# Doctoral Students ## expand\_more [### Aja Antoine-Jones ](/people/aja-antoine-jones) Visiting Doctoral Student in Sociology University of California, Berkeley Research Interests: Historical Sociology, Health Disparities, Social Inequality, Social Theory Aja Antoine-Jones is a doctoral student in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. Her current research examines the relationship... ![Aja Antoine-Jones](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/antoine-jones_aja.jpg?itok=zRRkWL-b) [### Hero Ashman ](/people/hero-ashman-0) [hero\_ashman@fas.harvard.edu](mailto:hero_ashman@fas.harvard.edu)Exchange Scholar/Visiting Doctoral Student in Sociology University of California, Berkeley Research Interests: Stratification, the family, gender, quantitative methods Hero Ashman is a PhD candidate in Sociology at UC Berkeley and currently a visiting student at Harvard. She studies the role of the family as it relates to the reproduction of... ![Hero Ashman](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/ashman_hero_photo.jpeg?itok=gzocuCXP) [### Thomas Haseloff ](/people/thomas-haseloff) Visiting Doctoral Student in Sociology University of California, Berkeley Research Interests: Economic sociology, political economy, technology, finance, theory Tom Haseloff is a PhD student in Sociology at UC Berkeley. His research covers a range of topics in economic sociology and political economy with a specific emphasis on... ![Thomas Haseloff](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/haseloff_thomas.jpg?itok=-tz96294) [### Keitaro Okura ](/people/keitaro-okura) [keitaro\_okura@g.harvard.edu](mailto:keitaro_okura@g.harvard.edu)Exchange Scholar/Visiting Student in Sociology Yale University Research Interests: Immigration; Race and Ethnicity; Education; Political Sociology; Culture; Inequality; Experimental Methods Keitaro Okura is a Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology at Yale University and currently a visiting student at Harvard. His research... ![Keitaro Okura](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-09/Okura_Keitaro.jpg?itok=gcxPC51v) [### Elena G. van Stee ](/people/elena-g-van-stee) Fellow in Sociology Research Interests: Culture, inequality, families, parenting, young adulthood, education, economic sociology, morality, religion, qualitative methods Elena G. van Stee is a Fellow in Sociology at Harvard University and a PhD Candidate in Sociology at the... ![Elena van Stee](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-06/2025_van%20stee.png?itok=3zXGOJNH)