Pat Hastings

Biography

Orestes “Pat” Hastings is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Colorado State University. His research focuses on social stratification, inequality, and family demography. He received a B.A. in Mathematics and a B.S. in Physics from Rice University in 2007, before completing a Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley in 2017.Pat uses quantitative methods and computational social science to study social inequalities among families with children. His current research examines how parental investments of time and money are shaped by factors such as family income, education, race/ethnicity, and family structure; how parenting logics and resources intersect; and how various aspects of children’s family environments influence their achievement and long-term wellbeing.

Academic biography

Research topics

His current research examines how parental investments of time and money are shaped by factors such as family income, education, race/ethnicity, and family structure; how parenting logics and resources intersect; and how various aspects of children’s family environments influence their achievement and long-term wellbeing.