Stephanie M. Baran

Stephanie M. Baran is a sociologist who teaches at Xavier University of Louisiana and lives in New Orleans. Her work examines inequality and cultural practices in the United States. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She is the author of a 2022 book on race, class and precarity published by Rowman and Littlefield. She is also writing a book for Bloomsbury Publishing on New Orleanian death practices. In 2027 she was a Scholarly Retreat resident at A Studio in the Woods, a retreat hosted in partnership with Xavier University.