Research Interests: Political sociology, race/ethnicity, inequality, classifications, urban sociology.
Sam Donahue is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. His research considers the nature and implications of group boundaries and...
Dahlia Showalter (she/they) is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. Dahlia uses ethnographic and qualitative methods to study illicit drug use and the legal, medical, and social institutions that manage it. Her first book project is...
Research Interests: inequality and mobility, race and ethnicity, family demography, social policy, quantitative methods
Deirdre Bloome is Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, Professor of Sociology, and a Faculty Member at the...
Research Interests: Urban poverty and joblessness, social capital and social networks, and the front end of criminal case processing.
Smith's publications include Lone Pursuit: Distrust and Defensive Individualism among the Black Poor; The Criminal...
Research Interests: Inequality, social policy, work, social demography
Daniel Schneider is the Malcolm Wiener Professor of Social Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and Professor of Sociology in FAS at Harvard University. He is co-director of The Shift...
Research Interests: race and gender stratification, labor markets, and economic and organizational sociology.
David Pedulla (he/him) is Professor of Sociology and Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University. His research agenda examines the processes...
Research interests: Quantitative methodology, economic inequality and mobility, and contemporary Chinese society.
Xiang Zhou is Professor of Sociology. He is also a faculty affiliate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard Institute...
Research interests: Families and children, race/ethnicity, social inequality, social demography, education.
Christina J. Cross is an Associate Professor of Sociology and a faculty affiliate of the Center for Population and Development Studies and the...
Research Interests: Social inequality / stratification, Organizations, Education, Race/Ethnicity, Culture, Urban Sociology, Mixed Methods Research.
Christina Ciocca Eller is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Social Studies (effective July 2019). She...
Research Interests: Inequality, Social Policy, Labor and Social Movements, Crime and Punishment.
Adaner Usmani is Associate Professor of Sociology and Social Studies, effective July 1, 2025. His research is driven by some simple questions about the...
