Research Institution

Lydia N. Bean

(Sociology, June 2009)
Thesis Title: The Politics of Evangelical Identity in the United States and Canada
Committee: Robert Sampson (chair), Jason Kaufman, Theda Skocpol, and Nancy Ammerman
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor of Sociology, Baylor University
Current Position: Fellow, New America; Faculty Research Associate, University of Texas, Arlington

Lydia Bean's Website

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
Current Position: Data Analytics Specialist, Abt Associates

Sean Bock's website

seandbock@gmail.com

Devonne Crystal Byndloss

(Sociology, November 1999)
Thesis Title: Resistance, Confrontation, and Accommodation in Two Urban School Districts: Black-Led Reform Efforts in the 1960s and 1980s
Committee: Theda Skocpol (Chair), Mary C. Waters, Kenneth Andrews
Initial Placement: Post-doc in Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Current Position: Senior Associate, K-12 Policy Area, MDRC

Devonne Byndloss' Website

Anmol Chaddha

(Sociology & Social Policy, March 2015)
Thesis Title: The Welfare Functions of Credit and Debt in an Era of Rising Inequality
Committee: William Julius Wilson (Chair), Lawrence D. Bobo, Bruce Western, and Jason Beckfield
Initial Placement: Hutchins Fellow, W.E.B. Du Bois Research Institute, Harvard University
Current Position: Research Director of the Equitable Futures Lab
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Anmol Chaddha's Website

Karen Jung Won Chai

(Sociology, June 2000)
Thesis Title: Protestant-Catholic-Buddhist: Korean-Americans and Religious Adaptation in Greater Boston
Committee: Mary Waters (chair), Peter V. Marsden, Diana Eck
Initial Placement: Post-doc in Sociology, Rice University
Current Position: Research Affiliate, Population Research Center at University of Texas

Karen Chai Kim's Website

Leslie Gwen Cintron

(Sociology, June 2000)
Thesis Title: Preserving National Culture: The National Trust and the Framing of British National Heritage, 1895-2000
Committee: Stanley Lieberson (chair), Victoria Alexander, Mary C. Waters
Initial Placement: Research Associate, Radcliffe Public Policy Center
Current Position: Research Scientist, Program in Science, Technology, and Society, The University of Virginia

Leslie Cintron's Website

Andrew Clarkwest

(Sociology and Social Policy, November 2005)
Thesis Title: Change and Continuity in African American Marital Disruption from Reconstruction to the Present
Committee: Orlando Patterson (Chair), Christopher Jencks, David Ellwood
Initial Placement: NICHD post-doctoral fellow at the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan
Current Position: Senior Associate, Abt Associates

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Jacqueline Olga Cooke-Rivers

Lecturer on Sociology

(African & African-American Studies/Sociology, November 2014)
Thesis Title: On the Nature of Cultural Capital: The Reinforcing Influence of Non-Elite Forms
Committee: William Julius Wilson (Chair), Lawrence D. Bobo, Orlando Patterson, and Christopher Winship
Initial Placement: Executive Director, Seymour Institute for Black Church and Policy Studies; Lecturer in African & African-American Studies, Harvard University... Read more about Jacqueline Olga Cooke-Rivers

jrivers@fas.harvard.edu

Burak Eskici

(Sociology, May 2014)
Thesis Title: Institutional and Cultural Roots of Industrial Development in Modern Turkey
Committee: Orlando Patterson (Chair), Filiz Garip, and Jason Beckfield
Initial Placement: Harvard College Fellow, Department of Sociology, Harvard University
Current Position: Project Director, University of California, San Diego... Read more about Burak Eskici

Burak Eskici's Website

Katherine N. Gan

(Sociology & Social Policy, May 2010)
Thesis Title: Women’s Hiring in Context: Structural Opportunities for Discretionary Hiring
Committee: Christopher Winship (chair), Frank Dobbin, and Kathryn Edin
Initial Placement: Senior Analyst (2010-12) and Associate/Scientist (2012-17), Abt Associates, Bethesda, MD
Current Position: Senior Social Scientist, The Lab @ DC, Washington, DC

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Katherine Gan's Website

Gabriella Gonzalez

(Sociology, November 2002)
Thesis Title: Status Attainment Patterns of Latino and Asian Immigrant Students
Committee: Christopher Winship (chair), Orlando Patterson, George Borjas (Kennedy School of Government)
Current Position: Senior Social Scientist, Rand Corporation

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Chunping Han

(Sociology, June 2009)
Thesis Title: Rural-Urban Cleavages in Perceptions of Inequality in Contemporary China
Committee: Martin K. Whyte (chair), Christopher Winship, and Christopher Jencks
Initial Placement: Assistant professor, Sociology & Anthropology, University of Texas at Arlington; Visiting Scholar, Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC), Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University
Current Position: Senior Research Analyst, CREDO, Stanford University

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Chungping Han's Website

Elisabeth Jacobs

(Sociology, June 2008)
Thesis Title: Family Economic Insecurity in the United States
Committee: Christopher Jencks (chair), Theda Skocpol, William Julius Wilson, Katherine Newman
Initial Placement: American Sociological Association Congressional Fellow (with the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pension/Senator Kennedy)
Current Position: Senior Director for Family Economic Security at the Center for Equitable Growth
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Therese Leung

(Sociology, June 2008)
Thesis Title: Add Water and Oil, then Stir: The Incompatibility of Work and Family
Committee: Mary Brinton (chair), Annemette Sorensen, Kathryn Edin
Initial Placement: Labor Policy Advisor for the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Education and Labor
Current Position: Director of External Affairs, MDRC
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Therese Leung's Website

Charlotte Lloyd

(Sociology, November 2019)
Thesis Title: Managing Indigeneity, Cultivating Citizens: Reconciliation Action Plans in Australian Organizations
Committee: Jocelyn Viterna (Chair), Bart Bonikowski, and Michèle Lamont
Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow in the Weatherhead Scholars Program and coordinator of the Weatherhead Research Cluster on Comparative Inequality and Inclusion for 2019-2020, Weatherhead Center for International Studies, Harvard University
Current Position: Senior Analyst, Abt Associates, Inc.

Charlotte J. Lloyd's website

charlottelloyd@abtassoc.com

Department of Sociology