2025 (G1)
Francisca Afantchao Biakou
franciscaafantchaobiakou@g.harvard.eduDoctoral Student in Sociology & Social Policy
Research Interests: race, gender, work, social reproduction, historical sociology, black feminisms, quantitative methods Francisca Afantchao Biakou is a PhD student in sociology and social policy, and a Presidential Scholar at Harvard University. Using...
Joa Alexander
jalexander@hbs.eduDoctoral Student in Organizational Behavior
Research Interests: Organizational Change, Leadership, Innovation, Institutions, Organizations, Nonmarket Strategy, Networks Joa Alexander is a doctoral student in the Organizational Behavior program jointly offered by Harvard Business School and the...
Matt Carson
mattcarson@g.harvard.eduDoctoral Student in Sociology
Research Interests: organized labor & social movements, urban sociology, gentrification, political economy, neoliberalization, mass incarceration & police violence, historical methods, quantitative methods Matt Carson is a PhD student in Sociology at...
Nicholas Forster-Benson
nforsterbenson@g.harvard.eduDoctoral Student in Sociology & Social Policy
Research interests: Political economy, markets and inequality, finance and financialization, quantitative methods Nicholas (Nicc) Forster-Benson is a doctoral student in Sociology and Social Policy. Broadly, his research investigates how various market...
Emma Fromont
emmafromont@g.harvard.eduDoctoral Student in Sociology
Research Interests: Assimilation & Integration Theories, Ethnographic Methods, Identity Formation, Immigration in the US and in Europe, Race & Ethnicity, Racial Formation Emma Fromont is a PhD student in Sociology. She is interested in identity formation...
Alexandra Gibbons
agibbons@g.harvard.eduDoctoral Student in Sociology
Research Interests: Crime and Punishment; Community and Urban Sociology; Race and Ethnicity; Immigration; Class; Inequality; Quantitative Methods Alexandra (Alex) Gibbons is a PhD student in Sociology and a Presidential Scholar in the Graduate School of...
Zhongke Han
zhongkehan@g.harvard.eduDoctoral Student in Sociology
Research Interests: Knowledge & Technology; Comparative Political Economy; Complex Systems Zhongke Han is a doctoral student in Sociology. He studies the programmability of social life—structures and processes through which political and organizational...
Yoojung Lee
yoojunglee@g.harvard.eduDoctoral Student in Sociology
Research Interests: Political Sociology; Comparative; East Asia; Mixed Methods Yoojung Lee is a doctoral student in Sociology. Her research explores how identity-based perceptions interact with broader institutional, economic, and cultural dynamics to...
Qianyue (Jackie) Xu
jackiexu@g.harvard.eduDoctoral Student in Sociology
Research Interests: Organizations, occupations, and work; Informal networks; Cross-occupational collaborations; Skill and expertise; Labor and labor unions; The political economy of personal relationships; and Ethnography Qianyue (Jackie) Xu (...
Helen Zhou
helenzhou@g.harvard.eduDoctoral Student in Sociology
Research Interests: Sociology of education, inequality and stratification, segregation, urban sociology, social mobility, race and ethnicity, quantitative and mixed methods Helen Zhou is a PhD Student in Sociology. She is interested in education...
