Robert J. Sampson

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...

Research Interests: Inequality and Social Policy; Civic participation and good government; Crime, deviance, restoration, and punishment; Social stratification; Race and Ethnicity; Gender; Discrimination; Geography; Poverty; Quantitative Methods Evan...

Research Interests: Spatial Inequality, Urban & Community Sociology, Organizations, Race and Ethnicity, Housing, Inequality & Stratification Dylan Nguyen is a doctoral student in Sociology and Social Policy. Broadly interested in spatial inequality, their...

Ash Smith is a doctoral student in Sociology, with a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Research Interests: Crime and punishment, quantitative methods, comparative sociology, sociology of law, race Sebastian Spitz is a PhD student in Sociology. He graduated from Bard College in 2017 with a degree in sociology, writing his senior project on...

(Sociology & 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...