The Harvard University Department of Sociology

Graduate Students in Sociology

 
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Eleni Arzoglou
Sociology

Sociology of Culture, Political Sociology, Globalisation and the European Union


563 WJH 
617-496-3695

Asad Lugman Asad
Sociology

Crime, Law, and Deviance; Culture; Inequality; International Migration; Political Sociology; Public Policy


563 WJH 

Stefan Beljean
Sociology

Organizations, Occupations, and Work / Science, Knowledge, and Technology
With a special focus on: standardization and formalization / performance measurement and incentive systems / quantification, metrics and data practices


574 WJH 

Monica Clarice Bell
Sociology and Social Policy

Urban and Rural Sociology; Poverty and Economic Inequality; Law and Society; Social Welfare Policy; Qualitative Methodology; Race, Gender, and Class


641 WJH 

Jovonne Bickerstaff
Sociology

African American couples, relationship maintenance, intersections of culture and gender, 1st generation black French, negotiations of national identity & boundaires of belonging for 1st generation nationals, everyday anti-racism, qualitative methods


 

Deirdre Bloome
Sociology and Social Policy

Inequality, mobility, quantitative methods


436 WJH 

Shawna Bowden Vican
Sociology

organizations; labor markets; gender and work


528 WJH 
617-496-4917

Kreg Steven Brown
Sociology

Racial and ethnic inequality, work and employment, networks and social capital, social stratification, culture, racial and ethnic identity.


541 WJH 

Anmol Chaddha
Sociology and Social Policy

urban political economy, racial inequality, urban labor markets, urban economic development, political sociology


 

Curtis K. Chan
Sociology and
Organizational Behavior

Occupations, organizations, and work; meaning at work; organizational culture; identity


609 WJH 

Victor Tan Chen
Sociology and Social Policy

Primary: Work and labor markets; poverty and joblessness; social stratification and inequality; health policy; qualitative methods.

Secondary: Comparative social policy; globalization; urban sociology; economic development; social movements.


[Off-campus] 

Geniece Crawford
Sociology

race and ethnic relations; crime; sociology of youth development (esp. at-risk/high-risk youth); sociology of education;


576 WJH 
617-496-3852

Oana Dan
Sociology

Political sociology, public opinion, transnational institutions, citizenship; civil society; policy and political marketing; the European Union.


CGIS K-265
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
1737 Cambridge St.
Cambridge, MA 02138  
(617) 495-4488

Caitlin Daniel
Sociology

Culture, family, education, migration.


543 WJH 

Katie Derzon
Sociology

Theories of Punishment, Mass Incarceration, Reentry, and Community Corrections.


WJH 609 

Nicole Deterding
Sociology and Social Policy

Sociology of education, stratification and social mobility, immigration, organizations, multi-method research design


536 WJH 

Katherine Drake
Sociology

Education, Social Class Inequality, Community Service, Asia


Mather House, Office 24
10 Copperthwaite St.
Cambridge, MA 02138  

Mazen Elfakhani
Sociology

Race and Financial Distress; Social Capital; Migration; Political and Economic Sociology; Religious Nonaffiliation; Sociology of Knowledge


563 WJH 
617-496-3695

Burak Eskici
Sociology

Inequality and poverty, development and network theory.


404 WJH 

Vince Feng
Sociology

Economic Sociology, Culture and Inequality, and Comparative East Asian Societies (Regional and Historical)


 

Anny Fenton
Sociology

Sociology of Health, Inequality, Networks, Neighborhoods, Race, Demography, Discrimination, Immigration/Migration, and Education


611 WJH 

Evgeny Firsov
Sociology

ethnic networks, organizations, economic sociology, sociology of non-profits, sociology of financial institutions


576 WJH 
617-496-3852

Ethan A. Fosse
Sociology

Political Sociology, Social Stratification, Quantitative and Qualitative Methodology


522 WJH 
617-699-1857

Nathan Fosse
Sociology

social stratification, sociology of health, sociology of culture


 

Carl Gershenson
Sociology

Political Sociology, Economic Sociology, Historical Methods, Quantitative Methods


564 WJH 

Andreea D. Gorbatai
Sociology and
Organizational Behavior



Cotting 324A, Harvard Business School 

Sara Sternberg Greene
Sociology and Social Policy

inequality, crime and deviance, sociology of law, the financial lives of the poor, immigration


 
617-496-3846

Maocan Guo
Sociology

Comparative social stratification and mobility, labor market analysis and economic sociology, comparative political economy, social development, and quantitative methods


404 WJH 
617-495-9748

Patrick Hamm
Sociology

Primary: post-socialist transition, comparative political economy, Russia, China
Secondary: work and labor markets, economic sociology, social theory


 

Gru Han
Sociology

Organizations & Work, Gender, Crime, Law & Deviance, and Urban Sociology.


574 WJH 
617-496-3695

Elizabeth Hansen
Sociology and
Organizational Behavior

Organizations and identity


609  

Erin Henry
Sociology and
Organizational Behavior

interorganizational collaboration, entrepreneurship, development, and urban sociology


Harvard Business School Wyss 203  

Nicole Arlette Hirsch
Sociology

Cultural sociology; antiracism and destigmatization; political art; general interest in race, ethnicity, and inequality.


 

Megan Holland
Sociology

education, race, gender, youth crime and deviance


 

Sabrina Huang
Sociology

organizations, culture, gender, development, economic sociology and China.


609 WJH 

David Hureau
Sociology and Social Policy

Violence, gangs, urban neighborhoods, social networks and micro-sociology


 

Jackelyn Hwang
Sociology and Social Policy

Urban Sociology, Social Policy, Inequality, Race and Ethnicity, Culture, and Education.


641 WJH 

Dong-Kyun Im
Sociology

Development, Globalization, Economic Sociology, Networks


 

Anthony Abraham Jack
Sociology

Race/Ethnicity, Culture, Family, Social Cognitive Theory, Urban Poverty, Gender, Educational Opportunity, Inequality, Public Policy


511 WJH 

Jiwook Jung
Sociology

Organization, Social network, Economic sociology, Methodology


532 WJH 
617-496-3443

Matthew Kaliner
Sociology

Community and urban sociology, neighborhood effects, housing markets, crime and criminology, social movements and political protest, political sociology, GIS and spatial analysis.


576 WJH 

Christy Ley Kidner
Sociology

Cultural Sociology, Economic Sociology, Organizations, Inequality, Gender, Qualitative Methods


641 WJH 

Soohan Kim
Sociology

Work, Organization, Economic Sociology, Labor Markets


641 WJH 

Una Kim de Vitton
Sociology and
Organizational Behavior

institutions, organizations, collective action, industrial governance, development, human capital formation


 

Carly Knight
Sociology

Political Sociology, Historical Methodology, Social Theory


458 WJH 

Joseph Krupnick
Sociology

ethnography, inequality, religion, crime


 
617-496-3695

Anshul Kumar
Sociology

Global Health and Development, Marriage


568.5 

Dong Ju Lee
Sociology

Gender Inequality; Comparative Culture Studies; Social Institutions and Gender Relations; Labor Markets and Gendered Labor process; Population Control and Reproductive Rights; Work-family Conflicts, Feminist Movements; Sexuality


584 WJH 

Theodore S. Leenman

Quantitative Methods, Inequality, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Organizations, and Political Sociology


641 WJH 

Jeremy R. Levine
Sociology

Urban sociology, political sociology, race and ethnic relations, networks, inequality, public policy.


458 WJH 

Kevin Lewis
Sociology

culture, social networks, theory, social psychology, family, inequality


33 Kirkland Street Cambridge, MA 02138  
617-493-6872

Joyce Liu
Sociology

Cultural Sociology, Economic Sociology, Sociology of Arts, Comparative Organizational Analysis, Contemporary Chinese Society, Stratification.


563 WJH 

Jundai Liu
Sociology

political sociology, sociology of development, China


576 WJH 
617-496-3695

Charles Loeffler
Sociology

Crime, Criminal Justice, Decision-making


CGIS N426
1737 Cambridge Street
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138  

Danilo Mandic
Sociology

Comparative historical sociology; nationalism, post-Communist transitions, Balkan history, US foreign policy and social theory.


Center for European Studies, LL9 

Ryann Manning
Sociology and
Organizational Behavior

Organizations, International Development, Africa, Latin America, Organizational Change, Innovation


643 WJH 

Amanda Merryman
Sociology and
Organizational Behavior

Dissent in Organizations, Employee and Stakeholder Voice, Social Movements and Organizations, Sociology of Work and Professions


Wyss Hall, Harvard Business School  

Jonathan Jan Benjamin Mijs
Sociology

Economic Sociology, Education (Meritocracy), Organizations, International Migration, Racial and Ethnic Minorities


611 WJH 

Ekédi Mpondo-Dika
Sociology

Ethnicity, Gender, Death and Bereavement, Economic and Cultural Sociology.


611 WJH 

Christopher Muller
Sociology

Incarceration, racial inequality, economic history, analytical sociology, philosophy of science.


436 WJH 

Eun Sil Oh
Sociology

Social Policy, Gender, Economic Sociology and Social Movement


584 WJH 

Ann Owens
Sociology and Social Policy

Urban sociology, sociology of education, social stratification and inequality, social policy, sociological research methods, sociology of the family


460 WJH 
5-9838

Uh Young Park
Sociology

Migration, Ethnic Relations, Family and Culture.


541 WJH 
617-496-3476

Tamara Pavasovic Trost
Sociology

Ethnicity and religion, ethnic violence and nationalism, collective memory and identity, political socialization, ethnic distance/stereotypes in children; textbook analysis; Balkan area


511 WJH 

Kristin Perkins
Sociology and Social Policy

Inequality, urban sociology


460 WJH 

Kim Pernell
Sociology

Organizations, Economic Sociology, Political Sociology, Workplace Inequality


511 WJH 

Sanjay Pinto
Sociology and Social Policy

economic inequality; social identity and exclusion; flexible and informal work; varieties of capitalism; post-industrial transformation and "late" industrialization; neoliberalism; global value chains; the relationship between economic and social policy; bridging normative social philosophy and positive political economy


 

Cassi L. Pittman
Sociology and Social Policy

Racial Inequality, Race and Ethnic Relations, Consumption, Economic Sociology, Social Networks


574 WJH 
617-496-3695

Faaiza Rashid
Sociology and
Organizational Behavior

Organizational learning and innovation, knowledge integration, strategy, designing high performance teams


 

Erin Reid
Sociology and
Organizational Behavior

organizations, gender, identity, sustainability


Morgan Hall T81
Harvard Business School  

Jacqueline Rivers
Sociology and
Afro-American Studies

Research that contributes to the understanding and amelioration of black academic underachievement, with a focus on culture, family, and schools.


643 WJH 
617-496-3852

Cassandra Robertson
Sociology

Gender, development, education and inequality.


643 WJH 

Eva Rosen
Sociology and Social Policy

Ethnographic methods, neighborhood effects, urban sociology, cultural sociology, migration, and crime and re-entry.


536 WJH 
617-466-9226

Rupert Russell
Sociology

Motion Picture and Television Production; Media & Politics; Conservative & Progressive Movements; Theory


522 William James Hall 

Jasmin Sandelson
Sociology

Culture; Theory; Race, Gender and Class; Community and Urban Sociology; Science, Knowledge, and Technology


643 WJH 

Alvaro Santana-Acuña
Sociology

Theory, historical sociology, cultural sociology, sociology of art (literature) and sociology of knowledge.


33 Kirkland Street, Cambridge, MA 02138  

Daniel Schrage
Sociology

Labor market discrimination; Racial inequality; Spatial dimensions of inequality; Quantitative methods


528 WJH 
617-495-4917

Tracey Shollenberger
Sociology and Social Policy

Juvenile and criminal justice, public education, inequality, research methods


563 WJH 

Jessica T. Simes
Sociology

Incarceration, Inequality, Racial and Ethnic Relations, Immigration/Migration, Urban Sociology, and Social Policy


622 WJH 

Ben Snyder
Sociology

Political and economic sociology, race, networks and quantitative methods.


404 WJH 

Benjamin Sosnaud
Sociology

Health inequalities, poverty, political sociology and political institutions


609 WJH 

Sameer B. Srivastava
Sociology and
Organizational Behavior

Organizations, Occupations, and Work; Economic Sociology.


Morgan Hall T-69 Harvard Business School Boston, MA 02163  
617-895-8707

Jennifer Sykes
Sociology and Social Policy

Social policy, Poverty and inequality, Social services administration, Child and family welfare


Kennedy School of Government - Taubman 419, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA 02138  

Vaughn Tan
Sociology and
Organizational Behavior

Organizations, amorphous boundaries, knowledge production, boundary permeability, information efficiency, multiplex networks


Morgan Hall T71
Harvard Business School
Boston, MA 02163

William James Hall 563
33 Kirkland St
Cambridge, MA 02138  

Chana Teeger
Sociology

Culture, Collective Memory and Commemoration, Transitional Justice, South Africa


609 WJH 

Jessica Tollette
Sociology

Race/Racial Identity, Class, Gender, Inequality, and Organizations


643 WJH 

Beth Truesdale
Sociology

Organizations, Urban Sociology, Stratification, Social Policy, and Social Movements


611 WJH 

Catherine Turco
Sociology

Economic and Cultural Sociology, Organizations, Gender, Ethnography, Qualitative Methods


 

Alba N. Villamil
Sociology

Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Culture, Collective Behavior and Social Movements, and Social Psychology


543 WJH 

Joshua Wakeham
Sociology

Organizations, Juvenile Justice, Social Services, Law, Justice and Morality, Cognition and Knowledge, Decision-Making and Sense-Making, Social Theory, Pragmatism, Ethnography and Qualitative Methods


618 WJH 

Chi Wang
Sociology

China, Inequality, Stratification, and Social Movements.


484 WJH 

Jessica Welburn
Sociology

Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Family, Culture, Qualitative Methodology


404 WJH 
617-496-3443

Holly Michelle Wood
Sociology

Inequality and stratification, housing and social policy, social mobility, wealth and poverty, culture, social theory, political sociology, qualitative research methods, cartographic and spatial analytical methods


643 WJH 

Daniel Wu

Urban/regional, cultural, political, comparative, and historical sociology, identity, social movements


563 WJH 

Hsin-Chao Wu
Sociology

Cultural changes and continuity in the course of economic development, and local culture under state regulation


541 WJH 
617-496-3852

LeTian Zhang
Sociology



568 WJH 

Pavel Zhelyazkov
Sociology and
Organizational Behavior

Organizational behavior, network analysis.


 

Yun Zhou
Sociology

Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Theory; Inequality and Stratification; Development; Education; Comparative and Historical Sociology; East Asian Societies (China and Japan)


543 WJH 

Queenie Zhu
Sociology and Social Policy

Urban Sociology, Social Policy, Stratification and Inequality, Race and Ethnicity, Immigration, and Education.


79 JFK Street, Taubman 469 Cambridge, MA 02138