Sociology
Sydney Sauer
sydneysauer@fas.harvard.eduDoctoral Student in Sociology
Research Interests: Cultural sociology, medical sociology, experimental methods, historical methods, science communication Sydney Sauer Sydney Sauer is a PhD student in the Department of Sociology. She studies the relationship between information and...
L. Ash Smith
Doctoral Student in Sociology
Ash Smith is a doctoral student in Sociology, with a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
Amber Smith
ambersmith@g.harvard.eduDoctoral Student in Sociology
Research Interests: Social Determinants of Health; Medical Sociology; Maternal & Reproductive Health; Reproduction; Inequality and Health Disparities; Demography; Social Network Analysis; Quantitative and Mixed Methods Amber Smith is a PhD student in...
Johnny Smith
johnnysmith@g.harvard.eduDoctoral Student in Sociology
Research Interests: mass incarceration, probation reform, qualitative methods, occupational duality, education, prison educational programming, collegiate recovery programs, harm reduction Johnny Smith is a PhD student in Sociology. Returning to...
Sebastian Spitz
sspitz@g.harvard.eduDoctoral Student in Sociology
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...
John M. Towey
jmtowey@g.harvard.eduDoctoral Student in Sociology
Research Interests: Economic Sociology; Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility; Organizations, Occupations, and Work; Political Economy; Political Sociology; Quantitative Methods; Social Movements and Collective Behavior; Theory John Towey is a Doctoral...
Kyle Waldman
kylewaldman@g.harvard.eduDoctoral Student in Sociology
Research Interests: International Migration & Immigrant Integration; Social Demography; Disparities in Health; Urban & Social Policy; Work, Welfare, & Poverty; Quantitative Methods Kyle Waldman is a Doctoral Student in Sociology. Kyle was born in Los...
Yinan Wang
yinanwang@g.harvard.eduDoctoral Student in Sociology
Research Interests: labor markets, organizations, work and occupations, work-family nexus, quantitative and mixed methods. Yinan Wang is a Doctoral Student in Sociology. She is broadly interested in exploring how social institutions interact to create...
Samantha Wyman
swyman@g.harvard.eduDoctoral Student in Sociology
Research Interests: political sociology, environmental sociology, cultural sociology Samantha Wyman is a Doctoral Student in Sociology at Harvard University. During her graduate career, she is eager to explore how a community’s culture, politics, and...
Brian Xiao
bxiao@g.harvard.eduDoctoral Student in Sociology
Research Interests: social demography, families, wealth, population health, quantitative methods, survey methods Brian Xiao (pictured right) is a PhD candidate in Sociology and Doctoral Trainee in Demography and Population Sciences at the Harvard Center...
Qianyue (Jackie) Xu
jackiexu@g.harvard.eduDoctoral Student in Sociology
Research Interests: Organizations, occupations, and work; Informal networks; Cross-occupational collaborations; Skill and expertise; Labor and labor unions; The political economy of personal relationships; and Ethnography Qianyue (Jackie) Xu (...
Zehra Yildirim
fyildirim@g.harvard.eduDoctoral Student in Sociology
Research Interests: Demography, fertility, migration, gender, and social stratification Zehra Yildirim is a doctoral student in sociology. Her research interests include demography, fertility, migration, gender, and social stratification. In graduate...
