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(Sociology, November 2014)
Thesis Title: Historical Origins of Racial Inequality in Incarceration in the United States
Committee: Bruce Western (Chair), Christopher Winship, Orlando Patterson, and Robert J. Sampson
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor...

(Sociology & Social Policy, May 2022)
Thesis Title: ‘Guardians of Beautiful Things’?: The Politics of Postcolonial Cultural Theft, Refusal, and Repair
Committee: Orlando Patterson (Co-Chair), Jocelyn Viterna (Co-Chair), Peggy Levitt (Wellesley College)...

(Sociology, November 2021)
Thesis Title: The Ecological Sources of Racial Inequities in Proactive Policing
Committee: Robert J. Sampson (Chair), Christopher Winship, Joscha Legewie, and Anthony Braga
Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Penn...

(Sociology, May 2019)
Thesis Title: More than a Helping Hand: Personal Network Structure and Functional, Cognitive, and Emotional Health
Committee: Jason Beckfield (Chair), Alexandra A. Killewald, and Lisa Berkman
Initial Placement: Research Scientist...

(Sociology, May 2018)
Thesis Title: Defining Female Achievement: Gender, Class, and Work in Contemporary Korea
Committee: Mary C. Brinton (Chair), Alexandra A. Killewald, Paul Y. Chang, and Jocelyn Viterna
Initial Placement: Lecturer on Sociology, Sociology...

(Organizational Behavior, November 2017)
Thesis Title: Organizing for Resilience: Mobilization by Sierra Leonean Diaspora Communities in Response to the 2014-2015 Ebola Crisis
Committee: Michèle Lamont (Co-Chair), Kathleen L. McGinn (Co-Chair), Julie...

(Sociology & Social Policy, May 2017)
Thesis Title: Household Instability during Childhood and Young Adult Outcomes
Committee: Robert J. Sampson (Chair), Kathryn Edin (Johns Hopkins University), Alexandra A. Killewald, and Bruce Western
Initial Placement: P...

(Sociology, May 2017)
Thesis Title: Institutions as Inferential Spaces: How People Learn About Inequality
Committee: Jason Beckfield (Chair), Lawrence D. Bobo, and Devah Pager
Initial Placement: Assistant Professorial Research Fellow in Ethnicity, Race, and...

(Sociology, May 2022)
Thesis Title: Reimagining Public Safety: Transformations in Collective Efficacy and Community Control in Boston Public Housing
Committee: Christopher Winship (Chair), Robert J. Sampson, Monica C. Bell (Yale Law School), and Rod K...

(Sociology & Social Policy, May 2025)
Thesis Title: Job Loss and Work Among Older Workers
Committee: Alexandra A. Killewald (Co-Chair, University of Michigan), David S. Pedulla (Co-Chair), Jason Beckfield, and Nicole Maestas