Kathryn Kay O’Neill is a Ph.D. student in sociology and demography at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research interests focus on poverty, intergenerational mobility, and quantitative methodology and measurement, particularly on topics which can be applied to inform public policy. She has worked as a policy analyst at the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, and holds a Masters of Public Policy from UC Riverside and a Bachelor’s degree in Community and Regional Development with a minor in Linguistics from UC Davis.

Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology and Demography, University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology and Demography, University of Pennsylvania
M.P.P., Public Policy, University of California, Riverside, 2019
B.S., Community and Regional Development, University of California, Davis, 2015
Entered Program:
2022
First Year Paper Advisor:
Xi Song
Second Year Paper Advisor:
Paula Fomby