2018-19

Anny Fenton

Anny Tazio Fenton

(Sociology, May 2019)
Thesis Title: Sex and the Pediatrician’s Office: Using the HPV Vaccine to Explore How Sexuality Shapes Healthcare Experiences and Medical Decision Making
Committee: Jason Beckfield (Chair), Alexandra A. Killewald, and Tey Meadow
Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Outcomes Research & Evaluation, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Portland, ME
Current Position: Clinical Research Fellow at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Elizabeth Hansen

Elizabeth Hansen

(Organizational Behavior, May 2019)
Thesis Title: Institutional Leadership, Innovation, and Organizational Change During Technical Transitions: A Study of Digital Transformation in Public Radio
Committee: Michael L. Tushman (Chair), Leslie Perlow, Julie Battilana, Christopher Winship, and Chris W. Anderson
Initial Placement: Research Fellow, The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Hope Harvey

Hope Harvey

(Sociology & Social Policy, November 2018)
Thesis Title: Experiences of Doubling-up among American Families with Children
Committee: Alexandra A. Killewald (Co-Chair), Devah Pager (Co-Chair), Mario L. Small, and Kathryn Edin
Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Public Policy, Martin School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Kentucky; research affiliate, University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research

Ekedi Mpondo-Dika

Ekédi Mpondo-Dika

(Sociology, March 2019)
Thesis Title: Adversity, Ambivalence, and Mental Health: The Emotional Costs of Severe Deprivation
Committee: Christopher Winship (Chair), Matthew Desmond, and Patricia Fernandez-Kelly
Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Sociology, Princeton University
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar, School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley; Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley (effective Fall 2024)

Jasmin Sandelson

Jasmin Aviva Sandelson

(Sociology, May 2019)
Thesis Title: Looking Out: Hope, Help, and Friendship Between Poor, Teenaged Girls
Committee: Matthew Desmond (Co-Chair), Michèle Lamont (Co-Chair), and Mary C. Waters
Position: Independent Writer; MFA student at New York University; Associate Research Scholar at the Justice Lab, Columbia University