Tamara K. Nopper

Associate Professor, Sociology
RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE
Tamara K. Nopper is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Rhode Island College. Her teaching and research focuses on the intersection of economic, racial, and gender inequality, with a particular emphasis on entrepreneurship, banking, globalization, and urban development. Her publications have examined immigrant entrepreneurship, minority business development, the globalization of ethnic banking, and Asian American communities. Her current work looks at Korean immigrant entrepreneurship and post-Civil Rights era minority politics. She earned her Ph.D. in sociology at Temple University.
Selected Publication
Tamara K. Nopper, Eve Zelickson
Jun 2023 • Data & Society
Tamara K. Nopper, Eve Zelickson
Jun 2023 • Data & Society
Aug 2020 • Data for Progress
Aug 2020 • Data for Progress
FICO, social networks, and the competing measurements of creditworthimess
Edited by Ruha Benjamin
Jun 2019 • Captivating Technology 170-187 • Duke University Press
Korean Nanks, US Government Agencies, and the Capitalization of Korean Immigrant Small Business in the United States
May 2015 • Kalfou: A Journal of Comparative and Relational Ethnic Studies 1(2):59-86
Media Appearance
Tamara Kneese, Tamara K. Nopper, Iretiolu Akinrinade, Tunika Onnekikami
Nov 2023 • Data & Society
COVID-19, Medical Data, and the Racial Design of Public Health
May 2020 • Data & Society Research Institute
Apr 2019 • Fast Company