Justin Thomas

About

Justin Thomas specializes in demography, social inequality, quantitative research methods, and applied statistics. His research examines how demographic trends shape social and economic outcomes, with a particular focus on poverty, educational attainment, interracial marriage, and population change. At Yale, Thomas teaches statistics, survey data analysis, and quantitative methods, equipping students with the analytical skills needed to evaluate public policy and conduct rigorous social science research. 

Before joining Yale, he served on the faculty at the University of Michigan's Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. His work combines advanced statistical techniques with demographic analysis to better understand inequality and inform evidence-based policymaking. Through both his teaching and research, Thomas helps students and policymakers use data to answer complex questions about society, population dynamics, and the factors that shape opportunity and well-being.