Ph.D.s on the Job Market

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Information about our Ph.D. candidates and recent Ph.D.s who are now on the academic job market.

Graduate Office

660 William James Hall

Office Hours
Monday, 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. 
Tuesday, 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Wednesday, 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Thursday, 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Friday, 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

Email
matteson@wjh.harvard.edu

Phone
617.495.3813

Director 
Jason Beckfield

Program Coordinator
Jessica Matteson

PhDs on the Market

Clem Aeppli

(Sociology) Ph.D. Date: May 2026 (Expected) Dissertation Title: Papers on Economic Transformation and Racial Inequality Dissertation Committee: Daniel Schneider and Nate Wilmers (MIT Sloan School), Frank Dobbin, Ellis Monk, and Christopher Winship...
Clem Aeppli

Victoria Asbury-Kimmel

(Sociology) Ph.D. Date: May 2023 Dissertation Title: Contemporary Contours of National Belonging: Experimental and Survey Approaches for Understanding the Structures of the American Hierarchy Dissertation Committee: Lawrence D. Bobo (Chair), Bart...
Victoria Asbury-Kimmel

Matthew Brooke

(Sociology) Ph.D. Date: May 2026 (Expected) Dissertation Title: The Rise of Christian Right Broadcasting: From Resisting Brown to Overturning Roe Dissertation Committee: Jocelyn Viterna (Chair), Theda Skocpol, Anthony Chen (Northwestern University), and...
Matthew Brooke

Kyle Waldman

(Sociology) Ph.D. Date: May 2026 (Expected) Dissertation Title: Making and Unmaking Latinos: Ethnoracial Construction Across State, Family, and Self Dissertation C ommittee: Mary C. Waters (Chair), Jody Agius Vallejo (University of Southern California)...
Kyle Waldman

Joseph Wallerstein

(Sociology) Ph.D. Date: May 2024 Dissertation Title: Attributing Homelessness: The Contents, Patterning, and Power of Origin Stories in the Nonprofit Field Dissertation Committee: Mario L. Small (Chair, Columbia University), Forrest Stuart (Stanford...
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Michael Zanger-Tishler

(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...
Michael Zanger-Tishler