Research Interests: International migration; immigrant integration; higher education; legal stratification; social policy; work and organizations; North America
Melissa Hernández Jasso is a doctoral candidate in Sociology focusing on immigration and...
(Sociology, June 2001)
Thesis Title: From Entertainment to Art: The Social History of Film in the United States
Committee: Stanley Lieberson (Chair), Peter V. Marsden, Gwendolyn Dordick, Aage B. Sørensen
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, University of...
(Sociology, May 2011)
Thesis Title: Global Institutionalization of Human Rights: The Effects of State Institutions and Domestic Politics
Committee: Jason Beckfield and Peter V. Marsden (Co-chairs), and Martin K. Whyte
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor...
Research Interests: Cultural Sociology, Economic Sociology, Organizations, Social Networks, Mixed Methods
Nicole Letourneau is a PhD student in Sociology. She grew up in North Carolina and completed her bachelor’s degree at the University of North Carolina...
Research Interests: Social stratification and inequality, race and ethnicity, political agency, marginalization and social movements
Meylin Gonzales Huamán is a doctoral student in Sociology. She has experience with qualitative research for policy and...
(Sociology, May 2010)
Thesis Title: Re-making Class, Race, and Nation: Black Professionals in Brazil and South Africa
Committee: Michèle Lamont (chair), William Julius Wilson, Prudence Carter, and Edward Telles
Initial Placement: Post-doctoral Research...
Research Interests: The origins, history and culture of freedom; the comparative study of slavery and ethno-racial relations; the sociology of underdevelopment with special reference to the Caribbean; the problems of familial relations in the black...
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...
Research Interests: Inequality; innovation; gender; race; public policy; Latin America; economic sociology; stratification
Channing Spencer is a Doctoral Candidate in the Organizational Behavior program jointly offered by Harvard Business School and the...
Research Interests: Inequality, Incarceration, Historical Sociology, Social Theory
Christopher Muller is Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. He taught at the University of California, Berkeley before joining the Harvard faculty in 2023. He...
Research Interests: Comparative sociology; comparative family systems and family change; the American family; gender roles in comparative context; inequality and stratification; bureaucracy; sociology of China; development.
Martin K. Whyte is the John...
Research Interests: Social networks; formal organizations; social stratification; methods.
Peter V. Marsden, the Edith and Benjamin Geisinger Professor of Sociology, received his undergraduate degree (Sociology and History) from Dartmouth College and his...
