# Ph.D.s on the Job Market ## expand\_more ![harvard-yard2.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/sociology/files/harvard-yard2.jpg) 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** **Phone** 617.495.3813 **Director** [Jason Beckfield](https://sociology.fas.harvard.edu/people/jason-beckfield) **Program Coordinator** [Jessica Matteson](mailto:///matteson@wjh.harvard.edu) ## PhDs on the Market [### Clem Aeppli ](/people/clem-aeppli-0) (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](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-10/Aeppli_Clem_photo.jpg?itok=2vresZDs) [### Victoria Asbury-Kimmel ](/people/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](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-09/asbury_headshot.jpg?itok=_xc_WG5Y) [### Matthew Brooke ](/people/matthew-brooke-0) (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](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/brooke_matt.jpg?itok=3if80pqg) [### Kyle Waldman ](/people/kyle-waldman-0) (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](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-09/Waldman_Kyle.jpeg?itok=-EToP97k) [### Joseph Wallerstein ](/people/joseph-wallerstein-0) (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... ![Joseph Wallerstein's photo](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/wallerstein_joseph_photo.jpg?itok=gtxaO_RY) [### Michael Zanger-Tishler ](/people/michael-zanger-tishler-0) [michael\_zangertishler@g.harvard.edu](mailto:michael_zangertishler@g.harvard.edu) (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](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-09/Zanger-Tishler_Michael.png?itok=Ip1oXIdj) Show morerefresh