What advice do you have for emerging scholars in your field?
“Regardless of field of study, I recommend strongly that emerging scholars read broadly: in history, psychology, sociology, economics, and political science. While expertise requires specialization, real knowledge requires breadth, and understanding the causes and consequences of inequality requires the ability to comprehend not only the many dimensions of the problem but also the very different ways that different disciplines think about theory and evidence.”

Mario Small is the Grafstein Family Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. From 2012 to 2014, he served as Dean of the Social Sciences at the University of Chicago. You may access the entire interview here.