Guillermina Jasso

Guillermina Jasso is a sociologist who has significantly contributed to the demography of immigration to America. Jasso is currently the Silver professor of sociology at New York University where she was formerly Chair of the Department of Sociology. Jasso's research addresses distributive justice, inequality and stratification, mathematical methods for theoretical analysis, and survey methods for empirical analysis.

Academia She received her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Philosophy from Our Lady of the Lake College in 1962, and in 1970 she received a Master of Arts from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at University of Notre Dame. Jasso received her Ph.D. from the Department of Social Relations at Johns Hopkins University in 1974. Jasso has been an assistant professor at Barnard College and Columbia University, Johns Hopkins University, and University of Michigan. Additionally, she has been a professor at University of Minnesota, University of Iowa, and presently at New York University.

Jasso has served as chair of several sections of the American Sociological Association, including Theory, Methodology, International Migration, Social Psychology, and the Rationality and Society Section. She has been elected to the Executive Council of the Sociological Research Association (2018–2021), where she will serve as president in her final year.

Jasso is a frequent collaborator with Douglas Massey. Jasso's Erdős number is 3.