The Harvard University Department of Sociology

Graduate Students in Sociology

 
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John Almandoz
Sociology and
Organizational Behavior

Organizational behavior, motivation and leadership, ethics in organizations, dealing with failure


Morris F 161
Harvard Business School 

Weihua 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.


643 William James Hall 
617-496-3852

Christopher Bail
Sociology

Culture, Immigration/Citizenship, Social Movements, Fuzzy-Set/Relational Methods


N229 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, development, globalization, and social movements


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

organizational change, race & ethnic relations, inter-group boundaries & bridges, social determinants of health, and healthy social policy


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 inequality, urban stratification processes, neighborhood and school effects, residential mobility, life-course development, immigration, race and ethnicity, crime, social organization, 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, Critical Theory (Frankfurt School), Economic Sociology, Globalization, Organizational Sociology, Sociology of Development, Post-Communist Transition, 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 

Elisabeth Jacobs
Sociology

Causes and consequences of economic insecurity; social insurance policy and politics


Elisabeth Jacobs
Governance Studies
The Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington DC 20036  

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

Institutional change, organizations, innovation, knowledge work, human capital 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 Levine
Sociology

Urban sociology, 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

Dongxiao Liu
Sociology

Comparative Historical Sociology, Social Movements, Gender, Law, Public Policy, China, India


404 WJH 

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  

Richard Mora
Sociology and Social Policy



Middle Swan 314 Occidental College 1600 Campus Road Los Angeles, CA 90041  

Christopher Muller
Sociology

Social Theory, Sociology of Scientific Knowledge, Incarceration, Historical Sociology, Urban Sociology, Classification


436 WJH 

Eunmi Mun
Sociology

Social Stratification, Economic Sociology, Gender, Work and Employment, Social Networks, East Asia


404 WJH 
617-496-3443

Bikila Ochoa
Sociology and Social Policy

ethnographic methods, incarceration,
urban sociology,
racial attitudes and politics,
masculinity,and social stratification


Taubman Building Kennedy School of Government Malcolm Weiner Center for Social Policy 4th Floor  
We're not privy to such things...

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 effects on men and women's careers, leadership, business and 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, gender, qualitative/mixed methods, contemporary theory, comparative research, 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

Media & Politics; War of Ideas; Ideological Social Movements; Film & TV industries


541 William James Hall 

Alvaro Santana-Acuņa
Sociology

Theory, comparative historical sociology, sociology of knowledge, revolutions and rise 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 groups, two-part value creation, metadata dissemination, implicit organizational structures, the organization of art, authenticated anonymity, self-organizing systems.


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

Anulkah Thomas
Sociology

Race and Ethnicity, Immigration, the second generation, Afro-Latinos


576 WJH 
617-493-3695

Audrey Alforque Thomas
Sociology

Immigration, Higher Education, and Race


 

Qingxia Tong
Sociology and
Organizational Behavior

Law and Business, Corporate Governance, Social Networks, Information Technology and Society


Wyss Hall, HBS 
617-496-1936

Van C. Tran
Sociology and Social Policy

Immigration, race & ethnicity, intergroup relations, social inequality, urban poverty, qualitative & quantitative methods.


563 William James Hall  
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

Scott Winship
Sociology and Social Policy

measuring material well-being, causes & consequences of single motherhood, cognitive inequality, early childhood inequality


 

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