(Sociology, November 2000)
Thesis Title: Why Are the Nurses Crying?: Restructuring, Power, and Control in an American Hospital
Committee: Mary Jo DelVecchio Good (Chair), Barbara Reskin, Benjamin C. Amick III, and Jody Hoffer Gittel
Initial Placement: Survey Scientist, The Picker Institute (Boston)
Current Position: Professor, Sociology Department, Queens College–City University of New York, Flushing, NY

I am a sociologist and full professor at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. I currently direct the Sociology MA program in Data Analytics and Applied Social Research, and I teach a mix of undergraduate and graduate courses on quantitative and qualitative research methods, survey design, social science writing and analysis, health policy, and organizational behavior.