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Steven Schmidt is an urban sociologist focusing on how rental housing markets exacerbate family inequality. His research delineates the features of rental housing searches—including landlord screening processes, moving timelines, and search strategies—that contribute to inequalities within residential contexts. He further investigates the pressures of displacement and how forced relocations impact family wellbeing. Schmidt specializes in studying the experiences of Latino immigrant families, aiming to bridge the fields of immigration, family studies, and urban sociology. His work has been published in reputable journals such as the American Sociological Review, Social Problems, the Journal of Marriage and Family, and City & Community. Prior to his current role at Boston University, he was a National Science Foundation SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology at the University of Southern California and worked as an affiliated researcher with USC’s Neighborhood Data for Social Change. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Haynes Foundation, USC’s Lusk Center for Real Estate, and the University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States (UC-MEXUS).
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