# Alumni Profiles ## expand\_more Sociology concentrators pursue diverse careers that draw upon the ideas and concepts they discussed and debated over their four years of undergraduate study. The rigorous analytical skills and the ability for critical thinking, which they developed through their course work, has prepared them to address real world challenges that range from wrestling with major organizational problems, to figuring out how to better serve and educate the country’s children, to addressing important social issues such as HIV/AIDS. Through the following profiles we would like to introduce you to some of the many extraordinary alumnae and alumni of Harvard’s undergraduate program in Sociology and their plans upon graduation. Open all sections Close all sections ### Class of 2025 expand\_more ![Headshot of Adrienne Chan](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-09/Adrienne%20Chan_0.jpeg?itok=brjYknp1) ## **Adrienne Chan** **Post-Graduation Plans:** I plan to be a choreographer and labor advocate in the dance industry. I will be based in NYC. **Did you do any research assistantships/internships/etc. while you were a Sociology student?** Yes! I was an RA for Michèle Lamont for 3 years, starting from BLISS (Harvard Summer Undergraduate Research Village). --- ![Headshot of Alexandra Friedlander](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-09/Alexandra%20Friedlande.png?itok=xNwMbVfG) ## **Alexandra Friedlander** **Post-Graduation Plans:** I will be moving to New York City to join the Estée Lauder Companies as a Presidential Associate on the Marketing Track as part of their CEO Global Presidential Program! **Did you do any research assistantships/internships/etc. while you were a Sociology student?** I did a few summer internships focused on marketing and consumer psychology within the fashion and beauty industries. **Suggestions for current concentrators?** Explore sociology electives beyond the requirements! --- ![Headshot of Julia Garcia Galindo](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-09/IMG_4495_Julia%20Garcia%20Galindo.jpg?itok=kUUjo0aa) ## **Julia Garcia Galindo** **Post-Graduation Plans:** I am working as a Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow at NYU Stern in the Department of Organizations & Management, planning to eventually apply to PhDs in sociology. **Did you do any research assistantships/internships/etc. while you were a Sociology student?** Yes, I was a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Research Fellow, I did a research assistantship with Prof. Emily Handsman and another research assistantship with a professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. Additionally, I participated in SHARP (the Summer Humanities and Arts Research Program) twice, once as a Houghton Library Fellow (archive research) and another time as an intern/curriculum development person for Poetry in America. One of my summers I conducted thesis research full time using multiple grants (the Center for American Political Studies and Ethnicity, Migration, Rights). --- ### Class of 2024 expand\_more ![Headshot of LyLena Estabine](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-09/LyLena%20Estabine.png?itok=YztgmNBx) ## **LyLena Estabine** **Post-Graduation Plans:** I will be working as an analyst in the DC area. **How did you hear about Sociology?** I first learned about sociology reading about the social sciences. My freshman year, I took a lot of economics classes that didn't feel quite right. I also took an anthropology class that didn't feel quite right. I realized that what I was looking for aligned much better with the field of sociology. **Any suggestions for current concentrators?** Think of yourself as an academic. Take your work seriously and be curious about everything. Learn to see the world through this discipline, and your life will be an incredibly interesting adventure. --- ![Headshot of Chelsea Guo](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-09/Chelsea%20Guo.jpeg?itok=q2a_Xmqg) ## **Chelsea Guo** **Post-Graduation Plans: I will be working as a Fellowship Coordinator for Sutter Hill Ventures in Palo Alto, CA.** **How did you discover Sociology?** I thought I would major in communications or PR at a pre-professional university, but sociology seemed the closest match at a liberal arts college like Harvard! I took one sociology of education course my freshman fall and knew I wanted to continue. **Suggestions for current concentrators?** Sociology is so broad in the best way and the topics and methods can really help you anywhere you go. I'm so glad I chose it as my concentration and I hope more people can see how much potential it has for career pathways. --- ![Headshot of Lucy Tu](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2025-09/Lucy%20Tu.jpg?itok=fQWhYWjw) ## **Lucy Tu** **Post-Graduation Plans:** I will attend Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar to pursue my DPhil in Socio-Legal Studies. Expanding on my undergraduate sociology research, I will investigate how U.S. "fetal personhood laws" affect the ways in which women access IVF services and other reproductive technologies. After completing my DPhil, I intend to return to the U.S. for law school. **How did you discover Sociology?** (Fun fact: I had never heard of Sociology before college! I thought I would be an English or Statistics concentrator). During my freshman year, I enrolled in a course titled "Sociology of Law," primarily because I was attempting to develop a class schedule that straddled the humanities, sciences, and social sciences all at once (Sociology ticked the social science box). That course challenged me to think about the law -- something I had previously viewed as an absolute and clear-cut framework for understanding the world -- in an entirely different way. **Suggestions for current concentrators?** Don't be afraid to cold email professors or graduate students whose work you find fascinating! One of the strongest, most fruitful faculty relationships I developed as a undergraduate was with a sociology professor whom I contacted on a whim because I was interested in her work within reproductive sociology. Also, I am biased, but I firmly believe our department has the most wonderful undergraduates, so get to know your fellow concentrators! --- ### Class of 2023 and Earlier expand\_more [Yifan Chen](/yifan-chen), '21 Analyst Education Resource Strategies [Jaide Talmadge](/jaide-talmadge), '21 Equal Opportunity Specialist U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development [Naomi Rafal](/naomi-rafal), '20 Fundraising Center for Effective Philanthropy [Kate Gehling](/kate-gehling), '19 JD Candidate University of Chicago Research Analyst Center for Effective Philanthropy [Louis Leblanc](/louis-leblanc-19), '19 Management Consulting Communication Media Advisors [Ngozi Musa,](/ngozi-musa) '19 Beauty Marketer L'Oreal [Stephanie Wu](/stephanie-wu-0), '19 MD Candidate, Icahn School of Medicine Mount Sinai [Kirsi Anselmi-Stith](/kirsi-anselmi-stith), '18 MedServ Fellow Wilmington, NC [Katy Dolan](/katy-dolan), '18 Special Assistant to the CEO Cue Ball Capital [Sarah Rahman](/sarah-rahman), '18 MD Candidate Case Western Reserve University [Carolina Ribeiro](/carolina-ribeiro), '18 Business Analyst McKinsey and Company [Nabig Chaudhry](/nabig-chaudhry), '17 LinkedIn - Business Leadership Program Harvard Business School [Colin Criss](/colin-criss), '17 Washington University (St. Louis) MFA program, Poetry [Rachael Stein](/rachael-stein-0), '17 Boston Consulting Group [Itzel Vasquez-Rodriguez](/itzel-vasquez-rodriguez-17), '17 California Assembly Fellowship, 2019-20 [ Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__a04.asmdc.org_&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=hs-h0SnFEt64QJFoIwz3TnEft2mnspBQTd8Ts-VVQE4&m=UTsK6UZxCC__0RsRgyBZDhYi9_Wr8IpH2Ihmq-WiDVE&s=8z0Yy6eQzJVAhgYJeRuwUuaTwal02FogsxqdaiJ5efM&e=) [Mi Do Choi](/mido-choi), '17 Bain and Company [William Gardner](/william-gardner), '17 Fellow, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation University of Washington in Seattle [Kamaria Lee](/kamaria-lee?admin_panel=1&admin_panel=1&admin_panel=1#), '16 M.D. Candidate, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Research Assistant, University of Michigan Cancer Surveillance and Outcomes Research Team and Harvard University Department of Sociology, Ann Arbor, MI [Rugsit Kanan](/rugsit-kanan-16), '16 Schwarzman Scholars [Vanessa C. Rodriguez](/vanessa-c-rodriguez), '16 Investment Management Paralegal Ropes & Gray LLP [Eliza Flint](/eliza-flint-15-candidate), '15 Equity Trading Morgan Stanley [Ian Lundberg](/ian-lundberg-0), '15 Phd Candidate in Sociology Princeton [Christopher Cleveland](/christopher-cleveland-14), '14 District Management Council Boston [Lauren Perry](/lauren-perry), '14 Teach for America San Antonio [Francesca Smith](/francesca-smith-14), '14 Education Program Coordinator Inquilinos Boricuas en Accion Boston's South End [Jennifer Zhu](/jennifer-q-zhu), '14 Health Systems Quality Improvement Coordinator UN Development Programme's Millennium Villages Project Uganda [Catherine Sheils,](/catherine-sheils) '13 MD Candidate, University of Rochester School of Medicine Rochester, NY [Ellie Hylton](/pages/ethel-ellie-hylton), '13 JD, Duke University School of Law Account Executive The Nielsen Company, LA [Victoria Harman](/victoria-harman-12), '12 PhD Candidate, Sociology of Education Stanford [Keri Hartman](/pages/keri-hartman-12), '12 Fulbright Student Scholarship and English Teaching Assistant Austrian Ministry of Education and Culture Vienna [Marissa Reichel](/marissa-reichel), '12 Trial Preparation Assistant New York District Attorney's Office [Shadman Zaman](/pages/shadman-zaman), '12 JD Candidate Columbia Law School New York [Katie Gunn](/pages/katie-gunn-11), '11 Senior Consultant Partner (2022) Oliver Wyman New York [Jason Shah](/jason-shah-11), '11 Founder, Do.com San Francisco [Jeff Aguero](/jeff-aguero-06), '06 Lead - Local Sales, Marketing, Events Square San Francisco ## Undergraduate Office **650 William James Hall** **617-495-3713** **Director of Undergraduate Studies** [Mary C. Waters](https://sociology.fas.harvard.edu/people/mary-c-waters) **Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies** [Emily Fairchild](mailto:///efairchild@fas.harvard.edu) **Undergraduate Advising and Program Administrator** [Rebecca Russell](mailto:///rrussell@fas.harvard.edu)