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

PhDs on the Market

Alicia DeSantola

(Organizational Behavior)
Ph.D. Date: May 2019 (Expected)
Dissertation Topic: Ahead of the Curve? The Influence of Early Joiners with Entrepreneurial Experience on New Venture Scaling
Dissertation Committee: Ranjay Gulati (Chair), Frank Dobbin, Laura Huang, and Rory McDonald
Research Interests: New firm development, entrepreneurial teams, scaling, organizational change, entrepreneurial strategy
Teaching Interests: Entrepreneurial management, organizational behavior, and strategy... Read more about Alicia DeSantola

adesantola@hbs.edu

Stefan Dimitriadis

(Organizational Behavior)
Ph.D. Date: May 2019 (Expected)
Dissertation Topic: Entrepreneurial social capital acquisition in emerging markets: A field experiment in Togo
Dissertation Committee: Julie Battilana (Chair), Metin Sengul, Rembrand Koning, and Peter V. Marsden
Research/Teaching Interests: Organization strategy, entrepreneurship, social networks, framing processes, institutions, social movements, emerging and developing markets

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sdimitriadis@hbs.edu

Alexandra Feldberg

(Organizational Behavior)
Ph.D. Date: May 2019 (Expected)
Dissertation Topic: Butchers, bakers, and barcharts: How codified knowledge affects gender differences in performance and relationships
Dissertation Committee: Kathleen L. McGinn (Chair), Michael L. Tushman, Frank Dobbin, and Peter V. Marsden
Research/Teaching Interests: Gender in organizations; Knowledge; Discrimination; Technology; Careers; Field research

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afeldberg@hbs.edu

Anny Tazio Fenton

(Sociology)
Ph.D. Date: May 2019 (Expected)
Dissertation Topic: Sex and the Pediatrician’s Office: Using the HPV Vaccine to Explore How Sexuality Shapes Health Care Practices and Parents’ Health Care Decision
Dissertation Committee: Jason Beckfield (Chair), Alexandra A. Killewald, and Tey Meadow
Research/Teaching Interests: Medical Sociology, Sexuality, Race/Ethnicity, Gender, Families, Inequality, Science & Technology Studies, Culture, Healthcare, Social Policy, Mixed Methods

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afenton@fas.harvard.edu

Blythe George

(Sociology & Social Policy)
Ph.D. Date: May 2019 (Expected)
Dissertation Topic: “Jobbing It” On & Off-Reservation: How Tribal Fathers with Criminal Records Find Work
Dissertation Committee: William Julius Wilson (Chair), Mario L. Small, Alexandra A. Killewald, and Megan Comfort
Research/Teaching Interests: Tribal communities; Unemployment; Prisoner Reentry; Concentrated Disadvantage; Rural Poverty; Neighborhood Effects; Qualitative Methods; Database Creation & Management; Social Policy; Urban Sociology; Race & Ethnicity; Contemporary Theory

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blythegeorge@fas.harvard.edu; blythe.k.george@gmail.com

Barbara Kiviat

(Sociology & Social Policy)
Ph.D. Date: May 2019 (Expected)
Dissertation Topic: Prediction and the Moral Order: Contesting Fairness in Consumer Data Capitalism
Dissertation Committee: Frank Dobbin (Chair), Jason Beckfield, and Mario L. Small
Research/Teaching Interests: Economic sociology; stratification; public policy and regulation; credit and debt; sociology of morality; sociology of quantification; qualitative methods... Read more about Barbara Kiviat

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barbarakiviat@fas.harvard.edu