(Sociology & Social Policy, June 2009) Thesis Title: A Relationship Legacy: The Intergenerational Transmission of Marriage and Divorce Committee: Kathryn Edin (chair), William Julius Wilson, and Martin K. Whyte Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, National Center for Family & Marriage Research, Bowling Green State University (2009-2010); Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Franklin & Marshall College (2010-2011); Assistant Professor, Sociology Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison (2011-2013) Current Position:Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies, College of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison ... Read more about Sarah Caitlin Halpern-Meekin
(Sociology & Social Policy, June 2005) Thesis Title: Why Neighborhoods Matter: Structural and Cultural Influences on Adolescents in Poor Communities Committee: Christopher Jencks (chair), Katherine Newman, Christopher Winship, Robert J. Sampson Initial Placement: Post-doctoral position 2005-06; Assistant Professor of Sociology and Assistant Research Scientist, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan Current Position: Professor of Sociology, University of California Berkeley
Research Interests: Crime, criminal law, and criminal justice; economic inequality; empire; mass incarceration; network analysis; policing; political economy; political sociology; race and racism... Read more about Andrew Byrne Keefe
Research Interests: Inequality and Social Policy; Crime, deviance, restoration, and punishment; Social stratification; Race and Ethnicity; Gender; Discrimination; Geography; Poverty; Quantitative Methods... Read more about Evan Cliff MacKay
(Sociology & Social Policy, May 2020) Thesis Title: Social Structure, Space, and the Dynamics of Income Inequality Committee: Robert J. Sampson (Chair), Mario Luis Small, and Jason Beckfield Initial Placement:Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
(Sociology & Social Policy, June 2007) Thesis Title: Southern Becoming: Immigrant Incorporation and Race Relations in the Rural U.S. South Committee: Mary C. Waters (Chair), Jennifer L. Hochschild, William J. Wilson Initial Placement: Lecturer, Committee on Degrees in Social Studies, Harvard University Current Position:Associate Professor of Sociology, Tufts University
(Sociology & Social Policy, November 2006) Thesis Title: The Transformation of American Educational Policy, 1980-2001: Ideas and the Rise of Accountability Politics Committee: Christopher Jencks (chair), Theda Skocpol, Christopher Winship, Jennifer Hochschild Initial Placement: Harvard Graduate School of Education, Post Doctoral Fellow Current Position: Associate Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Research Interests: Aging; Inequality; Labor Markets and Institutions; Social Policy; Demography; Economic Well-being... Read more about Alexandra Mitukiewicz
Research Interests: Gender and racial inequality, work and labor markets, family, intersectionality, qualitative methods, quantitative methods, computational methods... Read more about Charlotte O'Herron
