newman's research interests include urban poverty, occupational mobility, and subjective dimensions of economic dislocation. Her current research focuses on the long-term career pathways of low-wage workers and the impact of tight labor markets on the working poor. She is inaugurating research in Japan on transitions from school to work among students from low prestige schools and a project in India on labor market access for educated professionals from low caste backgrounds. Newman is the director of Princeton's Global Network on Inequality, a collaborative project with Harvard University's Inequality and Social Policy program. Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley.