The Harvard University Department of Sociology

Graduate Students in Sociology

 
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John Almandoz
Sociology and
Organizational Behavior

Organizational behavior, meaning at work, motivation and leadership, ethics in organizations, stereotyping


 

Weihua An
Sociology

Quantitative Methods, Inequality & Social Policy, Sociology of Health


576 WJH 
617-496-3695

Eleni Arzoglou
Sociology

Social theory, Globalisation, Economic Sociology, European Union


574 WJH 
617-496-3695

Matthew Baggetta
Sociology

Civic associations; civic engagement; social capital; social movements; research design and methods; political sociology; environmental justice and policy; organizations; media; gender.


643 William James Hall 
496-3852

Christopher Bail
Sociology

Culture, Immigration/Citizenship, Social Movements, Fuzzy-Set/Relational Methods


N229 CGIS, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 

Lydia Bean
Sociology

Religion and public life, culture, leadership in civic organizations, political sociology, race and ethnicity, qualitative and comparative methods, contemporary theory


543 WJH 

Marya Hill-Popper Besharov
Sociology and
Organizational Behavior

hybrid organizational forms, mission-driven organizations, control in organizations, experience and meaning of work


Wyss House
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field
Boston, MA 02163  
617-495-7617

Jovonne Bickerstaff
Sociology

national identification among 2nd generation immigrants, France, communication patterns in black American romantic relationships, trasnational definitions and articulations of "blackness", ethnic/racial and national identity, ethnography and portraiture


609 WJH 

Allison Binns
Sociology

Organizational Behavior, Organizational Justice, Negotiation and Arbitration Network Analysis, Complex Systems


541 WJH 
617-496-3476

Deirdre Bloome
Sociology and Social Policy

Inequality, mobility, poverty, well-being, statistical demography


 

Stacey J. Bosick
Sociology



574 WJH 

Shawna Bowden Vican
Sociology

organizations; labor markets; gender and work


528 WJH 
617-496-4917

Jesse Bradford
Sociology and Social Policy

The intersection of politics and religion. The relationship between political environments and the construction of group identities. Religion, memory and the dynamics of collective identity. Social movements, political sociology, race and ethnicity.


511 WJH 

Anmol Chaddha
Sociology and Social Policy

racial economic inequality, urban labor markets, low-wage work, immigrant workers, economic development


643 WJH 
617-496-3852

Victor Tan Chen
Sociology and Social Policy

Poverty, development, globalization, and social movements


Nonresident 

Geniece Crawford
Sociology

race and ethnic relations; sociology of youth development (esp. at-risk/high-risk youth); sociology of education; crime; sociology of religion


641 WJH 
617-496-3852

Oana Dan
Sociology

Political sociology, globalization, transnational institutions, citizenship; cultural diffusion, fragmentation and integration; the European Union.


511 WJH 
617-496-3443

Caitlin Daniel
Sociology

 


 

Peter DeWan
Sociology

Reference groups and health Quantitative methods Islam in western societies


618 WJH 

Jeff Denis
Sociology

organizational change, race & ethnic relations, inter-group boundaries, social determinants of health, and healthy social policy


 

Katie Derzon

Reentry and Employment.


 

Nicole Deterding
Sociology and Social Policy

Stratification and social mobility, immigration, organizations, sociology of education


584 WJH 
617-496-3476

Katherine Jessica Drake
Sociology

In laymen's terms, I am interested in studying what makes people tick, i.e. love, money, sex and power. In sociology speak, that translates roughly to Social Networks, Education, Gender and Inequality. My prime area of focus is East Asia, Japan in particular.


563 WJH 

Evgeny Firsov
Sociology

ethnic networks, organizations, economic sociology


643 WJH 
617-496-3852

Crystal M. Fleming
Sociology

Slavery, Comparative Ethnicity, Collective Identity, Social Memory, Cultural Trauma, Symbolic Boundaries, Anti-Racism, Stigma


511 WJH 
617-496-3443

Ethan A. Fosse
Sociology

Political Sociology, Organizational Sociology, Quantitative Methodology


643 WJH 
617-699-1857

Nathan Fosse
Sociology

sociology of the family, sociology of health, cultural sociology


563 WJH 
617-496-3695

Katherine N. Gan
Sociology and Social Policy

Labor markets, gender, stratification/inequality, domestic social policy, methodology


CGIS North 311 

Carl Gershenson

 


 

Marco Gonzalez
Sociology

Education, Immigration, Culture, Social Networks


563 WJH 

Andreea D Gorbatai
Sociology and
Organizational Behavior

social networks and exchange theory, organizational change, impact of new technologies on social networks and organization structures and processes, organizational learning processes, knowledge management


611 WJH 

Corina Graif
Sociology

Neighborhood effects, urban processes and development, segregation, migration and immigration, ethnicity, crime, social networks and organizations, civic involvement, social and spatial inequality and mobility, well-being, experimental and survey research methods.


609 WJH 
617-495-4933

Sara Sternberg Greene
Sociology and Social Policy

inequality, urban neighborhoods, single mothers, crime and deviance, and law and sociology


611 WJH 
617-496-3846

Diane Gregorio
Sociology and
Organizational Behavior

 


 

Maocan Guo
Sociology

Comparative social stratification and mobility, labor market analysis and economic sociology, comparative political economy, social development, and quantitative methods


484 WJH 
617-493-3398

Sarah Halpern-Meekin
Sociology and Social Policy

Adolescence, Adolescent Decision-Making, Family Formation, Relationship Skills/Marriage Education


 

Patrick Hamm
Sociology

Political Economy, Critical Theory (Frankfurt School), Economic Sociology, Globalization, Organizational Sociology, Sociology of Development, Post-Communist Transition


563 WJH 
617-496-3695

Chunping Han
Sociology

Inequality and stratification, comparative sociology, sociology of development, economic and social change, sociology of education, social psychology, public policy, civil society, China


20800 Homestead Road #5D Cupertino, CA 95014  

Seth Hannah
Sociology

Race and Ethnic Relations, Medical Sociology, Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health, Race and Politics.


Department of Social Medicine 643 Huntington Ave. Boston, MA 02115  
617-432-6793

Elizabeth Hansen
Sociology and
Organizational Behavior

Organizations and identity


WJH 

Luisa Heredia
Sociology

immigration, social movements, political sociology, race and ethnicity, civic organizations, religion


 

Nicole Arlette Hirsch
Sociology

Impact of incarceration on poor, urban communities. Relationship between the Arts, activism and social justice. General interest in race and ethnicity.


 

Megan Holland
Sociology

education, crime, deviance, inequality.


511 WJH 
617-496-3443

Stephanie Howling
Sociology

gender stratification; marriage and family; economics of the family; occupational sex segregation; social stratification


609 WJH 

Dong-Kyun Im
Sociology

Development, Globalization, Economic Sociology


574 WJH 
617-496-3695

Onoso Ikphemi Imoagene
Sociology

Immigration, Sociology of Education, Social Justice


611 WJH 
617-496-3846

Simone Ispa-Landa
Sociology

children's living arrangements; information poverty & decision-making; cultural logic; sociology of education; race/ethnic/minority relations; qualitative methods; post-Soviet societies; gender roles in comparative context; life course research; transition to adulthood


541 WJH 

Anthony Jack
Sociology

 


 

Elisabeth Jacobs
Sociology

Causes and consequences of economic insecurity; social insurance policy and politics


Elisabeth Jacobs
Governance Studies
The Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington DC 20036  

Alison Denton Jones
Sociology

Sociology of Religion, Organization, and Culture, Social Movements, Political Sociology, Development - especially Buddhism and civil society in Contemporary China


609 WJH 
617-496-3846

Jiwook Jung
Sociology

Organization, Social network, Economic sociology, Methodology


404 WJH 
617-496-3443

Matthew Kaliner
Sociology

Community and urban sociology, neighborhood effects, housing markets, crime and criminology, social movements and political protest, political sociology, GIS and spatial analysis.


643 WJH 
617-496-3852

Jee Young Kim
Sociology

Sociology of work and organizations; Economic sociology; Sociology of development and globalization; Corporate social responsibility; Vietnam, Korea, Southeast Asia


 

Soohan Kim
Sociology

Work, Organization, Economic Sociology, Political Sociology


641 WJH 
617-496-3852

Una Kim de Vitton

Human resources, human capital development, labor markets, knowledge work, institutional change, organizations, innovation, economic development, and globalization.


 

Joseph Krupnick
Sociology

ethnography, inequality, religion, crime


574 WJH 
617-496-3695

Therese Leung
Sociology

gender wage inequality; public policy; work/family and organizations


Traveling Scholar (currently in Washington, DC) 

Jeremy Levine
Sociology

 

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Kevin Lewis
Sociology

culture, social psychology, social networks


641 WJH 
617-496-3852

Dongxiao Liu
Sociology

Comparative Historical Sociology, Social Movements, Gender, Law, Public Policy, China, India


404 WJH 

Joyce Liu
Sociology

Cultural Sociology, Economic Sociology, Sociology of Arts, Comparative Organizational Analysis, Contemporary Chinese Society, Stratification.


563 WJH 
617-496-3695

Jundai Liu
Sociology

political sociology, sociology of development, China


576 WJH 
617-496-3695

Charles Loeffler
Sociology

Crime, Criminal Justice, Decision-making


CGIS N426
1737 Cambridge Street
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138  

Danilo Mandic
Sociology

Comparative and historical sociology, ethnic conflict in the Balkans.


 

Amanda Merryman

Leadership Crises and Leader Termination, Social Psychology of Organizations, Social Enterprise, Gender and Organizations,


641 WJH 

Richard Mora
Sociology and Social Policy



Middle Swan 314 Occidental College 1600 Campus Road Los Angeles, CA 90041  

Christopher Muller
Sociology

Social Theory, Sociology of Scientific Knowledge, Incarceration, Historical Sociology, Urban Sociology, Classification


436 WJH 

Eunmi Mun
Sociology

Social Stratification, Economic Sociology, Gender, Work and Employment, Social Networks, East Asia


404 WJH 
617-496-3443

Bikila Ochoa
Sociology and Social Policy

ethnographic methods, incarceration,
urban sociology,
racial attitudes and politics,
masculinity,and social stratification


Taubman Building Kennedy School of Government Malcolm Weiner Center for Social Policy 4th Floor  
We're not privy to such things...

Ann Owens
Sociology and Social Policy

Sociology of education, inequality and stratification, neighborhood effects, sociology of the family, work-family research


563 WJH 
617-496-3695

Mark Pachucki
Sociology

Culture, Health, Social Networks, Nonprofit Organizations


568 WJH 
617-495-8769

Tamara Pavasovic
Sociology

Ethnicity and religion, ethnic violence and nationalism, collective memory and identity, political socialization; Balkan area


609 WJH 

Sabrina Pendergrass
Sociology

Cultural sociology, race and ethnicity, inequality, interregional migration


611 WJH 

Melanie Penny
Sociology and Social Policy

Social Organization, Perception, Law and Society, Race, Media, Stigma


 

Kim Pernell
Sociology

Organizations, Economic Sociology, Social Stratification, Inequality


584 WJH 
617-496-3476

Sanjay Pinto
Sociology and Social Policy

inequality, identity, labor, development


 

Cassi L. Pittman
Sociology and Social Policy

Racial Inequality, Residential Patterns, Race and Ethnic Relations, Urban sociology, Economic Sociology, Social Networks


574 WJH 
617-496-3695

Erin Reid
Sociology and
Organizational Behavior

gender in organizations, state and organizational policies and their effects on men and women's careers, leadership, business and environmental sustainability


Wyss Hall Harvard Business School  

Maria Rendon
Sociology and Social Policy

immigration & children of immigrants, urban neighborhoods, poverty concentration, social inequality


611 WJH 
617-496-3846

Lauren A. Rivera
Sociology

Culture, organizations, inequality, gender, qualitative/mixed methods, contemporary theory, comparative research, micro-macro links


541 WJH 
617-496-3476

Jacqueline Rivers
Sociology and
Afro-American Studies

Research that contributes to the understanding and amelioration of black academic underachievement, with a focus on culture, family, and schools.


643 WJH 
617-496-3852

Eva Rosen
Sociology and Social Policy

ethnography, urban sociology, inequality, incarceration, and immigration


641 WJH 
617-496-3852

Rupert Russell
Sociology

Media & Politics; War of Ideas; Ideological Social Movements; Film & TV industries


541 William James Hall 

Alvaro Santana-Acuņa
Sociology

Theory, comparative historical sociology, sociology of knowledge, revolutions and rise of the social


574 WJH 
617-496-3695

Paromita Sanyal
Sociology

Culture and Economic Development; Social Capital and Civil Society; Sociology of Development; Gender and Development; Non-Profit Organizations; Economic Sociology; Qualitative Methods; South Asia


641 WJH 

Daniel Schrage
Sociology

Labor market discrimination; Racial inequality; Spatial analysis; Quantitative methods


528 WJH 
617-495-4917

Patrick Sharkey
Sociology and Social Policy

Mobility across neighborhood environments; the relationship between neighborhood inequality and economic mobility; crime/violence; quantitative methods; urban social policy.


Department of Sociology:
460 William James Hall

Kennedy School of Government:
413 Taubman  


Tracy Shollenberger
Sociology and Social Policy

 


 

Graziella Silva
Sociology

Comparative Race Relations, Race and Class Dynamics, Human Rights, Culture and Public Policies, Brazil.


643 WJH 

Ben Snyder

 


 

Sameer Srivastava
Sociology and
Organizational Behavior

Organizational networks; inter-organizational ties; collaboration and coordination across organizational boundaries; and organizational drivers of performance and innovation


Wyss House 203-E
Harvard Business School
Boston, MA 02163 
617-895-8707

Jennifer Sykes
Sociology and Social Policy

poverty and inequality, social class and child-rearing strategies, child and family welfare, child protection


Taubman 419  

Laura Tach
Sociology and Social Policy

Social Stratification & Poverty
Urban Studies, Neighborhoods, & Housing
Families, Children & Social Policy
Quantitative & Mixed Methods


421 Taubman Kennedy School of Government 79 John F. Kennedy St  

Vaughn Tan

 


 

Chana Teeger
Sociology

Culture, Collective Memory and Commemoration, Perceptions of Crime, South Africa


609 WJH 
617-496-3846

Anulkah Thomas
Sociology

Race and Ethnicity, Immigration, the second generation, Afro-Latinos


576 WJH 
617-493-3695

Audrey Alforque Thomas
Sociology

Immigration, Higher Education, and Race


 

Qingxia Tong
Sociology and
Organizational Behavior

Law and Business, Corporate Governance, Social Networks, Information Technology and Society


Wyss Hall, HBS 
617-496-1936

Van C. Tran
Sociology and Social Policy

Immigration, race & ethnicity, intergroup relations, social inequality, urban poverty, qualitative & quantitative methods.


563 William James Hall  
617-493-2881

Chia-Jung Tsay
Sociology and
Organizational Behavior

implicit attitudes, unconscious thought, career choice, decision-making, social psychophysiology


 

Catherine Turco
Sociology

gender, culture, social and cultural aspects of economic institutions and economic development, qualitative methods


 

Zoua M. Vang
Sociology

international migration, comparative race & ethnicity, urban sociology, health disparities, mixed methods, and social policy


536 WJH 
617-496-3443

Joshua Wakeham
Sociology

morality, social welfare institutions, bureacracy, sociology of justice, crime, law, occupations and work, social theory, philosophy, ethnography


611 WJH 
617-496-3846

Jessica Welburn
Sociology

Race and ethnic relations in the U.S. and the U.K., Sociology of the Family, Organization Analysis


404 WJH 
617-496-3443

Christopher Wimer
Sociology and Social Policy

Stratification, Childhood/Family, Neighborhoods, Education and Youth Development, Crime


 

Scott Winship
Sociology and Social Policy

measuring material well-being, causes & consequences of single motherhood, cognitive inequality, early childhood inequality


3840 39th St. NW, #B104 Washington, DC 20016  

Holly Wood
Sociology

Inequality and stratification, social class and class identity, culture, social theory, ethnography, and social policy.


 

Hsin-Chao Wu
Sociology

Cultural changes and continuity in the course of economic development, and local culture under state regulation


643 WJH 
617-496-3852

Dian Yang
Sociology

Economic sociology and organizational sociology, specifically, the shift from managerial capitalism to shareholder capitalism and changing corporate governance and corporate strategies in the US and across the world; Development and Globalization; China and East Asian Societies


641 WJH 

Min Zhou
Sociology

Economic Sociology, Social Network Analysis, Globalization and East Asian Societies.


609 WJH 
617-496-3846