Cherrie is a senior research fellow at CEPR. She is studying for her PhD in sociology at Harvard University and her research interests include class, race, gender, labor unions, and social policy. In particular, she is interested in the relationship between neoliberal public policies and racial, economic, and gender inequality, especially in a US context. At Harvard, she studies the causes and consequences of racial wealth and income inequality, labor and social movements, crime and punishment, and alternatives to capitalism.
Cherrie has previously worked as a research associate at CEPR, conducting research on the labor market experiences of poor and minority workers and the benefits of union representation. She has also been a contributor to the Girl w/ Pen blog at The Society Pages and has managed the large microdata extracts at CEPRdata.org.