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  [### Bernadette Blashill

 ](/people/bernadette-blashill) <bblashill@g.harvard.edu>Doctoral Student in Sociology

 

 

 Research Interests: Care and Caregiving, Cultural and Political Sociology, Law and Society, Mental Health, Social Policy Bernadette Blashill is a doctoral student in Sociology at Harvard University. Her research investigates why and how people care for... 

 

 

      ![Blashill headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-06/Blashil%20headshot.jpg?itok=myoqXTWj) 

 

 

 

   [### Jen-Chen Chao

 ](/people/jen-chen-chao) <jenchenchao@fas.harvard.edu>Doctoral Student in Sociology

 

 

 Research interests: Economic Inequality, Social Stratification, Education, Gender and Work, Quantitative Methods, Organization, Social Demography Jen-Chen Chao is a PhD student in Sociology at Harvard University and a Doctoral Trainee at the Center for... 

 

 

      ![Jen Chen Chao](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-09/jenchenchao.png?itok=OQGLT9la) 

 

 

 

   [### Jane Choi

 ](/people/jane-c-choi) <janechoi@g.harvard.edu>Doctoral Student in Sociology

 

 

 Research Interests: Culture, ethnicity/race/nation, migration, class, inequality, Asia and Asian America, qualitative methods. Jane Choi is a PhD student in Sociology. In her research, she examines what is taken to constitute "authentic" ethnic, racial... 

 

 

      ![jane choi_headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-01/jane%20choi_2026%20.jpeg?itok=zemznGhV) 

 

 

 

   [### Clayton Covington

 ](/people/clayton-covington) <claytoncovington@g.harvard.edu>Doctoral Student in Sociology

 

 

 Research Interests: Organizations, Political Sociology, Cultural Sociology, Sexuality, Social Movements, Globalization, Comparative &amp; Historical Sociology, Law, Empire, Nationalism, Latin America and the Caribbean Clayton Covington is a PhD Student in... 

 

 

      ![Clayton Covington](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/covington_clayton.jpg?itok=as4DsoSl) 

 

 

 

   [### Melissa Hernández Jasso

 ](/people/melissa-hernandez-j%C3%A1sso) <mhernandezjasso@g.harvard.edu>Doctoral Student in Sociology

 

 

 Research Interests: International migration; immigrant integration; higher education; legal stratification; social policy; work and organizations; North America Melissa Hernández Jasso is a doctoral candidate in Sociology focusing on immigration and... 

 

 

      ![Hernandez Jasso_headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-06/Hernandez%20Jasso_headshot.jpg?itok=Tq60ZYXT) 

 

 

 

   [### GeorgePatrick (George) J. Hutchins

 ](/people/george-hutchins) [georgepatrick\_hutchins@hms.harvard.edu](mailto:georgepatrick_hutchins@hms.harvard.edu)Doctoral Student in Sociology

 

 

 Research Interests: Crime, incarceration, carceral logic, racial inequity, health and society, medicine, mixed-methods GeorgePatrick (George) Hutchins (he/him) is a Doctoral Student in Sociology and MD Candidate at Harvard Medical School. He graduated... 

 

 

      ![George Hutchins](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/hutchins_george_photo.jpg?itok=YqCfM9pU) 

 

 

 

   [### Siri Neerchal

 ](/people/siri-neerchal) <sneerchal@g.harvard.edu>Doctoral Student in Sociology &amp; Social Policy

 

 

 Research Interests: economic sociology, public policy, work, health, survey methods, quantitative methods, experimental methods, computational methods, mixed methods Siri Neerchal is a Doctoral Student in Sociology and Social Policy at Harvard University... 

 

 

      ![Siri Neerchal](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/neerchal_siri.jpg?itok=GYBK3DfF) 

 

 

 

   [### Erin Shirtz

 ](/people/erin-shirtz) <eshirtz@hbs.edu>Doctoral Student in Organizational Behavior

 

 

 Research Interests: Organizations, Inequality, Gender, Identity, Economic Sociology Erin Shirtz is a doctoral student in the Organizational Behavior program jointly offered by Harvard Business School and the Department of Sociology at Harvard University... 

 

 

      ![Erin Shirtz](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/shirtz_erin.jpeg?itok=5lw7to3E) 

 

 

 

   [### Emily Tedards

 ](/people/emily-tedards) <etedards@hbs.edu>Doctoral Student in Organizational Behavior

 

 

 Research Interests: inter-organizational relationships, ecosystems, cross-sector collaboration, organizational design, organizational learning and adaptation, technology, entrepreneurship, innovation, institutions, movements, emerging markets, qualitative... 

 

 

      ![Emily Tedards](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/tedards_emily.jpg?itok=jXMS3irU)