Sociology & Social Policy
Francisca Afantchao Biakou
franciscaafantchaobiakou@g.harvard.eduDoctoral Student in Sociology & Social Policy
Research Interests: race, gender, work, social reproduction, historical sociology, black feminisms, quantitative methods Francisca Afantchao Biakou is a PhD student in sociology and social policy, and a Presidential Scholar at Harvard University. Using...
David Arbeláez
darbelaez@g.harvard.eduDoctoral Student in Sociology & Social Policy
Research Interests: Inequality, intergenerational mobility, organizations, higher education David Arbeláez is a PhD student in the Sociology and Social Policy PhD program at Harvard University. He is generally interested in income and wealth outcomes as...
Kseniya Dzhala
kdzhala@g.harvard.eduDoctoral Student in Sociology & Social Policy
Research Interests: Housing, Culture, Social Movements, Social Policy, Relational Inequality, Qualitative Methods Kseniya Dzhala is a doctoral student in Sociology and Social Policy and a Stone PhD Scholar. She received her Bachelor's degree in Sociology...
Nicholas Forster-Benson
nforsterbenson@g.harvard.eduDoctoral Student in Sociology & Social Policy
Research interests: Political economy, markets and inequality, finance and financialization, quantitative methods Nicholas (Nicc) Forster-Benson is a doctoral student in Sociology and Social Policy. Broadly, his research investigates how various market...
Andrew Byrne Keefe
akeefe@jd22.law.harvard.eduDoctoral Student in Sociology & Social Policy
Research Interests: Inequality; Sociology of Punishment; Criminal Law and Procedure; Political Economy; Comparative-Historical Sociology; Social Theory. Andrew Keefe is a PhD candidate in sociology and social policy and a third-year law student at Harvard...
Evan Cliff MacKay
emackay@fas.harvard.eduDoctoral Student in Sociology & Social Policy
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...
Siri Neerchal
sneerchal@g.harvard.eduDoctoral Student in Sociology & Social Policy
Research Interests: economic sociology, public policy, work, health, survey methods, quantitative methods, experimental methods, computational methods, mixed methods Siri Neerchal is a Doctoral Student in Sociology and Social Policy at Harvard University...
Dylan Nguyen
dnguyen@hks.harvard.eduDoctoral Student in Sociology & Social Policy
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...
Charlotte O'Herron
charlotteoherron@fas.harvard.eduDoctoral Student in Sociology & Social Policy
Research Interests: Labor market inequality; culture; organizations, quantitative methods; qualitative methods; economic sociology Charlotte O’Herron is a Doctoral Student in Sociology & Social Policy. Her research addresses the mechanisms behind labor...
Nefara Riesch
nriesch@g.harvard.eduDoctoral Student in Sociology & Social Policy
Research Interests: Criminal justice policy, policing, quantitative methods Nefara Riesch is a PhD student in Sociology and Social Policy. Her work examines policing and criminal legal system policy. Prior to her doctoral studies, Nefara worked in policy...
Jessica Urzúa
jurzua@g.harvard.eduDoctoral Student in Sociology & Social Policy
Research Interests: labor, education, inequality, mobility, social policy Jessica Urzúa is a PhD student in Sociology and Social Policy. She is interested in studying how power and social structure in labor markets affect economic inequality, and how...
Michael Zanger-Tishler
michael_zangertishler@g.harvard.eduDoctoral Student in Sociology & Social Policy
(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...
