Brent Hoagland

Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, Rutgers University
I study how organizations shape inequality, how networks structure social life, and how workplaces can become more inclusive for neurodivergent people. My work draws on ethnography, social network analysis, and computational methods.

Research Interests
Organizations, Occupations, and Work · Culture and Cognition · Social Networks and Computational Methods · Social Stratification and Inequality
Publications

Hoagland, Brent and Hana Shepherd. Forthcoming. “Organizational Consolidation and the Shape of Inequality: When and How Organizations Reproduce or Refract Societal Hierarchies.” American Sociological Review.

Lee, Seukyoung, Steven R. Brechin, Brent Hoagland, and Danielle Falzon. 2026. “Climate Financing and Development.” In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Environmental Justice, edited by D. E. Taylor. SAGE.

Shepherd, Hana and Brent Hoagland. 2025. “Social Cognition.” In Handbook of Social Psychology: Micro, Meso, and Macro Orientations, edited by J. E. Stets, K. A. Hegtvedt, and L. Doan. Springer.

Contact
brent.hoagland@rutgers.edu · ORCID