Sociology

Matt Snipp

Burnet C. and Mildred Finley Wohlford Professor of Humanities and Sciences
Matt  Snipp

C. Matthew Snipp is the Burnet C. and Mildred Finley Wohlford Professor of Humanities and Sciences in the Department of Sociology at Stanford University and Vice Provost for Faculty Diversity and Engagement. He is also the Director of the Stanford IRiSS Secure Data Center, and he formerly directed Stanford’s Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE).

Before moving to Stanford in 1996, he was a Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He has been a Research Fellow at the U.S. Bureau of the Census and a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences.

He has published three books and over 70 articles and book chapters on demography, economic development, poverty, and unemployment. His current research and writing explore the methodology of racial measurement, changes in the social and economic well-being of American ethnic minorities, and American Indian education. For nearly ten years, he served as an appointed member of the Census Bureau’s Racial and Ethnic Advisory Committee.

Director, Secure Data Center
2007–present
Stanford Principal Investigator, National Longitudinal Study on Adolescent to Adult Health
2016–present
Acting Director, Institute for Research in the Social Sciences
2019–2020
Deputy Director, Institute for Research in the Social Sciences
2016–2019
Associate Director, Center for Population Research
2013–2015
Faculty Advisory Committee, Institute for Research in the Social Sciences
2010–2014