Lincoln Quillian

Lincoln Quillian
Alma materUniversity of Chicago, Harvard University
Known forWork on social stratification and racial segregation
Scientific career
FieldsSociology
InstitutionsNorthwestern University
ThesisThe dynamics of concentrated urban poverty (1997)
Doctoral advisorChristopher Winship

Lincoln Grey Quillian is an American sociologist. He is currently a professor in the Department of Sociology at Northwestern University, where he is also a faculty fellow at the Institute for Policy Research. His work focuses on social stratification, racial segregation, and racial attitudes. For example, he was the lead author of a 2017 meta-analysis which showed that rates of discrimination against African Americans in field experiments had not significantly changed since 1989.

Quillian was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2019.