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  [### Clem Aeppli

 ](/people/clem-aeppli) <caeppli@g.harvard.edu>Doctoral Student in Sociology

 

 

 Research Interests: Wealth &amp; income inequality; work &amp; organizations; capitalism; race &amp; racial inequality; social theory Clem Aeppli is a PhD student in Sociology. He studies how the organization of work affects inequality and instability. His projects... 

 

 

      ![Clem Aeppli](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-03/Clem%20Aeppli.jpg?itok=n-A9z3fP) 

 

 

 

   [### 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) 

 

 

 

   [### David Arbeláez

 ](/people/david-arbelaez) <darbelaez@g.harvard.edu>Doctoral Student in Sociology &amp; Social Policy

 

 

 Research Interests: Inequality, intergenerational mobility, organizations, higher education David Arbeláez is a PhD student in the Sociology and Social Policy PhD program at Harvard University. He is generally interested in income and wealth outcomes as... 

 

 

      ![David Arbelaez](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/arbeleaz_david_photo.jpg?itok=QiOwspoV) 

 

 

 

   [### Silvan Daniel Baier

 ](/people/silvan-daniel-baier) <sbaier@hbs.edu>Doctoral Student in Organizational Behavior

 

 

 Research Interests: Computational Social Science, Knowledge, Networks, Organizations, Sociology of Science Silvan Baier is a PhD student in Organizational Behavior at Harvard Business School and the Department of Sociology at Harvard University. He... 

 

 

      ![Silvan Baier](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/baier_silvan_photo.jpg?itok=d3byWNQ9) 

 

 

 

   [### Emma Bedell Bogler

 ](/people/emma-bedell-bogler) <emmabogler@fas.harvard.edu>Doctoral Student in Sociology

 

 

 Research Interests: Cultural sociology, social network analysis, media studies, computational text analysis, political sociology, inequality, economic sociology Emma Bedell Bogler is a PhD student in Sociology at Harvard University. Originally from... 

 

 

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   [### Minjin Chae

 ](/people/minjin-chae) <minjinchae@g.harvard.edu>Doctoral Student in Sociology

 

 

 Research Interests: Family, Gender, Work and Employment, Organization Minjin Chae is a Doctoral Student in Sociology. She is interested in identifying the opportunities and risks brought by ongoing labor market transformation (e.g., automation) for... 

 

 

      ![Minjin Chae](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/chae_minjin_photo.jpg?itok=6QAZUlIx) 

 

 

 

   [### Jen-Chen Chao

 ](/people/jen-chen-chao) <jenchenchao@fas.harvard.edu>Doctoral Student in Sociology

 

 

 Research interests: Economic Inequality, Social Stratification, Education, Gender and Work, Quantitative Methods, Organization, Social Demography Jen-Chen Chao is a PhD student in Sociology at Harvard University and a Doctoral Trainee at the Center for... 

 

 

      ![Jen Chen Chao](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-09/jenchenchao.png?itok=OQGLT9la) 

 

 

 

   [### Marissa Combs

 ](/people/marissa-combs) <marissacombs@g.harvard.edu>Doctoral Student in Sociology

 

 

 Research Interests: Education Reform, Organizational and Economic Sociology, Cultural Sociology, Accountability and Governance, Research Practice Partnerships, Research Methods Marissa Combs is a PhD student in Sociology, a PIER Fellow at the Center for... 

 

 

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   [### Nayun Eom

 ](/people/nayun-eom) <neom@g.harvard.edu>Doctoral Student in Sociology

 

 

 Research Interests: Work and organizations; Inequality and stratification; Political sociology; Care labor; Technology; Culture; Mixed methods Nayun Eom is a doctoral student in Sociology. Her research spans the sociology of politics, science and... 

 

 

      ![Nayun Eom](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/eom_nayun_photo.jpeg?itok=hn7y833t) 

 

 

 

   [### Daniel Alain Evrard

 ](/people/daniel-alain-evrard) <danielevrard@g.harvard.edu>Doctoral Student in Sociology

 

 

 Research Interests: Political Economy; Urban Sociology; Economic Geography; Social Impacts of Economic and Climatic Change; Poverty and Inequality; Work, Labor Markets and the Labor Process; Social Theory; Comparative Sociology. Daniel Alain Evrard is a... 

 

 

      ![D A Evrard](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/evrard_d_a_01.jpg?itok=h5qAtC4z) 

 

 

 

   [### 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... 

 

 

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