Anthony Abraham Jack
Graduate Student in Sociology
Biographical Note
Anthony is originally from Miami, Florida. He is a first-generation college student (See Rimer 2007 for story and details: Elite Colleges Open New Door to Low-Income Youths). He spent his undergraduate years at Amherst College where he received his B.A. in Women's and Gender Studies and Religion in 2007. He graduated cum laude for his Religion thesis, "A Summons to Buddhahood: Santideva's Bodhicaryavatara as a Call to Embrace the Bodhicitta." Anthony served as Alumni Fellow for one year after graduation. During his fellowship year, he spent time traveling across the country giving talks to different colleges, high schools, and enrichment programs that work with "at-risk" students. He continues to give presentations (contact him for details and availability).
At Harvard, Anthony is generally interested in race, culture, gender, urban poverty, and the family. More specifically, Anthony has two main areas of research. First, he is interested in studying low-income families in disadvantaged neighborhoods and how parents serve as social buffers. The second area deals with first generation college students and adding to the methodological and theoretical debates of studying this very important group.
Anthony also serves as a Resident Tutor in Mather House with additional responsibilities of Sociology, Race Relations, and W.E.B. du Bois Roundtable
10/18/2010
- Research Interests
- Race/Ethnicity, Culture, Family, Social Cognitive Theory, Urban Poverty, Gender, Educational Opportunity, Inequality, Public Policy
- Previous Degrees
- Amherst College B.A. Women's and Gender Studies and Religion
Presentations and Publications
| "What We Face: Framing Problems in the Black Community" (with Nicole Arlette Hirsch) | Responses to Discrimination and Racism: Comparative Perspectives, Center for European Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. |
April 10, 2010
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Miscellaneous Additional Information
- Grants Received
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NSF-IGERT Associate Doctoral Fellow, Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality & Social Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
National Research Council of the National Academies, Ford Foundation Diversity Predoctoral Fellowship
- House Tutor Position
- Mather House
Photo by Sam Masinter, Amherst College
Contact
617-496-5794 (FAX)
511 William James Hall
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138