Holly Wood
Graduate Student in Sociology
Biographical Note
Holly Wood received her B.A. with High Honors in Sociology from Wesleyan University in 2008. Her honors thesis at Wesleyan addressed the continually limited representation of low-income students at America's most elite private colleges, examining how cultural capital translates into advantage within the college admissions process despite the proliferation of institutional initiatives to increase student diversity. This project heightened her interest in examining the familial anxiety surrounding class status reproduction and how individual-level processes manifest into macro-level consequences.
Thus, Holly's main academic interests revolve around identifying the social mechanisms which perpetuate inequality and stratification. This interest compels her to examine how welfare and other aspects of social policy are experienced in America today. Currently, she is investigating how families navigate public housing policy options in inner-city Boston.
09/12/2009
- Research Interests
- Inequality and stratification, social class and class identity, social mobility, wealth and poverty, culture, social theory, political sociology, family, education, housing, qualitative research methods, and social policy.
- Previous Degrees
- BA Sociology and Government, Phi Beta Kappa, Wesleyan University, 2008
Miscellaneous Additional Information
- Research Assistantships
- Kathryn Edin, Investing in Enduring Resources with the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)
- Grants Received
- Jacob K. Javits Fellowship (2009-2013), U.S. Department of Education
Contact
617-496-5794 (FAX)
643 William James Hall
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Office Hours
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