(Sociology & Social Policy, May 2023)
Thesis Title: Intangible Factors: Social Capital, Social Networks, and America's Second Reconstruction
Committee: Mario L. Small (Chair), Martha Minow (Harvard Law School), and Bart Bonikowski (New York University)
Curr...
(Sociology, May 2024)
Thesis Title: Dignity, Job Quality, and Mobility in the U.S. Service Sector
Committee: Daniel Schneider (Chair), David S. Pedulla, and Mary C. Waters
Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Malcolm Wiener Center for...
(Sociology, May 2025; JD, Yale Law School, 2024)
Thesis Title: Theorizing Pathways to Family Formation: Birth, Adoption, and Infant Abandonment under China’s One-Child Policy
Committee: Jocelyn Viterna (Chair), Ellis Monk, and Ya-Wen Lei
Current Position: At...
(Sociology, November 2017)
Thesis Title: The Emergence of the On-Demand Economy and its Significance for Workers
Committee: Christopher Winship (Chair), Orlando Patterson, and William Julius Wilson
Initial Placement: Associate at McKinsey & Company, Dubai...
(Sociology, March 2021)
Thesis Title: The Gender Wealth Gap in the United States
Committee: Alexandra A. Killewald (Chair), Mary C. Brinton, and Jason Beckfield
Initial Position: Research Scientist, Demography and Survey Sciences, Facebook/Meta
(Sociology, May 2013)
Thesis Title: Dying of Encouragement: From Pitch to Production in Hollywood
Committee: Orlando Patterson (Chair), Christopher Winship, and Jason Beckfield
Current Position: Writer and Film Director
Rupert Russell is a writer and...
(Sociology & Social Policy, May 2019)
Thesis Title: The Process of Building, Sustaining, and Using Cross-occupational Collaborations
Committee: Jason Beckfield (Chair), Mario L. Small, and Katherine Stovel
Initial Placement: Privacy Counsel and Legal...
(Organizational Behavior, May 2015)
Thesis Title: Facilitative Boundary Leadership: Enabling Collaboration in Complex, Multi-Organizational Work
Committee: Amy C. Edmondson (Chair), Julie Battilana, and Filiz Garip
Initial Placement: Senior Director...
