Teresa A. Sullivan


Provost, University of Michigan, University of Michigan.
Executive Vice President, Academic Affairs, University of Michigan.
Professor, Sociology, University of Michigan.

Ph.D., University of Chicago

Dr. Sullivan’s research focuses on labor force demography, with particular emphasis on economic marginality and consumer debt.

Recent Publications

Books

Sullivan, Teresa A., E. Warren, and J. L. Westbrook. 2000. The Fragile Middle Class: Americans in Debt. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Journal Articles

Lloyd, K.A., Leicht, K.T., and Teresa A. Sullivan. 2008. "Minority college aspirations, expectations and applications under the Texas Top 10% Law." Social Forces, 86(3): 1105-1137. DOI:10.1353/sof.0.0012. Licensed Access.

Niu, S.X., Sullivan, Teresa A., and M. Tienda. 2008. "Minority Talent Loss and the Texas Top 10 Percent Law." Social Science Quarterly, 89(4): 831-845. DOI:10.1111/j.1540-6237.2008.00586.x. Licensed Access. Worldcat.

Sullivan, Teresa A., E. Warren, and J. Westbrook. 2006. "Less Stigma or More Financial Distress: An Empirical Analysis of the Extraordinary Increase in Bankruptcy Filings." Stanford Law Review, 59(2): 213-256.

Sullivan, Teresa A. 2005. "Gender Differences in Accounts of Bankruptcy." Saint Louis University Law Review, 24(2), 433-443.

Chapters

Sullivan, Teresa A., Elizabeth Warren, and Jay Lawrence Westbrook. 2007. "The middle class in debt." In Intersecting inequalities : class, race, sex, and sexualities. :115-121. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education.

Sullivan, Teresa A. 2005. "Labor Force." In Handbook of Population edited by Dudley L. Poston, Michael Micklin. 209-225. New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.

Sullivan, Teresa A. 2004. "Work-Related Social Problems." In Handbook of Social Problems edited by George Ritzer. 193-208. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.

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