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David Pedulla

dpedulla@fas.harvard.edu

Professor of Sociology

Research Interests: race and gender stratification, labor markets, and economic and organizational sociology. David Pedulla (he/him) is Professor of Sociology and Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University. His research agenda examines the processes...

Sabrina Pendergrass

(Sociology, May 2010) Thesis Title: Making Moves: Place, Culture, and Stratification in African American Reverse Migration to the Urban South Committee: Michèle Lamont (chair), William Julius Wilson, and Prudence Carter Initial Placement: Provost's...

Melanie Penny Ochoa

(Sociology & Social Policy, May 2011) Thesis Title: Eye of the Beholder: Integrating Subjective Value into Social Organization Theory Committee: William Julius Wilson (Chair), Robert J. Sampson, and Michèle Lamont Initial Position: Law Clerk, United...

Flavia C. Peréa

flaviaperea@fas.harvard.edu

Lecturer on Sociology

Director of the Mindich Program in Engaged Scholarship

I am the founding Director of the Mindich Program in Engaged Scholarship (MPES). I am an applied social scientist with a multidisciplinary academic background and professional experience in social policy, public health, education, health and human...

Kristin L. Perkins

kristin.perkins@georgetown.edu

(Sociology & Social Policy, May 2017) Thesis Title: Household Instability during Childhood and Young Adult Outcomes Committee: Robert J. Sampson (Chair), Kathryn Edin (Johns Hopkins University), Alexandra A. Killewald, and Bruce Western Initial Placement...

Kimberly Elizabeth Pernell

(Sociology, May 2016) Thesis Title: The Causes of the Divergent Development of Banking Regulation in the U.S., Canada, and Spain Committee: Frank Dobbin (Chair), Michèle Lamont, Jason Beckfield, and David Scharfstein (Harvard Business School) Initial...

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Katharina Pick

(Organizational Behavior, June 2007) Thesis Title: Around the Boardroom Table: Interactional Aspects of Governance Committee: Jay W. Lorsch (chair), Peter V. Marsden, Joshua D. Margolis, Jeffrey T. Polzer First Placement: Post Doctoral Fellow, Harvard...

Sanjay Pinto

(Sociology & Social Policy, May 2012) Ph.D. Date: May 2012 Thesis Title: Nations and Occupations: Towards a New Political Economy of Work Committee: Jason Beckfield (chair), Torben Iversen, Bruce Western, Ben Schneider Initial Placement: Postdoctoral...

Cassi L. Pittman Claytor

(Sociology & Social Policy, November 2012) Thesis Title: Race, Social Context, and Consumption: How Race Structures the Consumption Preferences and Practices of Middle and Working-Class Blacks Committee: William Julius Wilson (Chair), Michèle Lamont...

Cresa L. Pugh

pughc@newschool.edu

(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)...

Miguel Quintana-Navarrete

miguelrq@uci.edu

(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...

Ethan J. Raker

ethan.raker@ubc.ca

(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...