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Welcome! I am Davon Norris, Assistant Professor of Organizational Studies and Sociology (by courtesy) and Faculty Associate at the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics at the University of Michigan.
My research is broadly oriented to understanding how our ways of determining what is valuable informs patterns of inequality with an acute focus on racism and racial inequality. Often, this means I study the history, construction, and operation of various ratings, scores, and rankings whether that be at the government level (e.g., government credit ratings) or individual level (e.g., consumer credit scores). Other work that comes out of this interest in valuation processes further probes questions related to finance and the role of credit and debt in shaping inequality. In newer work, I am turning my attention to questions at the intersection of debt and municipal water provision.
My research has been published in outlets such as American Sociological Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, Nature Human Behaviour, Social Forces, Socio-Economic Review, and Social Problems, and has received awards from the Future of Privacy Forum and American Sociological Association. My work has been funded by the American Sociological Association.
I am a three-time Buckeye receiving my BS in Accounting (2014), my MA in Sociology (2018), and my PhD (2022) in Sociology all from THE Ohio State University.
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