The Harvard University Department of Sociology

Sociology Ph.D.s on the Job Market

This page is designed to provide information about our Ph.D. candidates and recent Ph.D.s who are now on the academic job market.

Matthew Baggetta
Ph.D. Date: June 2009
Dissertation Title/Topic: "Civic Development in Apolitical Associations"
Areas of Teaching/Research: Civic associations, civic engagement, social capital, social movements, research design and methods, political sociology, environmental justice and policy, organizations, media. (Lecturer on Sociology and Harvard College Fellow, 2009-10).
See Curriculum Vita or email: baggetta@fas.harvard.edu

Alison Denton Jones
Ph.D. Date: June 2010 (expected)
Dissertation Title/Topic: "Constructing Modern Religion: Doing Buddhism
in Urban China Today"
Areas of Teaching/Research: Sociology of Religion, Organizations,
Culture, Social Movements, Political Sociology, Development, China and
East Asia, research design and methods
See Curriculum Vita or email: adjones@fas.harvard.edu

Mark A. Pachucki
Ph.D. Date: June 2010 (expected)
Dissertation Title/Topic: "A taste for tastes? Evaluating the spread of food choices and healthy behaviors in a large social network"
Areas of Teaching/Research: Culture, health, food and nutrition, social networks, non-profit organizations.
See Curriculum Vita or email: pachucki@wjh.harvard.edu

Laura Tach
Ph.D. Date: June 2010 (expected)
Dissertation Title/Topic: "Mixed-Income Neighborhoods in America"
Areas of Teaching/Research: Demography, urban and community sociology, family and gender, race and class stratification, quantitative and mixed methods, social policy.
See Curriculum Vita or email: tach@fas.harvard.edu

 

 

Updated: October 23, 2009