#  PhDs on the Market 

 



  [### Clem Aeppli

 ](/people/clem-aeppli-0) <caeppli@g.harvard.edu>

 (Sociology) Ph.D. Date: May 2026 (Expected) Dissertation Title: Papers on Economic Transformation and Racial Inequality Dissertation Committee: Daniel Schneider and Nate Wilmers (MIT Sloan School), Frank Dobbin, Ellis Monk, and Christopher Winship... 

 

 

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   [### Victoria Asbury-Kimmel

 ](/people/victoria-asbury-kimmel) <Asbury.Kimmel@nyu.edu>

 (Sociology) Ph.D. Date: May 2023 Dissertation Title: Contemporary Contours of National Belonging: Experimental and Survey Approaches for Understanding the Structures of the American Hierarchy Dissertation Committee: Lawrence D. Bobo (Chair), Bart... 

 

 

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   [### Matthew Brooke

 ](/people/matthew-brooke-0) <mbrooke@g.harvard.edu>

 (Sociology) Ph.D. Date: May 2026 (Expected) Dissertation Title: The Rise of Christian Right Broadcasting: From Resisting Brown to Overturning Roe Dissertation Committee: Jocelyn Viterna (Chair), Theda Skocpol, Anthony Chen (Northwestern University), and... 

 

 

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   [### Kyle Waldman

 ](/people/kyle-waldman-0) <kylewaldman@g.harvard.edu>

 (Sociology) Ph.D. Date: May 2026 (Expected) Dissertation Title: Making and Unmaking Latinos: Ethnoracial Construction Across State, Family, and Self Dissertation C ommittee: Mary C. Waters (Chair), Jody Agius Vallejo (University of Southern California)... 

 

 

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   [### Joseph Wallerstein

 ](/people/joseph-wallerstein-0) <jwallerstein@g.harvard.edu>

 (Sociology) Ph.D. Date: May 2024 Dissertation Title: Attributing Homelessness: The Contents, Patterning, and Power of Origin Stories in the Nonprofit Field Dissertation Committee: Mario L. Small (Chair, Columbia University), Forrest Stuart (Stanford... 

 

 

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   [### Michael Zanger-Tishler

 ](/people/michael-zanger-tishler-0) [michael\_zangertishler@g.harvard.edu](mailto:michael_zangertishler@g.harvard.edu)

 (Sociology &amp; Social Policy) Ph.D. Date: Spring 2026 (Expected) Dissertation Title: Data and Knowledge of the Criminal Legal System in a Comparative Perspective Dissertation Committee: Robert Sampson and Ellis Monk (Co-Chairs); Joscha Legewie, Magda... 

 

 

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   [### Shira Zilberstein

 ](/people/shira-zilberstein-0) <szilberstein@fas.harvard.edu>

 (Sociology) Ph.D. Date: May 2026 (Expected) Dissertation Title: The Making of Ethical AI: Developing Artificial Intelligence Solutions in Healthcare Dissertation Committee: Michèle Lamont (Chair), Ya-Wen Lei, Angèle Christin (Stanford University), and... 

 

 

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