A Ph.D. student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago, David Schalliol's interests span urban sociology, social stratification, visual sociology, culture and the sociology of education. He is currently focusing on the role of inequality in the construction of the built environment. David has been involved in a variety of professional research activities including leadership and post-secondary transition studies at the Consortium on Chicago School Research as well as investigations of the organizational context of knowledge production at NORC's Data Research and Development Center. He earned his master's degree in sociology from the University of Chicago in 2004. Prior to enrollment in the University of Chicago, David was Research Director of the Ohio Public Expenditure Council and previously researched for public and private research institutions. He earned his bachelor's degree in Social and Political Economy, with a concentration in Public Policy, from Kenyon College in 1999. Visit the photography section of this website for a sampling of his sociologically directed visual work.  
David is the Visiting Assistant Professor of Social Sciences at the Illinois Institute of Technology. Courses taught include:
He also taught the Explore Chicago course Photographing Chicago Landscapes at DePaul University and worked as a teaching assistant in the following courses at the University of Chicago:
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