Background

Peyton is a Ph.D. candidate in the Sociology department at the University of Chicago. She received her BA in Sociology at Princeton University in 2020. After college, Peyton worked to increase the quality of after school programming for K-5th graders in Central Texas as an AmeriCorps VISTA with the Andy Roddick Foundation.

Research

Peyton in interested in understanding the visible and invisible pathways available to students in higher education institutions as they move through their educational career; to examine the sense of belonging students have in their lives; and to explore how students from systemically underrepresented backgrounds find and assert dignity in academic institutions.