# Education and Society ## expand\_more [### Silvan Daniel Baier ](/people/silvan-daniel-baier) 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) [### Hannah Castner ](/people/hannah-castner) Doctoral Student in Sociology Research Interests: Education, cultural sociology, political sociology, stratification and inequality, computational and interview methods Hannah Castner is a PhD student in sociology and a Presidential Scholar at Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate... ![Hannah Castner](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/castner_hannah_photo.jpg?itok=e5URSKFu) [### Jen-Chen Chao ](/people/jen-chen-chao) 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) [### Jane Choi ](/people/jane-c-choi) Doctoral Student in Sociology Research Interests: Culture, ethnicity/race/nation, migration, class, inequality, Asia and Asian America, qualitative methods. Jane Choi is a PhD student in Sociology. In her research, she examines what is taken to constitute "authentic" ethnic, racial... ![jane choi_headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-01/jane%20choi_2026%20.jpeg?itok=zemznGhV) [### Jingyun Dai ](/people/jingyun-dai) Doctoral Student in Sociology Research Interests: culture; class and gender inequalities; higher education; intersectionality, mixed methods Jingyun Dai is a PhD candidate in sociology. Jingyun studies cultural processes and class and gender inequalities in the context of elite higher... ![jingyun dai](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/jingyun_photo.jpg?itok=GE6Tb2Qz) [### Melissa Hernández Jasso ](/people/melissa-hernandez-j%C3%A1sso) Doctoral Student in Sociology Research Interests: International migration; immigrant integration; higher education; legal stratification; social policy; work and organizations; North America Melissa Hernández Jasso is a doctoral candidate in Sociology focusing on immigration and... ![Hernandez Jasso_headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2026-06/Hernandez%20Jasso_headshot.jpg?itok=Tq60ZYXT) [### Evan Cliff MacKay ](/people/evan-cliff-mackay) Doctoral Student in Sociology & Social Policy Research Interests: Inequality and Social Policy; Civic participation and good government; Crime, deviance, restoration, and punishment; Social stratification; Race and Ethnicity; Gender; Discrimination; Geography; Poverty; Quantitative Methods Evan... ![Evan Mackay](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/photo_cropped_evan_mackay_bricks.jpg?itok=T6clfu5-) [### Siri Neerchal ](/people/siri-neerchal) Doctoral Student in Sociology & Social Policy Research Interests: economic sociology, public policy, work, health, survey methods, quantitative methods, experimental methods, computational methods, mixed methods Siri Neerchal is a Doctoral Student in Sociology and Social Policy at Harvard University... ![Siri Neerchal](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/neerchal_siri.jpg?itok=GYBK3DfF) [### Jessica Urzúa ](/people/jessica-urzua) Doctoral Student in Sociology & Social Policy Research Interests: labor, education, inequality, mobility, social policy Jessica Urzúa is a PhD student in Sociology and Social Policy. She is interested in studying how power and social structure in labor markets affect economic inequality, and how... ![Jessica Urzúa](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/urzua_jessica_photo.jpg?itok=5exu145K) [### Helen Zhou ](/people/helen-zhou) 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)