(Sociology, November 2014)
Thesis Title: Community Building and Local Traditions in the Reform Era Rural China
Committee: Orlando Patterson (Chair), Jocelyn Viterna, and Robert P. Weller (Anthropology, Boston University)
Initial Placement: Adjunct assistant...
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...
I am the founding Director of the Mindich Program in Engaged Scholarship (MPES). I am an applied social scientist with a multidisciplinary academic background and professional experience in social policy, public health, education, health and human...
(Sociology, June 2002)
Thesis Title: American Indian Identity Matters: The Politics of Identity and the Political Economy of Ethnic Boundaries
Committee: Christopher Winship (Chair), Lawrence D. Bobo, David John Frank, Duane Champagne (UCLA)
Initial...
Research interests: Gender, Identity, Research methods, Inclusion and belonging in higher education
Dr. Fairchild is Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies. She was previously Associate Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at New College of...
(Sociology & Social Policy, March 2020)
Thesis Title: Tribal Lands, Tribal Men, and Tribal Responsibilities: World Renewal Fathers with Criminal Records and Their Perceptions of Work and Fatherhood On- and Off-Reservation
Committee: William Julius Wilson...
Research Interests: identity, inclusion, psychological safety, organizational culture, cultural capital, occupational segregation
Tiffany Smith is a doctoral student in the Organizational Behavior program jointly offered by Harvard Business School and...
(Sociology, May 2025)
Thesis Title: Consequences of Unpaid Labor: Evidence from the U.S.
Committee: Alexandra A. Killewald (Co-Chair, University of Michigan), Daniel Schneider (Co-Chair), and David S. Pedulla
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Human...
(Sociology & Social Policy, May 2018)
Thesis Title: Criminal Justice, Self-Sufficiency, and the Life Course: An Examination of Income, Support and Housing Trajectories After Incarceration and Conviction
Committee: Bruce Western (Chair), Alexandra A...
(Sociology & Social Policy, May 2019)
Thesis Title: Prediction and the Moral Order: Contesting Fairness in Consumer Data Capitalism
Committee: Frank Dobbin (Chair), Jason Beckfield, and Mario L. Small
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Department of...
