Harvard Department of Sociology

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Graduate Students in Sociology
John Almandoz Sociology and Organizational Behavior	Organizational behavior, motivation and leadership, ethics in organizations, dealing with failure	Morris F 161 Harvard Business School

Weihua (Edward) An Sociology	Quantitative Methods, Inequality & Social Policy, Sociology of Health	568 WJH 617-496-8769

Eleni Arzoglou Sociology	Sociology of Culture, Political Sociology, Globalisation and the European Union	563 WJH 617-496-3695

Matthew Baggetta Sociology	Civic associations; civic engagement; social capital; social movements; research design and methods; political sociology; environmental justice and policy; organizations; media; gender.	William James Hall 6th Floor 33 Kirkland Street Cambridge, MA 02138 617-496-3852

Christopher Bail Sociology	Culture, Immigration, Religion, Social Movements, Fuzzy Set and Relational Methodologies	K229 CGIS, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Lydia Bean Sociology	Religion and public life, culture, leadership in civic organizations, political sociology, race and ethnicity, qualitative and comparative methods, contemporary theory	543 WJH

Jovonne Bickerstaff Sociology	Ethnography and new qualitative approaches -e.g. portraiture, African American gender relations, everyday anti-racism, "la question noire" in France, how ethnoracial minorities & 2nd generation immigrants negotiate national identity, performances of “blackness”	609 WJH

Deirdre Bloome Sociology and Social Policy	Inequality, mobility, poverty, well-being, statistical demography	436 WJH

Stacey J. Bosick Sociology	crime, inequality, life course, gender, social demography	574 WJH

Shawna Bowden Vican Sociology	organizations; labor markets; gender and work	528 WJH 617-496-4917

Jesse Bradford Sociology and Social Policy	The intersection of politics and religion. The relationship between political environments and the construction of group identities. Religion, memory and the dynamics of collective identity. Social movements, political sociology, race and ethnicity.	511 WJH

Anmol Chaddha Sociology and Social Policy	urban political economy, racial economic inequality, urban labor markets, urban economic development	563 WJH

Victor Tan Chen Sociology and Social Policy	Poverty, unemployment, development, and globalization	Nonresident

Geniece Crawford Sociology	race and ethnic relations; crime; sociology of youth development (esp. at-risk/high-risk youth); sociology of education;	641 WJH 617-496-3852

Oana Dan Sociology	Political sociology, globalization, transnational institutions, citizenship; civil society; policy and political marketing; the European Union.	Center for European Studies LL9 (617) 495-4303 x277

Caitlin Daniel Sociology	Education, Social Inequality, Culture.	543 WJH

Jeff Denis Sociology	race & ethnic relations, indigenous studies, social determinants of health, social policy, social and organizational change	574 WJH

Katie Derzon Sociology	Reentry and Employment.

Nicole Deterding Sociology and Social Policy	Stratification and social mobility, immigration, organizations, sociology of education	584 WJH 617-496-3476

Katherine Drake Sociology	Education, Social Class Inequality, Community Service, Asia	Mather House, Office 24 10 Copperthwaite St. Cambridge, MA 02138

Burak Eskici Sociology	Inequality and poverty, development and network theory.	563 WJH

Evgeny Firsov Sociology	ethnic networks, organizations, economic sociology, sociology of non-profits, sociology of financial institutions	643 WJH 617-496-3852

Crystal M. Fleming Sociology	Slavery, Comparative Ethnicity, Collective Identity, Social Memory, Cultural Trauma, Symbolic Boundaries, Anti-Racism, Stigma	511 WJH 617-496-3443

Ethan A. Fosse Sociology	Political Sociology, Social Stratification, Quantitative and Qualitative Methodology	643 WJH 617-699-1857

Nathan Fosse Sociology	sociology of the family, sociology of health, cultural sociology	473 WJH

Katherine N. Gan Sociology and Social Policy	Labor markets, gender, stratification/inequality, domestic social policy, methodology	CGIS North 311

Carl Gershenson Sociology	Survey design and Quantitative analysis. Interested in stratification, knowledge and media.	641 WJH

Marco Gonzalez Sociology	Education, Immigration, Culture, Social Networks	563 WJH

Andreea D Gorbatai Sociology and Organizational Behavior	social networks and exchange theory, organizational change, impact of new technologies on social networks and organization structures and processes, organizational learning processes, knowledge management	611 WJH

Corina Graif Sociology	Social stratification and urban spatial inequality, neighborhood effects, residential mobility, migration and immigration, race and ethnicity, crime, social capital and networks, experimental and survey research methods.	609 WJH 617-710-2401

Sara Sternberg Greene Sociology and Social Policy	inequality, crime and deviance, sociology of law, the financial lives of the poor, immigration	563 WJH 617-496-3846

Diane Gregorio Sociology and Organizational Behavior

Maocan Guo Sociology	Comparative social stratification and mobility, labor market analysis and economic sociology, comparative political economy, social development, and quantitative methods	484 WJH 617-495-9748

Sarah Halpern-Meekin Sociology and Social Policy	Adolescence, Family Formation and Dissolution, Relationship Skills/Marriage Education

Patrick Hamm Sociology	Political Economy, comparative capitalisms, critical theory, Russia, China	563 WJH 617-496-3695

Seth Hannah Sociology	Race and Ethnic Relations, Medical Sociology, Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health, Race and Politics.	Department of Social Medicine 643 Huntington Ave. Boston, MA 02115 617-432-6793

Elizabeth Hansen Sociology and Organizational Behavior	Organizations and identity	609

Nicole Arlette Hirsch Sociology	Impact of incarceration on poor, urban communities. Relationship between the Arts, activism and social justice. General interest in race and ethnicity.	541 WJH

Megan Holland Sociology	education, racial inequality, crime	511 WJH 617-496-3443

Sabrina Huang Sociology	Stratification, inequality, economic sociology and China.	576 WJH

David Hureau Sociology and Social Policy	Violence, gangs, urban neighborhoods, social networks and micro-sociology	611 WJH

Dong-Kyun Im Sociology	Development, Globalization, Economic Sociology, Networks	574 WJH 617-496-3695

Onoso Ikphemi Imoagene Sociology	Immigration, Sociology of Education, Social Justice	611 WJH 617-496-3846

Simone Ispa-Landa Sociology	gender; children's living arrangements; sociology of education; race/ethnic/minority relations; qualitative methods; life course research; transition to adulthood; neighborhoods effects; intersectionality theory	Project on Justice, Welfare, and Economics 1727 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA 02138 617-496-5496

Anthony Jack Sociology	Race, Gender, Inequality, Poverty, Education	511 WJH

Alison Denton Jones Sociology	Sociology of Religion, Organization, and Culture, Social Movements, Political Sociology, Development - especially Buddhism and civil society in Contemporary China	609 WJH 617-496-3846

Jiwook Jung Sociology	Organization, Social network, Economic sociology, Methodology	404 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.	643 WJH 617-496-3852

Soohan Kim Sociology	Work, Organization, Economic Sociology, Labor Markets	641 WJH 617-496-3852

Una Kim de Vitton Sociology and Organizational Behavior	human capital development and management, work and employer relations, knowledge work, institutional emergence and change, economic and social development

Joseph Krupnick Sociology	ethnography, inequality, religion, crime	574 WJH 617-496-3695

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	541 WJH

Jeremy R. Levine Sociology	Urban and suburban political economy, suburban sprawl, community development, race and class identities, historical social change, inequality & public policy.	611 WJH

Kevin Lewis Sociology	culture, social psychology, social networks	641 WJH 617-496-3852

Joyce Liu Sociology	Cultural Sociology, Economic Sociology, Sociology of Arts, Comparative Organizational Analysis, Contemporary Chinese Society, Stratification.	563 WJH 617-496-3695

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 and historical sociology; nationalism, post-Communist transitions, Balkan history and US foreign policy.	611 WJH

Amanda Merryman	Leadership Crises and Leader Termination, Social Psychology of Organizations, Social Enterprise, Gender and Organizations.	641

Christopher Muller Sociology	Incarceration, Historical and Political Sociology, Philosophy of Science, Classification	436 WJH

Eunmi Mun Sociology	Social Stratification, Economic Sociology, Gender, Work and Employment, Social Networks, East Asia	404 WJH 617-496-3443

Ann Owens Sociology and Social Policy	Inequality and stratification, sociology of education, neighborhood effects, neighborhood change and gentrification, sociology of the family, work-family research	458 WJH 5-9838

Mark Pachucki Sociology	Culture, Health, Social Networks, Nonprofit Organizations	568 WJH 617-495-8769

Uh Young Park Sociology	Migration, Ethnic Relations, Family and Culture.	541 WJH 617-496-3476

Tamara Pavasovic Sociology	Ethnicity and religion, ethnic violence and nationalism, collective memory and identity, political socialization, ethnic distance/stereotypes in children; Balkan area	609 WJH

Sabrina Pendergrass Sociology	Cultural sociology, race and ethnicity, inequality, interregional migration	611 WJH

Melanie Penny Sociology and Social Policy	Social Organization, Perception, Law and Society, Race, Media, Stigma

Kim Pernell Sociology	Organizations, Economic Sociology, Social Stratification, Inequality	584 WJH 617-496-3476

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, Urban sociology, Economic Sociology, Consumption, Social Networks	574 WJH 617-496-3695

Faaiza Rashid Sociology and Organizational Behavior	Sociology of disasters, self-organizing teams, social integration and stratification, cross functional integration in organizations and groups, organizational learning and innovation.

Erin Reid Sociology and Organizational Behavior	gender in organizations, state and organizational policies and their relationship to men and women's careers, corporate environmental sustainability	Morgan Hall T81 Harvard Business School

Maria Rendon Sociology and Social Policy	immigration & children of immigrants, urban neighborhoods, poverty concentration, social inequality	611 WJH 617-496-3846

Lauren A. Rivera Sociology	Culture, organizations, inequality, social class, gender, qualitative/mixed methods, contemporary theory, micro-macro links	541 WJH 617-496-3476

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

Eva Rosen Sociology and Social Policy	ethnography, urban sociology, immigration, cultural sociology, and crime.	641 WJH 617-496-3852

Rupert Russell Sociology	Motion Picture and Television Production; Media & Politics; Conservative & Progressive Movements; Theory	541 William James Hall

Alvaro Santana-Acuña Sociology	Theory, comparative historical sociology, sociology of knowledge, revolutions and emergence of the social	574 WJH 617-496-3695

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	Criminal and juvenile justice, public education, inequality, research methods	563 WJH

Graziella Silva Sociology	Comparative Race Relations, Race and Class Dynamics, Human Rights, Culture and Public Policies, Brazil.	643 WJH

Ben Snyder Sociology	Political and economic sociology, race and quantitative methods.	576 WJH

Benjamin Sosnaud Sociology	Political sociology, social inequality and criminology.	576 WJH

Sameer Srivastava Sociology and Organizational Behavior	Organizations, Occupations, and Work; Economic Sociology.	Morgan Hall T-81 Harvard Business School Boston, MA 02163 617-895-8707

Jennifer Sykes Sociology and Social Policy	poverty and inequality, social class and child-rearing strategies, child and family welfare, child protection, qualitative methodology	Taubman 419

Laura Tach Sociology and Social Policy	Inequality & Poverty Urban Sociology Demography & Family Sociology Quantitative & Mixed Methods Social Policy	421 Taubman Kennedy School of Government 79 John F. Kennedy St

Vaughn Tan Sociology and Organizational Behavior	The organization of loose or diffuse groups, metadata dissemination, implicit organizational structures, the organization of art, self-organizing systems, organizational design, open-source development.	Wyss House 203-B Harvard Business School Boston, MA 02163 William James Hall 563 33 Kirkland St Cambridge, MA 02138

Chana Teeger Sociology	Culture, Collective Memory and Commemoration, Perceptions of Crime, South Africa	609 WJH 617-496-3846

Audrey Alforque Thomas Sociology	Immigration, Higher Education, and Race

Van C. Tran Sociology and Social Policy	Immigration, ethnic and racial diversity Civic and political participation Class, culture and social inequality Urban poverty and public policy Qualitative and quantitative methods	Wiener Center for Social Policy 79 JFK Street, Taubman 429 Cambridge, MA 02138 617-493-2881

Catherine Turco Sociology	gender, culture, social and cultural aspects of economic institutions, qualitative methods

Joshua Wakeham Sociology	morality, social welfare institutions, bureacracy, sociology of justice, crime, law, occupations and work, social epistemologies, social theory, philosophy, ethnography	611 WJH 617-496-3846

Jessica Welburn Sociology	Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Family, Culture, Qualitative Methodology	404 WJH 617-496-3443

Holly Wood Sociology	Inequality and stratification, social class and class identity, wealth and poverty, culture, social theory, political sociology, family, education, social welfare, qualitative research methods, and social policy.	643 WJH

Hsin-Chao Wu Sociology	Cultural changes and continuity in the course of economic development, and local culture under state regulation	643 WJH 617-496-3852

Dian Yang Sociology	Economic sociology and organizational sociology, specifically, how institutional environments shape corporate governance and strategy of large firms, with an empirical focus on the rise of shareholder capitalism and changing corporate governance/strategies in the US and across the world; Development and Globalization; China and East Asian Societies	641 WJH

Min Zhou Sociology	Economic Sociology, Social Network Analysis, Globalization and East Asian Societies.	609 WJH 617-496-3846

Graduate Students in Sociology