Kseniya Dzhala

Research Interests: Housing, Culture, Social Movements, Social Policy, Relational Inequality, Qualitative Methods

Kseniya Dzhala is a doctoral student in Sociology and Social Policy and a Stone PhD Scholar. She received her Bachelor's degree in Sociology from the University of Michigan. Broadly speaking, Kseniya is interested in political actors, organizations, cultural sociology, and urban inequality. In her current work, she examines the politics of rental housing through in-depth interviews with housing providers. In a related line of work, she studies how tenants, providers, and the state negotiate governance over housing. She hopes her scholarship may inform the development of policy interventions that minimize negative externalities to better address the housing crisis. 

Previous Degrees:
BA in Sociology: Law, Justice, and Social Change; Minor in Public Policy from the University of Michigan (2023)