Research Interests: Stratification and Inequality; Discrimination; Urban Poverty; Social Mobility; Demography; and Sociology of Law... Read more about Jimmy Biblarz
(Sociology & Social Policy, May 2014) Thesis Title: Essays on Economic Mobility and Inequality in the United States Committee: Bruce Western (Chair), Christopher Jencks, William Julius Wilson, and Jason Beckfield Initial Placement: Assistant professor of Sociology/faculty associate at the Population Studies Center and Survey Research Center, University of Michigan Current Position: Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School ... Read more about Deirdre Bloome
(Sociology & Social Policy, March 2009) Thesis Title: American/Muslims: Reactive Solidarity, Identity Politics and Social Identity Formation in the Aftermath of September 11th Committee: Mary C. Waters (chair), Christopher Winship, and Katherine S. Newman Initial Placement: Management Consultant, McKinsey and Company, London Current Position: Partner, McKinsey and Company ... Read more about Jesse William Bradford
(Sociology & Social Policy, May 2018) Thesis Title: Criminal Justice, Self-Sufficiency, and the Life Course: An Examination of Income, Support and Housing Trajectories After Incarceration and Conviction Committee: Bruce Western (Chair), Alexandra A. Killewald, and Robert J. Sampson Initial Placement:Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Rice University
(Sociology & Social Policy, March 2015) Thesis Title: The Welfare Functions of Credit and Debt in an Era of Rising Inequality Committee: William Julius Wilson (Chair), Lawrence D. Bobo, Bruce Western, and Jason Beckfield Initial Placement: Hutchins Fellow, W.E.B. Du Bois Research Institute, Harvard University Current Position: Research Director of the Equitable Futures Lab ... Read more about Anmol Chaddha
(Sociology & Social Policy, May 2012) Thesis Title: Meritless: Unemployed Autoworkers, the Social Safety Net, and the Culture of Meritocracy in America and Canada Committee: William Julius Wilson (Chair), Katherine S. Newman, and Bruce Western Initial Placement: National Science Foundation and American Sociological Association postdoctoral fellow, the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment and the Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley (2012‐2014) Current Position:Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA... Read more about Victor Tan Chen
(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
(Sociology & Social Policy, June 2007) Thesis Title: The Boundaries of Social Citizenship: Race, Immigration and the American Welfare State, 1900-1950 Committee: Lawrence Bobo, William Julius Wilson, Jennifer Hochschild, Theda Skocpol Initial Placement: Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Post-Doctoral Fellow (2007-2009) Current Position:Professor of Sociology, University of California at Berkeley
(Sociology & Social Policy, May 2010) Thesis Title: Women’s Hiring in Context: Structural Opportunities for Discretionary Hiring Committee: Christopher Winship (chair), Frank Dobbin, and Kathryn Edin Initial Placement: Senior Analyst (2010-12) and Associate/Scientist (2012-17), Abt Associates, Bethesda, MD Current Position:Senior Social Scientist, The Lab @ DC, Washington, DC
(Sociology & Social Policy, March 2020) Thesis Title: Tribal Lands, Tribal Men, and Tribal Responsibilities: World Renewal Fathers with Criminal Records and Their Perceptions of Work and Fatherhood On- and Off-Reservation Committee: William Julius Wilson (Chair), Alexandra A. Killewald, Mario Luis Small, and Megan Comfort (RTI) Initial Placement: Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley(2020-21); Assistant Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences Humanities and Arts, University of California, Merced (effective fall 2021)
