# Political & Historical Sociology ## expand\_more [### Francisca Afantchao Biakou ](/people/francisca-afantchao-biakou) Doctoral Student in Sociology & Social Policy Research Interests: race, gender, work, social reproduction, historical sociology, black feminisms, quantitative methods Francisca Afantchao Biakou is a PhD student in sociology and social policy, and a Presidential Scholar at Harvard University. Using... ![Fran Afantchao Biakou](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-09/Afantchao%20Biakou_Francisca.jpg?itok=Gcx05JWn) [### Emma Bedell Bogler ](/people/emma-bedell-bogler) Doctoral Student in Sociology Research Interests: Cultural sociology, social network analysis, media studies, computational text analysis, political sociology, inequality, economic sociology Emma Bedell Bogler is a PhD student in Sociology at Harvard University. Originally from... ![Emma Bedell Bogler](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/bogler_emma.jpg?itok=fDsXAH93) [### Matthew Brooke ](/people/matthew-brooke) Doctoral Student in Sociology Research Interests: Political sociology, historical sociology, social movements, political parties, media. Matthew Brooke is a Doctoral candidate in Sociology. Matthew's dissertation investigates why the Republican Party and right-wing media have become... ![Matthew Brooke](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/brooke_matt.jpg?itok=3if80pqg) [### Matt Carson ](/people/matt-carson) Doctoral Student in Sociology Research Interests: organized labor & social movements, urban sociology, gentrification, political economy, neoliberalization, mass incarceration & police violence, historical methods, quantitative methods Matt Carson is a PhD student in Sociology at... ![Matt Carson](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-09/Carson_Matt_photo.jpg?itok=dkM2yVN6) [### Rui Chen ](/people/rui-chen) Doctoral Student in Sociology Research Interests: Political sociology, digital media, Chinese studies, computational methods\ Rui Chen is a Doctoral Student in Sociology. Rui is interested in the conceptual differences across entities, specifically the patterns of ideological... ![Harvard](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/harvard-logo-jpg-180_0.jpg?itok=xweZvOQp) [### Marissa Combs ](/people/marissa-combs) Doctoral Student in Sociology Research Interests: Education Reform, Organizational and Economic Sociology, Cultural Sociology, Accountability and Governance, Research Practice Partnerships, Research Methods Marissa Combs is a PhD student in Sociology, a PIER Fellow at the Center for... ![Marissa Combs headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-02/Marissa.linderstudio-HarvardCERP-mf-0122-web_PIER%20%284%29.jpg?itok=svc8l3mJ) [### Clayton Covington ](/people/clayton-covington) Doctoral Student in Sociology Research Interests: Organizations, Political Sociology, Cultural Sociology, Sexuality, Social Movements, Globalization, Comparative & Historical Sociology, Law, Empire, Nationalism, Latin America and the Caribbean Clayton Covington is a PhD Student in... ![Clayton Covington](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/covington_clayton.jpg?itok=as4DsoSl) [### Hannah Craig ](/people/hannah-craig) Doctoral Student in Sociology Research Interests: Crime and Punishment, Political Sociology, Organizational Efficiency, Bureaucratic Discretion, Public Policy, Public Opinion Hannah Craig is a PhD student in Sociology at Harvard. Originally from the metro Detroit area, she received... ![Hannah Craig photo](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/craig_hannah_photo.jpg?itok=fvPgfPJY) [### Jingyun Dai ](/people/jingyun-dai) Doctoral Student in Sociology Research Interests: culture; class and gender inequalities; higher education; intersectionality, mixed methods Jingyun Dai is a PhD candidate in sociology. Jingyun studies cultural processes and class and gender inequalities in the context of elite higher... ![jingyun dai](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/jingyun_photo.jpg?itok=GE6Tb2Qz) [### Nayun Eom ](/people/nayun-eom) Doctoral Student in Sociology Research Interests: Work and organizations; Inequality and stratification; Political sociology; Care labor; Technology; Culture; Mixed methods Nayun Eom is a doctoral student in Sociology. Her research spans the sociology of politics, science and... ![Nayun Eom](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/eom_nayun_photo.jpeg?itok=hn7y833t) [### Daniel Alain Evrard ](/people/daniel-alain-evrard) Doctoral Student in Sociology Research Interests: Political Economy; Urban Sociology; Economic Geography; Social Impacts of Economic and Climatic Change; Poverty and Inequality; Work, Labor Markets and the Labor Process; Social Theory; Comparative Sociology. Daniel Alain Evrard is a... ![D A Evrard](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/sociology/files/evrard_d_a_01.jpg?itok=h5qAtC4z) [### Nicholas Forster-Benson ](/people/nicholas-forster-benson) Doctoral Student in Sociology & Social Policy Research interests: Political economy, markets and inequality, finance and financialization, quantitative methods Nicholas (Nicc) Forster-Benson is a doctoral student in Sociology and Social Policy. Broadly, his research investigates how various market... ![Nicholas Forster-Benson](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-09/Forster-Benson_Nicholas.jpg?itok=xcIf7HZp)