Research Interests: Organizations, occupations, and work; Informal networks; Cross-occupational collaborations; Skill and expertise; Labor and labor unions; The political economy of personal relationships; and Ethnography
Qianyue (Jackie) Xu (pronunciation...
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...
Research Interests: political sociology, environmental sociology, cultural sociology
Samantha Wyman is a Doctoral Student in Sociology at Harvard University. During her graduate career, she is eager to explore how a community’s culture, politics, and...
Research Interests: labor markets, organizations, work and occupations, work-family nexus, quantitative and mixed methods.
Yinan Wang is a Doctoral Student in Sociology. She is broadly interested in exploring how social institutions interact to create...
(Sociology & Social Policy)
Ph.D. Date: Spring 2026 (Expected)
Dissertation Title: Data and Knowledge of the Criminal Legal System in a Comparative Perspective
Dissertation Committee: Robert Sampson and Ellis Monk (Co-Chairs); Joscha Legewie, Magda Boutros...
Research Interests: Demography, fertility, migration, gender, and social stratification
Zehra Yildirim is a doctoral student in sociology. Her research interests include demography, fertility, migration, gender, and social stratification. In graduate...
Research Interests: social demography, families, wealth, population health, quantitative methods, survey methods
Brian Xiao (pictured right) is a PhD candidate in Sociology and Doctoral Trainee in Demography and Population Sciences at the Harvard Center...
Research Interests: International Migration & Immigrant Integration; Social Demography; Disparities in Health; Urban & Social Policy; Work, Welfare, & Poverty; Quantitative Methods
Kyle Waldman is a Doctoral Student in Sociology. Kyle was born in Los...
Research Interests: culture, organizations, science and technology studies, political-economy, theory, qualitative and mixed methods
Shira Zilberstein is a PhD candidate in sociology at Harvard University and a fellow in the Science and Technology...
