Rate My Professor Rory Kramer

Kramer's contributions include the 2023 book Young, Gifted, and Diverse: Origins of the New Black Elite, published by Princeton University Press and co-authored with Camille Z. Charles, Douglas S. Massey, and Kimberly C. Torres, which explores intraracial diversity among Black undergraduates at elite institutions. Key articles feature Out with the old, in with the new? Habitus and social mobility at selective colleges (Sociology of Education, 2013), Stop, frisk, and assault? Racial disparities in police use of force during investigatory stops (Law & Society Review, 2018), and The slow violence of contemporary policing (Annual Review of Criminology, 2022). He serves on the editorial boards of Sociology of Race and Ethnicity and Sociological Currents, and holds roles on Villanova's Academic Policy Committee, Faculty Rights & Responsibilities Committee, and Faculty Congress. His research on incarceration and redistricting has influenced policy discussions in Pennsylvania.