People

Alicia DeSantola

aliciads@uw.edu

(Organizational Behavior, May 2019) Thesis Title: The Dynamics of New Venture Development: Scaling and Entrepreneurial Teams Committee: Ranjay Gulati (Chair), Frank Dobbin, Rory McDonald, and Laura Huang Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, University...

Nicole M. Deterding

(Sociology & Social Policy, May 2015) Thesis Title: Start, Start Again: The College Pathways of Economically-Vulnerable Mothers Committee: Mary C. Waters (Co-chair), Mary C. Brinton (Co-chair), and Kathryn Edin (Johns Hopkins University) Initial Placement...

James R. Detert

(Organizational Behavior, June 2003) Thesis Title: To Speak or Not to Speak: The Multi-Level Leadership Influences on Voice and Silence in Organizations Committee: Peter Marsden (Chair), Chris Argyris, Michael Beer, Amy Edmondson Initial Placement...

Peter Dewan

(Sociology, June 2008) Thesis Title: The Health Effects of Relative Status Committee: Nicholas A. Christakis (chair), Christopher Winship, Peter V. Marsden Current Position: Principal Consultant, 88 Analytics Dr. Peter DeWan, PhD. is the VP of Research &...

Stefan Dimitriadis

stefan.dimitriadis@rotman.utoronto.ca

(Organizational Behavior, November 2019) Thesis Title: Entrepreneurship and the Institutional Environment of Developing Markets: Three Studies about Entrepreneurship in Togo Committee: Julie Battilana (Chair), Metin Sengul, Rembrand M. Koning, and Peter V...

Frank Dobbin

frank_dobbin@harvard.edu

Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences

Research Interests: Comparative/historical sociology; organizational theory; economic sociology; public policy; stratification. Frank Dobbin received his BA from Oberlin College in 1980 and his PhD from Stanford University in 1987. Dobbin studies...

Sam Donahue

samuel_donahue@fas.harvard.edu

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Research Interests: Political sociology, race/ethnicity, inequality, classifications, urban sociology. Sam Donahue is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. His research considers the nature and implications of group boundaries and...

Shai M. Dromi

shai.dromi@g.harvard.edu

Associate Senior Lecturer on Sociology

Research Interests: Comparative-historical sociology; global and transnational sociology; cultural sociology; sociology of morality; sociology of religion; humanitarian movements; knowledge production. Shai M. Dromi is a cultural and comparative...

Judith Marie Dror

(Sociology, November 2000) Thesis Title: Reforming Religion: The Politics of the Protestant Reformation and Reform Judaism Committee: Theda Skocpol (Chair), Kenneth T. Andrews, Jason Kaufman, Douglas McAdam Initial Placement: Research Associate, Harvard...

Francesco Duina

Francesco.duina@ubc.ca

Professor and Department Head, Department of Sociology, University of British Columbia

Research Topics: Economic sociology; international political economy; institutionalist theory; culture Professor Duina’s research and teaching interests include economic sociology, the nation state, regional economic integration, and the sociology of...

Susan Alexandra Dumais

(Sociology, June 2002) Thesis Title: The Educational Pathways of White Working-Class Students Committee: Stanley Lieberson (chair), Mariko Chang, Peter V. Marsden, Burton Singer, Aage Sørensen Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Louisiana State...

Kseniya Dzhala

kdzhala@g.harvard.edu

Doctoral Student in Sociology & Social Policy

Research Interests: Housing, Culture, Social Movements, Social Policy, Relational Inequality, Qualitative Methods Kseniya Dzhala is a doctoral student in Sociology and Social Policy and a Stone PhD Scholar. She received her Bachelor's degree in Sociology...