# Graduate Degrees Awarded ## expand\_more View [previous Graduate Degrees Awarded.](/pages/previous-graduate-degrees-awarded) View [Sociology Dissertation List from 1932-2014](/file_url/736) ## DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY 2025-26 2024-25 2023-24 2022-23 2021-22 2020-21 ## 2025-26 [### Matthew Brooke ](/people/matthew-brooke) Doctoral Student in Sociology Research Interests: Political sociology, historical sociology, social movements, political parties, media. Matthew Brooke is a Doctoral candidate in Sociology. Matthew's dissertation investigates why the Republican Party and right-wing media have become... ![Matthew Brooke](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/brooke_matt.jpg?itok=3if80pqg) [### Nino José Cricco Doldan ](/people/nino-cricco) Doctoral Student in Sociology Research Interests: Immigration, Inequality and Stratification, Family, Labor Markets, Social Demography, Quantitative Methods Nino José Cricco is a PhD student in Sociology. His research interests include immigration, economic inequality, and family... ![Nino Cricco](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/cricco.jpg?itok=jCnmA-I-) [### 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) ## 2024-25 [### Eun Se Baik ](/people/eun-se-baik) (Sociology, November 2024) Thesis Title: Transnational Making and Remaking of Education: Education of Immigrant Koreans, Transnationally Mobile Koreans, and Non-migrant Koreans in Korea and the U.S. Committee: Mary C. Waters (Co-Chair), Mario L. Small (Co... ![Eun Se Baik](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/baik_eun_se_photo.jpg?itok=QrOSpMs6) [### Derick Baum ](/people/derick-baum) [derick\_baum@brown.edu](mailto:derick_baum@brown.edu) (Sociology, November 2024) Thesis Title: Developments in Aggregate Relational Data Committee: Peter V. Marsden (Chair), Alexandra A. Killewald (University of Michigan), and Xiang Zhou Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Brown University (2024... ![Derick Baum](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-08/Baum_Derick_headshot.jpg?itok=bKtNNC2u) [### Jenna Cook ](/people/jenna-cook-0) (Sociology, May 2025; JD, Yale Law School, 2024) Thesis Title: Theorizing Pathways to Family Formation: Birth, Adoption, and Infant Abandonment under China’s One-Child Policy Committee: Jocelyn Viterna (Chair), Ellis Monk, and Ya-Wen Lei Current Position... ![Jenna Cook](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/cook_jenna_0.jpg?itok=fNSe7EAR) [### Aaron Berman Fernandez ](/people/aaron-fernandez) (Sociology, May 2025) Thesis Title: Patterns of Place: Housing Supply, Racial Segregation, and the Suburbanization of Immigration Committee: Alexandra A. Killewald (Co-Chair, University of Michigan), Robert J. Sampson (Co-Chair), and David S. Pedulla ![Aaron Fernandez](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/fernandez_aaron.jpeg?itok=LRSRQTNf) [### Ohjae Gowen ](/people/ohjae-gowen) (Sociology, November 2024) Thesis Title: Fathers’ Household Labor and the Making of Gender Inequality Committee: Mary C. Brinton (Co-Chair), Alexandra A. Killewald (Co-Chair, University of Michigan), David S. Pedulla, and Xiang Zhou Initial Placement... ![Ohjae Gowen](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/headshot_gowen.jpg?itok=VpJlHTYm) [### In Jeong Hwang ](/people/jeong-hwang) (Sociology, May 2025) Thesis Title: Consequences of Unpaid Labor: Evidence from the U.S. Committee: Alexandra A. Killewald (Co-Chair, University of Michigan), Daniel Schneider (Co-Chair), and David S. Pedulla Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Human... ![In Jeong Hwang](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-08/Hwang_In_Jeong_photo.jpg?itok=RWifh800) [### Alexandra Mitukiewicz ](/people/alexandra-mitukiewicz) (Sociology & Social Policy, May 2025) Thesis Title: Job Loss and Work Among Older Workers Committee: Alexandra A. Killewald (Co-Chair, University of Michigan), David S. Pedulla (Co-Chair), Jason Beckfield, and Nicole Maestas ![mitukiewicz_alexandra.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/mitukiewicz_alexandra.jpg?itok=4urO3bwk) [### Lauren Taylor ](/people/lauren-taylor-0) (Sociology and Social Policy, May 2025) Thesis Title: Consumer Credit from Theory to Practice: Financial Responses to a Precarious Economy Committee: Alexandra A. Killewald (Co-Chair, University of Michigan), Jason Beckfield (Co-Chair), and Mario L. Small... ![Lauren Taylor](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-08/Taylor_Lauren_photo.jpg?itok=eQSOXm_N) ## 2023-24 [### Elena Ayala-Hurtado ](/people/elena-ayala-hurtado-1) (Sociology, May 2024) Thesis Title: 'This Isn't Quite What I Expected': Insecurity among Young College Graduates in the United States and Spain Committee: Michèle Lamont (Chair), Alexandra A. Killewald (University of Michigan), Bart Bonikowski (New York... ![Elena Ayala-Hurtado photo](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/ayala-hurtado_elena_photo.jpg?itok=eWQmyAQJ) [### Nicolette Bardele ](/people/nicolette-bardele-0) (Sociology, May 2024) Thesis Title: The Spatial and Temporal Context of Probation and Parole Committee: Robert J. Sampson (Chair), Bruce Western (Columbia University), and Christopher Winship Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Scholar, Criminal Justice... ![Nicolette Bardele](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/nicolette_bardele_headshot_spring_2022_1.jpg?itok=gxncPa48) [### Maleah Fekete ](/people/maleah-fekete-0) (Sociology, May 2024) Thesis Title: Meaning-making in Contexts of Despair Committee: Peter V. Marsden (Chair), Michèle Lamont, Brea L. Perry (Indiana University), and Mario L. Small (Columbia University) Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow in the Irsay... ![Maleah Fekete](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-08/Fekete_Maleah.jpg?itok=TG3YwqEP) [### Mark Griffith ](/people/mark-griffith-0) (Sociology, May 2024) Thesis Title: Consensual Non-monogamy as a Practice, Stigma, and Social Movement Committee: Jocelyn Viterna (Co-Chair), Alexandra A. Killewald (Co-Chair, University of Michigan), and Mark Hatzenbuehler Initial Placement: SPAN... ![Mark Griffith](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/griffith_mark_headshot.jpg?itok=Yj5OA0cJ) [### Holly Hummer ](/people/holly-hummer-1) (Sociology, May 2024) Thesis Title: Women Without Children: Cultural Perspectives on a Demographic Phenomenon Committee: Mary C. Brinton (Chair), Alexandra A. Killewald (University of Michigan), and Paul Y. Chang Current Position: Visiting Scholar at the... ![Holly Hummer photo](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/hummer_holly_photo.jpg?itok=VbKA2ECq) [### Kwan Woo Kim ](/people/kwan-woo-kim-0) (Sociology, November 2023) Thesis Title: Institutional Barriers to the Diversification of Academic Workforce Committee: Frank Dobbin (Chair), Alexandra A. Killewald (University of Michigan), and Peter V. Marsden Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, The... ![Kwan Woo Kim](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/kim_kwan_woo_01.jpg?itok=mqMKpESt) [### Dominika Kinga Randle ](/people/dominika-randle-0) (PhD in Organizational Behavior with a Secondary Field in Data Science, May 2024; MA in Sociology, May 2022) Thesis Title: Essays on Breakthrough Emergence Committee: Gary Pisano (Chair), Feng Zhu, and Peter V. Marsden ![Dominika Sarnecka](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/sarnecka_dominika_1.png?itok=-YHDFtzb) [### Derek Robey ](/people/derek-robey-0) (Sociology, May 2024) Thesis Title: The Long Arc of a Nation: Memory Politics in Canada and the United States Committee: Michèle Lamont (Chair), Ellis Monk, and Elke Winter (University of Ottawa) Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Researcher with the... ![Derek Robey](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2024-08/IMG_9802.jpeg?itok=VYZmrc1J) [### Cierra B. Robson ](/people/cierra-robson-0) (Sociology & Social Policy, May 2024) Thesis Title: Risk Roulette: How Lawyers Make Pretrial Risk Assessment Tools Matter in Criminal Court Committee: Sandra Susan Smith (Co-Chair), Ya-Wen Lei (Co-Chair), and Sarah Brayne (University of Texas at Austin)... ![Cierra Robson](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/robson_cierra.jpg?itok=kI5CfSam) [### Andreja Siliunas ](/people/andreja-siliunas-1) (Sociology & Social Policy, November 2023) Thesis Title: The Art of Westernizing: Nationalism, Globalization, and the Politics of Public Art in Post-Soviet Lithuania Committee: Mario L. Small (Chair, Columbia University), Orlando Patterson, Peggy Levitt... ![Andreja Siliunas](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/siliunas_andreja_02.jpg?itok=HlyMBQoG) [### Amy Tsang ](/people/amy-tsang-0) (Sociology, November 2023) Thesis Title: Becoming Part of the City? Place Identity and Inter-group Boundaries in Urbanizing China Committee: Michèle Lamont (Chair), Martin K. Whyte, and Ya-Wen Lei ![Amy Tsang](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/tsang_amy_photo.jpg?itok=EayjihoR) [### Joseph Wallerstein ](/people/joseph-wallerstein-1) (Sociology, May 2024) Thesis Title: Attributing Homelessness: The Contents, Patterning, and Power of Origin Stories in the Nonprofit Field Committee: Mario L. Small (Chair, Columbia University), Forrest Stuart (Stanford University), and Adaner Usmani... ![Wallerstein_Joey Photo](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/wallerstein_joey_photo.jpg?itok=SXjf6qzn) [### Tyler Woods ](/people/tyler-woods-0) (Sociology, May 2024) Thesis Title: Dignity, Job Quality, and Mobility in the U.S. Service Sector Committee: Daniel Schneider (Chair), David S. Pedulla, and Mary C. Waters Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Malcolm Wiener Center for... ![Tyler Woods](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/woods_tyler_8.jpg?itok=q18xO4tx) [### Julie Yen ](/people/julie-yen-1) (Organizational Behavior, May 2024) Thesis Title: Workers and the Pursuit of Social Objectives in Organizations Committee: Julie Battilana (Chair), Lakshmi Ramarajan, and Daniel Schneider Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Management and... ![Julie Yen photo](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/yen_julie_photo.jpg?itok=AM9iSZCx) ## 2022-23 [### Victoria S. Asbury-Kimmel ](/people/victoria-asbury-0) (Sociology, May 2023) Thesis Title: Contemporary Contours of National Belonging: Experimental and Survey Approaches for Understanding the Structures of the American Hierarchy Committee: Lawrence D. Bobo (Chair), Bart Bonikowski (New York University)... ![Victoria Asbury](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/asbury_victoria_01.jpg?itok=Ea4exxMV) [### Jimmy Biblarz ](/people/jimmy-biblarz) (Sociology & Social Policy, May 2023) Thesis Title: Intangible Factors: Social Capital, Social Networks, and America's Second Reconstruction Committee: Mario L. Small (Chair), Martha Minow (Harvard Law School), and Bart Bonikowski (New York University)... ![Biblarz](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/biblarz2020_0.jpeg?itok=QVmOHuWO) [### Sean Bock ](/people/sean-bock) (Sociology, May 2023) Thesis Title: Rethinking Polarization: A Multilevel Approach to the Study of Mass Political Disagreement Committee: Bart Bonikowski (Chair, New York University), Alexandra A. Killewald, and Jason Beckfield Former Position: Data... ![Sean Bock](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/bock_headshot_0_1.jpeg?itok=vS_YmA_W) [### Brianna Castro ](/people/brianna-castro-0) (Sociology, March 2023) Thesis Title: The Social Effects of Climate Change – Adapting to Climate Change in Daily Life Committee: Mary C. Waters (Chair), Jocelyn Viterna, Diane Davis (Harvard Graduate School of Design), and Beth Fussell (Brown University)... ![Brianna Castro](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/castro_brianna_july_2017.jpg?itok=gQM57O1Q) [### Leah E. Gose ](/people/leah-gose-0) (Sociology, May 2023) Thesis Title: Feeding the Need: Charitable Food-Providing Organizations and Gaps in the Social Safety Net Committee: Theda Skocpol (Chair), Christina Ciocca Eller, Mario Luis Small (Columbia University), and Margaret Weir (Brown... ![Leah Gose](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/gose_leah_photo_0.jpg?itok=Zb0FxuyO) [### Sinn Won Han ](/people/sinn-won-han-0) [swhan@hku.hk ]() (Sociology, November 2022) Thesis Title: The Normative Foundations of Postindustrial Fertility Variation Committee: Mary C. Brinton (Chair), Alexandra A. Killewald, and Joscha Legewie Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Associate, Jeb E. Brooks School of... ![Sinn Won Han](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/han_sinn_won_photo.jpg?itok=ep-W6ovJ) [### Abigail Mariam ](/people/abigail-mariam-0) (Sociology & Social Policy, May 2023) Thesis Title: The Worldbuilders: Pedagogy, Practice, and Politics in Black Power-era Independent Schools Committee: Jocelyn Viterna (Chair), Jarvis Givens, Mario Luis Small (Columbia University) Research/Teaching... ![Abigail Mariam](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/mariam_abigail_01.jpg?itok=TgRzmBl8) [### Elliot Stoller ](/people/elliot-stoller-0) (Organizational Behavior, May 2023) Thesis Title: Centralized Management in Democratic Governance – Essays on Organizing a System of Executive Branch Bureaucracies Committee: Julie Battilana (Chair), Bart Bonikowski (New York University), and Daniel... ![Elliot Stoller](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/stoller_elliot_01_1.jpg?itok=QaJviB1L) [### Mo Torres ](/people/mo-torres-0) (Sociology, May 2023) Thesis Title: Race, Place, and the Politics of Urban Austerity in Michigan, 1970s-2010s Committee: Mario Luis Small (Chair, Columbia University), Robert J. Sampson, and Thomas Sugrue (New York University) Initial Placement... ![Mo Torres](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/torres_mo.png?itok=7I0szd8H) [### Lilly Yu ](/people/lilly-yu) (Sociology & Social Policy, May 2023) Thesis Title: Distributing Representation: Nonprofit, Private, and Pro Bono Attorneys' Legal Advocacy for Immigrant Clients Committee: Jocelyn Viterna (Chair), Mary C. Waters, and Christina Ciocca Eller Initial... ![Lilly Yu](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/yu_photo_2018.jpg?itok=Rqjj6pzx) ## 2021-22 [### Laura Kremen Adler ](/people/laura-adler-1) (Sociology, May 2022) Thesis Title: From the Job's Worth to the Person's Price: Pay-Setting, Gender Inequality, and the Changing Understanding of Fair Pay Committee: Frank Dobbin (Chair), Michèle Lamont, Jason Beckfield, Peter V. Marsden, and David... ![Laura Adler](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/adler_laura_02.jpg?itok=PTWCazva) [### Kristina Paige Brant ](/people/kristina-brant-0) (Sociology, November 2021) Thesis Title: In the Epicenter: Surveilling, Supporting, and Punishing Families amid the Rural Opioid Crisis Committee: Mario Luis Small (Chair), Jocelyn Viterna, and William Julius Wilson Initial Placement: Assistant Professor... ![Kristina Brant](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/brant_kristina_photo_01.jpg?itok=yIIevr9v) [### Ahmmad Allan Brown ](/people/ahmmad-brown) (Organizational Behavior, May 2022) Thesis Title: Three Papers on Black Student Well-being in HWCUs: Social Capital, Belonging, and Identity Committee: Frank Dobbin (Co-Chair), Lakshmi Ramarajan (Co-Chair), and Alexandra Feldberg Initial Placement... ![Ahmmad Brown](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/brown-ahmmad.jpg.jpg?itok=vWiedxrm) [### Alexandra Marie Ciomek ](/people/alexandra-ciomek-0) (Sociology, November 2021) Thesis Title: An Analysis of the Relationship Between Gang Membership, Social Networks, and Crime Committee : Robert J. Sampson (Chair), Peter V. Marsden, and Anthony Braga Initial Placement: Institute Postdoctoral Fellow &... ![Alex Ciomek](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/ciomek_alex_01.jpg?itok=2tv5Iwb6) [### Allison P. Daminger ](/people/allison-daminger-0) (Sociology & Social Policy, May 2022) Thesis Title: Thinking Gender: The Cognitive Dimension of Household Labor Committee: Alexandra A. Killewald (Co-Chair), Jocelyn Viterna (Co-Chair), Michèle Lamont, and Kathleen Gerson (New York University) Initial... ![Allison Daminger](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/daminger_allison_photo.jpeg?itok=d2MB_yd_) [### Roland Neil ](/people/roland-neil) [rneil@rand.org ]() (Sociology, November 2021) Thesis Title: The Ecological Sources of Racial Inequities in Proactive Policing Committee: Robert J. Sampson (Chair), Christopher Winship, Joscha Legewie, and Anthony Braga Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Penn... ![Roland Neil](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/neil_roland_photo.jpg?itok=SxRWSFX7) [### Jasmine Nicole Olivier ](/people/jasmine-olivier) (Sociology, May 2022) Thesis Title: Reimagining Public Safety: Transformations in Collective Efficacy and Community Control in Boston Public Housing Committee: Christopher Winship (Chair), Robert J. Sampson, Monica C. Bell (Yale Law School), and Rod K... ![Jasmine Olivier](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/olivier_jasmine_ford_photo.jpg?itok=YQedRlDk) [### Bo Yun Park ](/people/bo-yun-park) (Sociology, November 2021) Thesis Title: Is (S)He Presidential? The Changing Scripts of Political Leadership, 1995-2020 Committee: Michèle Lamont (Chair), Jocelyn Viterna, Bart Bonikowski (New York University), and Jennifer Hochschild (Department of... ![Bo Yun Park](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/bo_yun_park_headshot.jpg?itok=G7C7xY0Z) [### Cresa L. Pugh ](/people/cresa-pugh-0) (Sociology & Social Policy, May 2022) Thesis Title: ‘Guardians of Beautiful Things’?: The Politics of Postcolonial Cultural Theft, Refusal, and Repair Committee: Orlando Patterson (Co-Chair), Jocelyn Viterna (Co-Chair), Peggy Levitt (Wellesley College)... ![Cresa Pugh](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/pugh_cresa_headshot.jpg?itok=LWSMSerH) [### Nathan James Robinson ](/people/nathan-robinson) (Sociology & Social Policy, May 2022) Thesis Title: Hostile Territory: Mobilizing Resources and Finding Opportunities in the Contemporary U.S. Democratic Socialist Movement Committee: Lawrence D. Bobo (Co-Chair), Bart Bonikowski (Co-Chair, New York... ![robinson_nathan.png](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/robinson_nathan.png?itok=J6zGtb65) [### Adam Silver Travis ](/people/adam-travis-0) [Adam\_Travis@abtassoc.com](mailto:Adam_Travis@abtassoc.com) (Sociology & Social Policy, May 2022) Thesis Title: Towards a Landscape of Rental Housing Ownership: Legal and Spatial Characteristics of Residential Landlords in the United States Committee: Robert J. Sampson (Chair), Matthew Desmond (Princeton... ![travis_adam_0.png](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/travis_adam_0.png?itok=C5b0yppb) [### Zachary Robert Wehrwein ](/people/zachary-wehrwein) (Sociology, May 2022) Thesis Title: A Theory of Institutional Emergence Committee: Christopher Winship (Chair), Orlando Patterson, and Sven Beckert (Department of History, Harvard University) Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School ![wehrwein_zachary_sept_2014.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/wehrwein_zachary_sept_2014.jpg?itok=oPMu8J5C) [### Tom Wooten ](/people/tom-wooten) (Sociology, May 2022) Thesis Title: Precarious Mobility: Trying and Failing to Get Ahead in the 21st Century Committee: Mary C. Waters (Chair), Jocelyn Viterna, and Mario Luis Small (Columbia University) Initial Placement: Harvard College Fellow... ![Tom Wooten](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/wooten_tom_photo_0.jpg?itok=HP37bGVh) [### Fangsheng Zhu ](/people/fangsheng-zhu-0) (Sociology, May 2022) Thesis Title: Education, Inequality, and Intensive Parenting in China Committee: Orlando Patterson (Chair), Christopher Winship, Ya-Wen Lei, and Elizabeth Perry (Department of Government, Harvard University) Initial Placement... ![Fangsheng Zhu](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/zhu_fangsheng_01.jpg?itok=f5iX8P0_) [### Xiaolin Zhuo ](/people/xiaolin-zhuo-0) (Sociology, November 2021) Thesis Title: Heterogeneous Responses to Norm Violation: An Exit-Voice Framework Committee: Christopher Winship (Co-Chair), Mario Luis Small (Co-Chair, Columbia University), and Bart Bonikowski (New York University) Initial... ![zhuo_xiaolin_photo.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/zhuo_xiaolin_photo.jpg?itok=k9AuxxGu) ## 2020-21 [### Hanna Katz ](/people/hanna-katz-0) (Sociology, May 2021) Thesis Title: In Loco Parentis?: The Boundary Work of Campus Police Committee: Christopher Winship (Chair), Michèle Lamont, Robert J. Sampson, and Joscha Legewie Initial Position: Presidential Management Fellow/Grant Management... ![Hanna Katz](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/katz_square_cropped_for_website_72.jpg?itok=EIYBBFYz) [### Angela Lee ](/people/angela-lee) (Sociology, March 2021) Thesis Title: The Gender Wealth Gap in the United States Committee: Alexandra A. Killewald (Chair), Mary C. Brinton, and Jason Beckfield Initial Position: Research Scientist, Demography and Survey Sciences, Facebook/Meta I am a UX... ![Angela Lee](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/lee_angela_february_2019.jpg?itok=jwx4C84c) [### Miguel Quintana-Navarrete ](/people/miguel-quintana-navarrete-0) (Sociology, November 2020) Thesis Title: Individual and Community Responses to Armed Conflict: The Case of the Mexican 'War on Organized Crime' Committee: Robert J. Sampson (Chair), Alexandra A. Killewald, and Jocelyn Viterna Initial Placement: Assistant... ![Miguel Quintana Navarrete](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/quintana-navarrete_miguel_01.jpg?itok=uIwUD4g2) [### Ethan J. Raker ](/people/ethan-raker-0) (Sociology, May 2021) Thesis Title: Climate Change and Inequality in the US: Sociological Analyses of Big Data Committee: Mary C. Waters (Chair), Jason Beckfield, Joscha Legewie, and James R. Elliott (Rice University) Initial Placement: Assistant... ![Ethan Raker](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/raker_ethan_1.jpg?itok=9dEQbqmU) [### Linda Zhao ](/people/linda-zhao-0) (Sociology, November 2020) Thesis Title: The Children of Immigrants in Western Europe: Three Studies on Networks, Diversity, and Integration Committee: Jason Beckfield (Chair), Mary C. Waters, Peter V. Marsden, Alexandra A. Killewald, and Filiz Garip... ![Linda Zhao](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/zhao_linda_photo_01.jpg?itok=rqzgR1i-)