Doctor of Philosophy

Asad L. Asad

(Sociology, May 2017)
Thesis Title: Reconsidering Immigrant Illegality: How Immigrants Perceive the Risk of Immigration Law and Enforcement
Committee: Mary C. Waters (Chair), Filiz Garip, Mario L. Small, and William Julius Wilson
Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for the Study of Inequality, Cornell University (2017-2019); Assistant Professor of Sociology and a faculty affiliate of the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, Stanford University (beginning fall 2019)

Lydia N. Bean

(Sociology, June 2009)
Thesis Title: The Politics of Evangelical Identity in the United States and Canada
Committee: Robert Sampson (chair), Jason Kaufman, Theda Skocpol, and Nancy Ammerman
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor of Sociology, Baylor University
Current Position: Fellow, New America; Faculty Research Associate, University of Texas, Arlington

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Stefan Beljean

(Sociology, November 2019)
Thesis Title: The Pressures of Status Reproduction: Upper-Middle-Class Youth and the Transition to Higher Education in Germany and the United States
Committee: Michèle Lamont (Chair), Jason Beckfield, Jal Mehta, and Michael Sauder
Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Berlin, Germany
Current Position: Postdoctoral position with Professor Matthias Koenig, Chair for Empirical Macrosociology, Max-Weber-Institute for Sociology at the University of Heidelberg (effective March 2021)

stefan.beljean@wzb.eu

Monica Clarice Bell

(Sociology & Social Policy, May 2018)
Thesis Title: Essays on Policing, Legal Estrangement & Urban Marginality
Committee: Bruce Western (Chair), Michèle Lamont, Robert J. Sampson, and Matthew Desmond (Princeton)
Initial Placement: Associate Professor, Yale Law School

Jovonne Juanita Bickerstaff

(Sociology, May 2015)
Thesis Title: Together, Close, Resilient: Essays on Emotion Work Among Black Couples
Committee: Orlando Patterson (Chair), Mary C. Brinton, Christopher Winship, and Jason Beckfield
Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Associate for the African American History, Culture and Digital Humanities (AADHum) initiative, Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities, University of Maryland-College Park... Read more about Jovonne Juanita Bickerstaff

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Allison Ruth Binns

(Sociology, November 2008)
Thesis Title: An Examination of the Effects of Organizational Justice on Work Behavior after Salary Negotiation and Arbitration
Committee: Peter V. Marsden (chair), Christopher Winship, Max Bazerman, and Lawrence Lucchino, Esq.
Initial Placement: Executive Development Program, Major League Baseball, New York, NY
Current Position: Executive Director, Morgan Stanley... Read more about Allison Ruth Binns

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Yanhua Z. Bird

(Organizational Behavior, May 2020)
Thesis Title: Social Evaluation Dynamics in Global Platform Markets
Committee: Julie Battilana (Chair), Ya-Wen Lei, Michael W. Toffel, and Christopher Marquis (Cornell University
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Management and Organizations, Questrom School of Business, Boston University

ybird@bu.edu

Deirdre Bloome

(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
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Stacey Jean Bosick

(Sociology, June 2009)
Thesis Title: Crime and the Transition to Adulthood: A Person-Centered Analysis of At-Risk Boys Coming of Age in 1940s Boston, 1970s London, and 1990s Pittsburgh
Committee: Robert J. Sampson (chair), Mary C. Waters, and John H. Laub
Initial Placement/Current Position: Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Colorado, Denver ... Read more about Stacey Jean Bosick

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Jesse William Bradford

(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
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Brielle Eileen Bryan

(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

Devonne Crystal Byndloss

(Sociology, November 1999)
Thesis Title: Resistance, Confrontation, and Accommodation in Two Urban School Districts: Black-Led Reform Efforts in the 1960s and 1980s
Committee: Theda Skocpol (Chair), Mary C. Waters, Kenneth Andrews
Initial Placement: Post-doc in Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Current Position: Senior Associate, K-12 Policy Area, MDRC

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Stephanie Howling Cacace

(Sociology, June 2008)
Thesis Title: How Mothers Matter: The Influence of Maternal Labor Force Participation on Familial Social Capital, Education-Related Spending for Children, and Children’s Participation in Cultural and Educational Activities
Committee: Mary Brinton (chair), Annemette Sorensen, Christopher Winship
Current Placement: Social Studies Teacher, Wellesley High School

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Bayliss Camp

(Sociology, June 2003)
Thesis Title: Direct Democracy and Political Tactics: How Ballot Initiatives Increase the Competitive Dynamism of the Political Process
Committee: Theda Skocpol (Chair), David John Frank, Kenneth Andrews
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Texas Christian University
Current Position: Branch Chief, R&D, California DMV

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Anmol Chaddha

(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
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Department of Sociology