Jackelyn Hwang

(Sociology & Social Policy, November 2015)
Thesis Title: Gentrification, Race, and Immigration in the Changing American City
Committee: Robert J. Sampson (Chair), William Julius Wilson, Mary C. Waters, and Alexandra A. Killewald
Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Office of Population Research (2015-2017); Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Stanford University

Anthony Abraham Jack

(Sociology, May 2016)
Thesis Title: Same Folks, Different Strokes: Class, Culture, and the "New" Diversity at Elite Colleges and Universities
Committee: William Julius Wilson (Chair), Michèle Lamont, Robert J. Sampson, and Mary C. Waters
Initial Placement: Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows, Harvard University (2016-2019); Assistant Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education and Shutzer Assistant Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education and Shutzer Assistant Professor, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University

Joseph Carney Krupnick

(Sociology, May 2016)
Thesis Title: You Go, I Go: Searching for Strength and Self in the American Gym
Committee: Christopher Winship (Chair), Orlando Patterson, and Matthew Desmond
Current Position: Founder, The Krupnick Approach, Test Preparation and Tutoring, Chicago; Instructor, Graham School, University of Chicago
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Jeremy Levine

(Sociology, May 2016)
Thesis Title: Slow Train Coming: Power, Politics, and Redevelopment Planning in an American City
Committee: William Julius Wilson (Co-Chair), Christopher Winship (Co-Chair), Robert J. Sampson, and Jocelyn Viterna
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor of Organizational Studies and Sociology, University of Michigan... Read more about Jeremy Levine

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 Placement: Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in Economic Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, the University of Texas at Austin (effective fall 2022)

Jessica Tayloe Simes

(Sociology, May 2016)
Thesis Title: Essays on Place and Punishment in America
Committee: Bruce Western (Chair), Matthew Desmond, Devah Pager, and Robert J. Sampson
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor of Sociology, Boston University

Queenie X. Zhu

(Sociology & Social Policy, May 2016)
Thesis Title: (Hiding) in Plain Sight: How Class Matters Differently Among Low-Income Students in Suburban Schools
Committee: Mary C. Waters (Co-Chair), Kathryn Edin (Co-Chair), Christopher Jencks, William Julius Wilson, and Hugh Mehan
Initial Placement: Strategic Data Project (SDP) Fellow with the Harvard Center for Education Policy Research, California
Current Position: Manager, Consumer Insights, Measurement, and Analytics, The Walt Disney Company

Department of Sociology

2015-16