Brent Hoagland

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.

Organizations, Occupations, and Work · Economic Sociology · Culture and Cognition · Social Stratification and Inequality · Social Networks and Computational Methods

Hoagland, Brent and Hana Shepherd. 2026. “Organizational Consolidation: How Organizations Reflect or Refract Societal Hierarchies.” American Sociological Review 91(5):731–64. https://doi.org/10.1177/00031224261475238

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.