(Sociology, June 2006) Thesis Title: Art, Identity, and the New Black Middle-Class: How Elite Blacks Construct their Identity Through the Consumption of Visual Art Committee: Lawrence D. Bobo (chair), Michèle Lamont, and William Julius Wilson Position: Associate Professor of Sociology, Mount Holyoke College... Read more about Patricia Ann Banks
(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
(Organizational Behavior, June 2006) Thesis Title: Network of Audiences: FDA Review Time and Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry, 1990-2004 Committee: Peter V. Marsden (Chair), Joel Podolny, Daniel Carpenter, Lee Fleming Current Position: Assistant Professor of Management, Rutgers Business School... Read more about Won Yong (Jerry) Kim
(Organizational Behavior, November 2005) Thesis Title: Negotiations and Lovesongs: A Theory of Nexus Work in Market-Based Cultural Industry Projects Committee: Kathleen L. McGinn (Chair), Joel M. Podolny, Deborah M. Kolb, Siobhan O'Mahony Current Position: Assistant Professor, Foisie Business School, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
(Sociology & Social Policy, June 2006) Thesis Title: Caribbean Race and American Dreams: How Migration Shapes Dominicans Committee: Mary C. Waters (Chair), Prudence Carter, Peggy Levitt, and Kathy Newman Initial Placement: Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Current Position:Associate Professor of Sociology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC Canada