Jessica T. Simes

Graduate Student in Sociology

Biographical Note

Jessica Simes, originally from Arcadia, California, graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Occidental College in 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and a minor in Critical Theory and Social Justice. She earned high honors in her department and was awarded distinction for her senior comprehensive thesis, titled "The New White Flight: The Impacts of Asian Immigration on Suburbs and Public School Enrollment." At Occidental she researched residential segregation and migration in the American urban context, racial attitudes among African Americans using GSS data, political institutions and their relationship with contemporary mass incarceration, and social policy targeting prisoner populations. At Harvard she plans to continue her work in these areas, and in particular, examine the ways those affected by mass incarceration navigate and affect neighborhood structures.

08/28/2009

Research Interests

Incarceration, Prisoner Reentry, Race, Inequality, Migration, Neighborhoods, Social Policy, and Quantitative Research Methods.

Previous Degrees

B.A., Occidental College, magna cum laude

Presentations and Publications

Contact

617-496-3852 (Phone)
617-496-5794 (FAX)

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