# Michèle Lamont ## expand\_more [### 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) [### Kseniya Dzhala ](/people/kseniya-dzhala) Doctoral Student in Sociology & Social Policy Research Interests: Housing, Culture, Social Movements, Social Policy, Relational Inequality, Qualitative Methods Kseniya Dzhala is a doctoral student in Sociology and Social Policy and a Stone PhD Scholar. She received her Bachelor's degree in Sociology... ![Kseniya Dzhala](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-08/Dzhala%20Kseniya%20headshot.jpg?itok=5s4i18jI) [### Emma Fromont ](/people/emma-fromont) Doctoral Student in Sociology Research Interests: Assimilation & Integration Theories, Ethnographic Methods, Identity Formation, Immigration in the US and in Europe, Race & Ethnicity, Racial Formation Emma Fromont is a PhD student in Sociology. She is interested in identity formation... ![Emma Fromont](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-09/Emma%20Fromont.jpg?itok=gYb53AvO) [### Chelsea King ](/people/chelsea-king) Doctoral Student in Sociology Research Interests: Stratification and Inequality, Ethno-racial Classification and Identification, Sociology of Knowledge, Demography Chelsea King is a PhD student in Sociology. Chelsea is interested in how indigenous peoples' ethno-racial classifications... ![Chelsea King](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/king_chelsea_website_01.jpg?itok=nOW_5Alj) [### Nicole Letourneau ](/people/nicole-letourneau) Doctoral Student in Sociology Research Interests: Cultural Sociology, Economic Sociology, Organizations, Social Networks, Mixed Methods Nicole Letourneau is a PhD student in Sociology. She grew up in North Carolina and completed her bachelor’s degree at the University of North... ![Nicoloe Letourneau](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/lectourneau_2023-05-22_.jpeg?itok=Sc_0v4NQ) [### Mari Sanchez ](/people/mari-sanchez) Doctoral Student in Sociology Research Interests: Race & Ethnic Relations; Immigration; Inequality & Stratification; Social Movements; Cultural Sociology Mari Sanchez is a Doctoral Student in Sociology. Mari is broadly interested in how societies manage and make sense of growing... ![Mari Sanchez](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/sanchez_mari.jpg?itok=OtjM5tjB) [### Sydney Sauer ](/people/sydney-sauer) Doctoral Student in Sociology Research Interests: Cultural sociology, medical sociology, experimental methods, historical methods, science communication Sydney Sauer Sydney Sauer is a PhD student in the Department of Sociology. She studies the relationship between information and... ![Sydney Sauer headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-06/Sauer_Sydney_headshot.JPG?itok=Ve7Nl_Hx) [### Elizabeth Sheprow ](/people/elizabeth-sheprow) Doctoral Student in Organizational Behavior Research Interests: Emotions; Identity; Cultural Sociology; Organizations; Work and Employment; Qualitative Methods Elizabeth Sheprow is a Doctoral Student in the Organizational Behavior program jointly offered by Harvard Business School and the... ![Elizabeth Sheprow](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/sheprow_elizabeth_photo_01.jpg?itok=XcfgtFWB) [### Tiffany Smith ](/people/tiffany-smith) Doctoral Student in Organizational Behavior Research Interests: identity, inclusion, psychological safety, organizational culture, cultural capital, occupational segregation Tiffany Smith is a doctoral student in the Organizational Behavior program jointly offered by Harvard Business School and the... ![Tiffany Smith](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/smith_tiffany_photo.jpg?itok=0G7lnAaf) [### Shira Zilberstein ](/people/shira-zilberstein) Doctoral Student in Sociology 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 Studies... ![shira zilberstein](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/zilberstein.jpeg?itok=UvqJKlE7)