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Heba Alex

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

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...

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...

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...

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),...

Cameron Day

Doctoral Student (2018)

camkday23@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Crime and Deviance, Social Control, Sexuality, Institutions, Culture, Qualitative Methodology

Dissertation Title: The Symbolic and The Law: The Emotional Politics of Child Murder Committee: Kristen Schilt (chair), Julian Go, Cayce Hughes (Co...

Teng Ge

Doctoral Candidate (2017)

tengge@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Global Sociology, Culture, Work and Occupations, Qualitative Methods, Sports

Dissertation Title: The Price of Conformity: Cooperative Rivalry and Organizational Infighting in Chinese Professional Basketball Committee: Kimber...

Xiangyi (Tami) Ren

Doctoral Candidate (2018)

xren9@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Socio-legal Studies, Environmental Sociology, Sociology of Knowledge, China Studies

Dissertation Title: Divergent Organizational Changes in Legal Institutions: The Development of Specialized Trial Organizations in China Committee: ...

Nicolás Torres-Echeverry

Doctoral Candidate (2018); Neubauer Distinguished Doctoral Fellow

nte@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Political Sociology, Organizations, Urban Sociology, Culture, War and Post-conflict, Law and Society, Internet and Society, Latin America

Dissertation Title: Between War and Peace: Political Organizing in Twenty-First Century Colombia in the Face of Party DeclineCommittee: Elisabeth Clem...

Xiaogao Zhou

Doctoral Candidate (2018)

xiaogaozhou@uchicago.edu

Interests:

Gender and Sexuality, Medical Sociology, Health, Transnational Sociology, China

Dissertation Title: In Transition: Politics of Transgender Healthcare in China Committee: Kristen Schilt (chair), Kimberly Hoang, Zhiying Ma (Socia...