The Harvard University Department of Sociology

GRADUATE DEGREES AWARDED

2006-07 | 2005-06 | 2004-05 | 2003-04 | 2002-03 | 2001-02 | 2000-01 | 1999-00

2007-2008

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

BESHAROV, Marya Hill-Popper (PhD in Organizational Behavior)
Thesis title: Mission Goes Corporate: Employee Behavior in a Mission-Driven Business
Committee: Peter V. Marsden (chair), J. Richard Hackman, Kathleen L. McGinn
Position: Assistant Professor, Organizational Behavior, Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations

CACACE, Stephanie Howling (PhD in Sociology)
Thesis title: How Mothers Matter: The Influence of Maternal Labor Force Participation on Familial Social Capital, Education-Related Spending for Children, and Children’s Participation in Cultural and Educational Activities
Committee: Mary Brinton (chair), Annemette Sorensen, Christopher Winship

DEWAN, Peter (PhD in Sociology)
Thesis title: The Health Effects of Relative Status
Committee: Nicholas Christakis (chair), Christopher Winship, Peter V. Marsden

HEREDIA, Luisa L. (PhD in Sociology)
Thesis title: Faith in Action: The Catholic Church and the Immigrant Rights Movement, 1980-2007
Committee: Mary C. Waters (chair), William Julius Wilson, Jennifer Hochschild

JACOBS, Elisabeth (PhD in Sociology)
Thesis title: Family Economic Insecurity in the United States
Committee: Christopher Jencks (chair), Theda Skocpol, William Julius Wilson, Katherine Newman
Position: American Sociological Association Congressional Fellow (with the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pension/Senator Kennedy)

KIM, Jee Young (PhD in Sociology December 2007)
Thesis title: Governance Beyond Borders: Anti-Sweatshop Regulation in Vietnams’ Fashion and Footwear Industries
Committee: Martin K. Whyte (chair), Frank Dobbin, Regina Abrami
Position: Assistant Professor, Sociology, Chinese University of Hong Kong

LEUNG, Therese (PhD in Sociology)
Thesis title: Add Water and Oil, then Stir: The Incompatibility of Work and Family
Committee: Mary Brinton (chair), Annemette Sorensen, Kathryn Edin
Position: Labor Policy Advisor for the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Education and Labor

LIU, Dongxiao (PhD in Sociology August 2007)
Thesis title: How World Conferences Matter: International Political Participation and Organizational Changes in the Chinese and Indian Women’s Movements
Committee: Theda Skocpol (chair), Martin K. Whyte, Kenneth Andrews
Position: Assistant Professor, Sociology, Texas A & M University

SANYAL, Paromita (PhD in Sociology April 2008)
Thesis title: Credit, Capital, or Coalition?: Microfinance and Women’s Agency
Committee: Martin K. Whyte (chair), Mary Brinton, Martha Chen
Position: Assistant Professor, Sociology, Wesleyan University

SHARKEY, Patrick (PhD in Sociology and Social Policy August 2007)
Thesis title: The Enduring Inequality of Race and Place: Racial Inequality in the Neighborhood Environment over the Life Course and across Generations
Committee: Robert J. Sampson (chair); William Julius Wilson, Christopher Winship
Position: Assistant Professor, Sociology, New York University

WIMER, Christopher (PhD in Sociology and Social Policy September 2007)
Thesis title: Successful Childrearing in Diverse Neighborhood Environments: Understanding the Role of Secure, Stable Employment
Committee: Robert J. Sampson (chair), William Julius Wilson, Annemette Sorensen
Position: Stanford University, Post Doctoral Fellow

A.M. degrees: Jon Almandoz, Oana Dan, Katherine Drake, Patrick Hamm, Seth Hannah, Kevin Lewis, Onoso Imoagene, Jennifer Sykes.