The Harvard University Department of Sociology

GRADUATE DEGREES AWARDED

2007-08 |2006-07 | 2005-06 | 2004-05 | 2003-04 | 2002-03 | 2001-02 | 2000-01 | 1999-00

2008-2009

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

BAGGETTA, Matthew Gerard (PhD in Sociology)
Thesis title: Civic Development in Apolitical Associations
Committee: Robert J. Sampson (chair), Christopher Winship, Marshall Ganz

BEAN, Lydia N. (PhD in Sociology)
Thesis title: The Politics of Evangelical Identity in the United States and Canada
Committee: Robert Sampson (chair), Jason Kaufman, Theda Skocpol, Nancy Ammerman

BINNS, Allison Ruth (PhD in Sociology)
Thesis title: An Examination of the Effects of Organizational Justice on Work Behavior after Salary Negotiation and Arbitration
Committee: Peter V. Marsden (chair), Christopher Winship, Max Bazerman, Lawrence Lucchino, Esq.

BOSICK, Stacey Jean (PhD in Sociology)
Thesis title: Crime and the Transition to Adulthood: A Person-Centered Analysis of At-Risk Boys Coming of Age in 1940s Boston, 1970s London, and 1990s Pittsburgh
Committee: Robert J. Sampson (chair), Mary C. Waters, John H. Laub

BRADFORD, Jesse William (PhD in Sociology and Social Policy)
Thesis title: American/Muslims: Reactive Solidarity, Identity Politics and Social Identity Formation in the Aftermath of September 11th
Committee: Mary C. Waters (chair), Christopher Winship, Katherine S. Newman

GREGORIO, Diane (PhD in Organizational Behavior)
Thesis title: Compassion for the Stigmatized: Understanding Altruistic Responses towards Marginalized Individuals
Committee: Amy C. Edmondson (co-chair), Robin J. Ely (co-chair), Wendy Berry Mendes

HALPERN-MEEKIN, Sarah Caitlin (PhD in Sociology and Social Policy)
Thesis title: A Relationship Legacy: The Intergenerational Transmission of Marriage and Divorce
Committee: Kathryn Edin (chair), William Julius Wilson, Martin K. Whyte

HAN, Chunping (PhD in Sociology)
Thesis title: Rural-Urban Cleavages in Perceptions of Inequality in Contemporary China
Committee: Martin K. Whyte (chair), Christopher Winship, Christopher Jencks

MORA, Richard (PhD in Sociology and Social Policy)
Thesis title: Masculine Aspirations: Latino Adolescent Boys and Collective Hegemonic Masculinity
Committee: William Julius Wilson (chair), Kathryn Edin, Ann A. Ferguson

OCHOA, Bikila Tajh (PhD in Sociology and Social Policy)
Thesis title: “We're Just Trying to Teach Them to be Human Beings in an Unjust World”: Choice, Individual Responsibility, and Conflict in a Juvenile Re-entry Program
Committee: William Julius Wilson (chair), Robert J. Sampson, Elijah Anderson

RENDON, Maria Guadalupe (PhD in Sociology and Social Policy)
Thesis title: Second Generation Optimism and the Reproduction of a Working Class: The Case of Mexican-Americans in High Poverty Neighborhoods
Committee: Mary C. Waters (chair), Robert J. Sampson, William Julius Wilson, Xavier de Souza-Briggs

RIVERA, Lauren Audrie (PhD in Sociology)
Thesis title: Hiring and Inequality in Elite Professional Service Firms
Committee: Michèle Lamont (chair), Frank Dobbin, Mary Brinton

TONG, Qingxia (PhD in Organizational Behavior)
Thesis title: Property Rights and Corporate Governance in Chinese Public Companies 1994-2005
Committee: Peter V. Marsden (chair), Tiziana E. Casciaro, Martin K. Whyte

VANG, Zoua M. (PhD in Sociology)
Thesis title: Irish and American Ghettos: Race and Residential Segregation in Ireland and the United States
Committee: Mary C. Waters (chair), Orlando Patterson, Robert J. Sampson, Dorren McMahon

WINSHIP, Scott Robert (PhD in Sociology and Social Policy)
Thesis title: Financial Jitters: Trends in Income Changes among Working-Age Adults
Committee: Christopher Jencks (chair), Christopher Winship, William Julius Wilson

A.M. Degrees - Weihua An, Jovonne Bickerstaff, Deirdre R. Bloome, Ethan Fosse, Katherine N. Gan, Joyce Fang Chieh Liu, Ann Lauren Owens, Tamara Pavasovic, Erin Marie Reid, Rupert Russell, Sameer Srivastava, Chana Tova Teeger, Anulkah Thomas, Hsinchao Wu