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  [### Francisca Afantchao Biakou

 ](/people/francisca-afantchao-biakou) <franciscaafantchaobiakou@g.harvard.edu>Doctoral Student in Sociology &amp; 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... 

 

 

      ![Fran Afantchao Biakou](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-09/Afantchao%20Biakou_Francisca.jpg?itok=Gcx05JWn) 

 

 

 

   [### Joa Alexander

 ](/people/joa-alexander) <jalexander@hbs.edu>Doctoral 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... 

 

 

      ![Joa Alexander headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-09/Alexander_Joa_photo.png?itok=XadGKwjh) 

 

 

 

   [### Matt Carson

 ](/people/matt-carson) <mattcarson@g.harvard.edu>Doctoral Student in Sociology

 

 

 Research Interests: organized labor &amp; social movements, urban sociology, gentrification, political economy, neoliberalization, mass incarceration &amp; police violence, historical methods, quantitative methods Matt Carson is a PhD student in Sociology at... 

 

 

      ![Matt Carson](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-09/Carson_Matt_photo.jpg?itok=dkM2yVN6) 

 

 

 

   [### Nicholas Forster-Benson

 ](/people/nicholas-forster-benson) <nforsterbenson@g.harvard.edu>Doctoral Student in Sociology &amp; 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... 

 

 

      ![Nicholas Forster-Benson](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-09/Forster-Benson_Nicholas.jpg?itok=xcIf7HZp) 

 

 

 

   [### Emma Fromont

 ](/people/emma-fromont) <emmafromont@g.harvard.edu>Doctoral Student in Sociology

 

 

 Research Interests: Assimilation &amp; Integration Theories, Ethnographic Methods, Identity Formation, Immigration in the US and in Europe, Race &amp; Ethnicity, Racial Formation Emma Fromont is a PhD student in Sociology. She is interested in identity formation... 

 

 

      ![Emma Fromont](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-09/Emma%20Fromont.jpg?itok=gYb53AvO) 

 

 

 

   [### Alexandra Gibbons

 ](/people/alexandra-gibbons) <agibbons@g.harvard.edu>Doctoral 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... 

 

 

      ![Alex Gibbons](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-09/Alexandra%20Gibbons.JPG?itok=-EJwRcyU) 

 

 

 

   [### Zhongke Han

 ](/people/zhongke-han) <zhongkehan@g.harvard.edu>Doctoral Student in Sociology

 

 

 Research Interests: Knowledge &amp; 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... 

 

 

      ![Zhongke Han](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-09/Zhongke%20Han.jpg?itok=hwPBnlAY) 

 

 

 

   [### Yoojung Lee

 ](/people/yoojung-lee) <yoojunglee@g.harvard.edu>Doctoral 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... 

 

 

      ![Yoojung Lee](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-09/Yoojung%20Lee.png?itok=Tqh3AQPP) 

 

 

 

   [### Qianyue (Jackie) Xu

 ](/people/qianyue-jackie-xu) <jackiexu@g.harvard.edu>Doctoral 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 (... 

 

 

      ![Jackie Xu](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-09/Jackie%20Xu.jpg?itok=toZtyNhP) 

 

 

 

   [### Helen Zhou

 ](/people/helen-zhou) <helenzhou@g.harvard.edu>Doctoral 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... 

 

 

      ![Helen Zhou](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-09/Zhou_Helen.JPG?itok=k-RSl9Nt)