The Harvard University Department of Sociology

Curtis K. Chan

Graduate Student in Organizational Behavior / Sociology

Biographical Note

Curtis K. Chan was born and raised in Miami, Florida, and graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University in 2008 with an A.B. in social anthropology and a secondary field in psychology. He became a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society his junior year. During college, he conducted ethnographic research on the cultural values of street dancers (specifically, "b-boys" or "break dancers") in New England and Miami, and the undergraduate thesis he wrote on this topic under the advising of Professor of Anthropology Michael Herzfeld was awarded a Thomas T. Hoopes Prize. After college, Curtis worked at the innovation management consulting firm Innosight for three years. In 2011, he enrolled in the joint doctoral program in Organizational Behavior offered by both the Department of Sociology at FAS and Harvard Business School. His research interests include meaning at work, organizational culture, and identity.

02/06/2012
Research Interests
Occupations, organizations, and work; meaning at work; organizational culture; identity
Previous Degrees
A.B. summa cum laude in Social Anthropology from Harvard University

 

 

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