Using methods ranging from causal inference to ethnography, Dr. Wyndham’s research examines mechanisms that create and sustain racial inequality in contemporary American society. Their current research focuses on the intertwined nature of race and place to investigate the spatial production of racial inequality in suburbs. Their recent book, Diversityland: Hiding Racial Inequality in an American Suburb (University of California Press), examines racial ideologies and inequality in one of the most racially diverse suburbs in the nation. Dr. Wyndham also leads the St. Louis Zoning Atlas (STLZA), which collected, standardized, and mapped all zoning ordinances in the St. Louis metropolitan area. With WashU students, Dr. Wyndham is using the STLZA data to understand how zoning contributes to racial and class inequalities in the region. 

 

Dr. Wyndham's research has been supported by the National Science Foundation and has appeared in the American Journal of Sociology, the American Sociological Review, Social Forces, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, and more