Doctor of Philosophy

(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...

(Sociology, March 2020)
Thesis Title: Government Regulation and Economic Globalization: The Diffusion of Antitrust Law and Merger Control and Its Influence on Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions
Committee: Frank Dobbin (Chair), Alexandra A. Killewald, and...

(Sociology, November 2019)
Thesis Title: Managing Indigeneity, Cultivating Citizens: Reconciliation Action Plans in Australian Organizations
Committee: Jocelyn Viterna (Chair), Bart Bonikowski, and Michèle Lamont
Initial Placement: Postdoctoral Fellow in...

(Sociology, May 2025; JD, Yale Law School, 2024)
Thesis Title: Theorizing Pathways to Family Formation: Birth, Adoption, and Infant Abandonment under China’s One-Child Policy
Committee: Jocelyn Viterna (Chair), Ellis Monk, and Ya-Wen Lei
Current Position: At...

(Sociology, May 2019)
Thesis Title: More than a Helping Hand: Personal Network Structure and Functional, Cognitive, and Emotional Health
Committee: Jason Beckfield (Chair), Alexandra A. Killewald, and Lisa Berkman
Initial Placement: Research Scientist...

(Sociology & Social Policy, November 2019)
Thesis Title: How Social Adversity and Opioid Prescription Intersect with the Criminal Justice System and Recent Mortality in the United States
Committee: Robert J. Sampson (Chair), Jason Beckfield, and Alexandra A...

(Sociology, November 2019)
Thesis Title: Heterogeneous Associations of Education with Health by Demographic, Genetic, and School Characteristics
Committee: Mary C. Waters (Chair), Jason Beckfield, and Alexandra A. Killewald
Initial Placement: Postdoctoral...

(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...

(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 of...

(Organizational Behavior, May 2019)
Thesis Title: Butchers, Bakers, and Barcharts: Gender and Knowledge in a Grocery Chain
Committee: Kathleen L. McGinn (Chair), Michael L. Tushman, Frank Dobbin, and Peter V. Marsden
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor...