Dr. Lora Phillips

Biography

Lora Phillips is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Western University. She holds a PhD in Sociology from Ohio State University. Her research focuses on addressing broad questions related to social inequality, particularly how various social factors such as class, age, and racial-ethnic differences impact individuals' exposure to precarious circumstances. Lora is particularly interested in the material precarity that affects community health and well-being, adopting a mixed methods approach. This includes examining socio-demographic inequalities associated with economic insecurity, job loss, housing instability, and food insecurity. She has extensive experience in community-engaged research, eager to collaborate with stakeholders in the London, Ontario region to generate mutually beneficial knowledge. Her areas of specialization include inequality, housing loss, unemployment, income changes, aging adults, health and well-being, and urban sociology.

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