Jessica Welburn
Graduate Student in Sociology
05/07/2010
- Research Interests
- Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Family, Culture, Qualitative Methodology
- Previous Degrees
- BA Sociology (honors, Phi Beta Kappa), University of Pennsylvania, May 2004
| Teaching Experience | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sociology 98W | The Changing Dynamics of Black Family Life in America | Instructor |
| Sociology 153 | Media and the American Mind | Teaching Fellow |
- Qualifying Paper Title
- "It's Lonely at the Top: An Exploration of Romantic Partner Selection among College-Educated Black women in the United States and the United Kingdom"
- Committee
- Michele Lamont (chair), Prudence Carter, William Julius Wilson
- Prospectus Title
- Examining Downward Mobility among Middle Class African Americans
- Committee
- Michele Lamont(chair), Kathryn Edin, Orlando Patterson, William Julius Wilson, Camille Charles (University of Pennsylvania)
Miscellaneous Additional Information
- Optional Sections on General Exams
- Culture, Race
- Oral Exam Topic
- The Changing Dynamics of Black Family Life in America
- Research Assistantships
- Michele Lamont, Frank Dobbin
- Software Skills
- Atlas TI
- Conferences at Which I've Made Presentations
- Association of Black Sociologists, Eastern Sociological Society, American Sociological Association
- Grants Received
- Harvard Real Estate Academic Initiative Research Grant (2009), National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (May 2006) Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship (May 2006) Doctoral Fellow, Multidisciplinary Program on Inequality and Social Policy (May 2005)
- House Tutor Position
- Resident Tutor, Currier House (2006-2008)
Contact
617-496-3443
(Phone)
617-496-5794 (FAX)
404 William James Hall
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138