Graduate Students

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Ivan Aleksandrov

Doctoral Student (2024); Neubauer Family Foundation Distinguished Scholar

ialeksandrov@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Comparative/Historical/Macro Sociology, Social Change, Social Studies of Knowledge, Social Theory, Work/Occupations

Heba Alex

Doctoral Candidate (2018); ABF/University of Chicago Doctoral Fellow in Law and Social Science

halex@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Political and Organizational Sociology, Sociology of Law, Social Theory, Stratification, American Politics, Work and Occupations, Morality

Committee: Elisabeth Clemens (Chair), John Martin, Bruce Carruthers (Northwestern), Myra Ferree (UW Madison)My research engages with the fields of com...

Jacy Reese Anthis

Doctoral Student (2020)

jacy@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Computational Methods, Culture, Economic Sociology, Mathematical Sociology, Qualitative Methodology, Quantitative Methodology, Social Organizations, Social Studies of Knowledge, Work/Occupations, Human-Computer Interaction

Jacy Reese Anthis is a joint doctoral student in the Department of Sociology and the Econometrics & Statistics group at the Booth School of Business a...

Guilherme Baratho

Doctoral Student (2023)

gbaratho@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Culture, Political Sociology, Qualitative Methodology, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Sociology of Religion, Urban Sociology

Loren Beard

Doctoral Candidate (2018)

beardl@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Poverty and Inequality, Governance and the State, Children and Family, Health and Well-being

Dissertation Title: The Transition Shock: Emancipating into State-Defined AdulthoodCommittee: Kristen Schilt (Chair), Robert Vargas, Anna Mueller (Ind...

Enzo Bessega

Doctoral Student (2024)

enzobessega@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Comparative/Historical/Macro Sociology, Health and Medicine, Qualitative Methodology, Quantitative Methodology, Social Theory, Social Networks, Aging

My research examines the historical processes and network mechanisms that shape health outcomes, with a focus on cognitive decline in old age. I explo...

Camille Biron-Boileau

Doctoral Student (2023); Neubauer Family Foundation Distinguished Scholar

cbironboileau@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Demography, Economic Sociology, Family, Gender, Stratification

My research interests lie at the intersection of stratification studies, economic sociology, and gender studies. My research aims to challenge the way...

Maurice Bokanga

Doctoral Candidate (2017)

mbokanga@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Social Psychology, Economic Sociology, Social Networks, Quantitative Methods, Mathematical Sociology, Social Theory, Prosocial Behavior, Morality

Dissertation Title: Essays on Economic and Prosocial BehaviorMy dissertation addresses the relationship between economic exchange and the social psych...

Jake Burchard

Doctoral Candidate (2018)

jburchard@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Economic Sociology, Quantitative Methodology, Social Studies of Knowledge, Social Theory, Stratification, Networks

Dissertation Title: Financialization and Class Politics in the Long DownturnCommittee: Geoffrey Wodtke (chair), John Levi Martin, Gary Herrigel (Polit...

Sofia Butnaru

Doctoral Student (2022); Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellowship

sbutnaru@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Economic Sociology, Gender, Qualitative Methodology, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Social Theory, Urban Sociology

Liang Cai

Doctoral Candidate (2019)

liangcai@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Crime, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Urban Sociology, Geography

Dissertation Title: Social Interaction and Activity Space in Urban and Rural America Committee: Kathleen Cagney (University of Michigan, co-chair),...

Likun Cao

Doctoral Student (2019)

lkcao@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Computational Methods, Economic Sociology, Social Organizations, Social Studies of Knowledge