Other Faculty
Loren Beard
lorenbeard@fas.harvard.eduHarvard College Fellow
Loren Beard is a Harvard College Fellow who received their PhD in Sociology from the University of Chicago in 2025. Their research leverages quantitative and qualitative methods to examine the social and structural determinants of child and family well...
Raj Chetty
chetty@fas.harvard.eduWilliam A. Ackman Professor of Public Economics
Affiliate of the Department of Sociology
Research interests: Economics, social inequalty, public policy, quantitative methods Raj Chetty is the William A. Ackman Professor of Economics at Harvard University. He is also the Director of Opportunity Insights (formerly the Equality of Opportunity...
Caitlin Daniel
cdaniel@fas.harvard.eduLecturer on Sociology
Research Scholar
I am interested in inequality, culture, health, family, and the sociology of food. My research examines how parents across the socioeconomic spectrum decide what to feed their children at a time of growing income inequality and increasing dietary disease...
Shai M. Dromi
shai.dromi@g.harvard.eduAssociate Senior Lecturer on Sociology
Research Interests: Comparative-historical sociology; global and transnational sociology; cultural sociology; sociology of morality; sociology of religion; humanitarian movements; knowledge production. Shai M. Dromi is a cultural and comparative...
Emily Fairchild
efairchild@fas.harvard.eduLecturer on Sociology
Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies
Research interests: Gender, Identity, Research methods, Inclusion and belonging in higher education Dr. Fairchild is Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies. She was previously Associate Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at New College of...
Sarah Halford
sjhalford@fas.harvard.eduHarvard College Fellow
Sarah J Halford received her PhD from Brandeis University in 2024. She studies social movements, culture, and media, with special interests in mis/disinformation, institutional distrust, conspiracy theories, and online movements. Her research explores the...
Isabel Jijon
ijijon@fas.harvard.eduLecturer on Sociology
Isabel Jijon is a cultural sociologist who studies work, inequality, childhood, and globalization. Her research is comparative and focuses on Latin America and the global South. Broadly speaking, she is interested in how people create, develop, and...
Manja Klemenčič
manjaklemencic@fas.harvard.eduAffiliate of the Department of Sociology
Research Interests: Sociology and politics of higher education; international and comparative higher education; European higher education; student agency; student impact on higher education; student representation; academic profession; student-centered...
Danilo Mandić
mandic@fas.harvard.eduAssociate Senior Lecturer on Sociology
Research Interests: Social movements, nationalism, social theory, ethnic relations, civil war, and organized crime. Danilo Mandić is Associate Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology. A political sociologist and comparative historical analyst, he...
Liz McKenna
emckenna@hks.harvard.eduAssistant Professor of Public Policy
Affiliate of the Department of Sociology
Liz McKenna is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at HKS. She is a political sociologist whose research focuses on how civil society can both enable and constrain democracy. She uses multiple methods—ethnographic, interview, geospatial, and social...
S "Subu" V. Subramanian
svsubram@hsph.harvard.eduProfessor of Population Health and Geography
Affiliate of the Department of Sociology
Research Interests: Development, global health, geographic analysis, India. S V ( Subu) Subramanian is a Professor of Population Health and Geography at Harvard University, and chair of the Faculty Advisory Group for the Center for Geographic Analysis at...
Stephanie Ternullo
sternullo@fas.harvard.eduAssistant Professor of Government
Affiliate of the Department of Sociology
Research Interests: Civil Society and Social Movements, Political Psychology, Public Opinion, Social Policy & the Welfare State, State-Society Relations, State & Local Politics, Voter Behavior Stephanie Ternullo is Assistant Professor of Government. Her...
