# Matthew Gannon Doctoral Student in Sociology & Social Policy person location\_on William James Hall email laptop\_windows [Matthew Gannon's website](https://matthewtgannon.com) *Research Interests:* Housing insecurity, social safety net, social mobility Matthew Gannon is a Ph.D. student in Sociology & Social Policy at Harvard University and a Graduate Student Affiliate of the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies. His mixed-methods research focuses on housing insecurity, the social safety net, and social mobility. Beginning in 2029, he will also pursue a J.D. at Yale Law School. Before the J.D./Ph.D., Matthew conducted research at the Poverty and Inequality Research Lab at Johns Hopkins University, the Neighborhood Data for Social Change project at USC, and the Centre for Homelessness Impact in London. As a Marshall Scholar, he graduated with distinction from the University of Oxford and the University of Manchester, earning an M.Sc. in Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation and an M.A. in Sociology, respectively. Before this, he graduated with the rank of salutatorian from Dartmouth College. **Previous Degrees:** M.Sc. University of Oxford M.A. University of Manchester B.A. Dartmouth College - ## Countries [United Kingdom](/country/united-kingdom) [United States](/country/united-states) - ## Geographic Areas [Europe](/geographic-areas/europe) [North America](/geographic-areas/north-america) - ## Research Clusters (Grad) [Inequality](/graduate-student-research-clusters/inequality) [Urban Poverty & the City](/graduate-student-research-clusters/urban-poverty-city) - ## Graduate Students by Academic Advisor [Daniel Schneider](/graduate-students-academic-advisor/daniel-schneider) - ## Graduate Students by Cohort [2026 (G1)](/graduate-students-cohort/2026-g1) - ## Graduate Students by Last Name [D - G](/graduate-students-last-name/d-g) - ## Current People [Graduate Students](/grad-students)