Sociology Ph.D.s on the Job Market
The following Ph.D. candidates and recent graduates from the Brown University Department of Sociology are seeking positions in the field
Sinem Adar
Ph.D. expected 2013
Sinem's CV 
Research Interests:
Political Sociology;
Comparative Historical Sociology, and Urban Sociology (with a particular focus on nationalism and nation-state building, incorporation of religious and ethnic minorities, conflict and co-existence in urban spaces, welfare provision, Middle East, and the Balkans)
Dissertation
Nationalism, Religion, and Ethnicity: Legal and Social Integration of Non-Muslims in Istanbul and Alexandria
Committee Members:
Gianpaolo Baiocchi (Chair), John Logan, Karen Barkey (Columbia University), Patrick Heller
Orly Clerge
Ph.D. 2013
Orly's CV
Research Interests:
Social Stratification, Race and Ethnicity, Migration/Immigration, Urban Sociology, Social Demography, Qualitative Methods, Ethnography, Middle Class Minorities
Dissertation
Black Identities Revisited: ‘New’ and ‘Old’ African Americans in Middle Class New York
Committee Members:
Jose Itzigsohn (Chair), Hilary Silver, Paget Henry
Alissa Cordner
Ph.D. expected 2013
Alissa's CV
Research Interests:
Environmental Sociology, Participation and Governance, Sociology of Science, Risk, Environmental and Social Justice, Medical Sociology
Dissertation
Risk, Power and Policy in Environmental Health Controversies: The Social Implication of Flame Retardant Chemicals k
Committee Members:
Phil Brown (Chair), Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Nitsan Chorev, and Timmons Roberts
Esther Hernández-Medina
Ph.D. expected 2013
Esther's CV
Research Interests:
Democracy and Citizen Participation, Latin America and the Caribbean,
Public Policy, Globalization,
Feminism and Gender, Gender and Development,
Social Movements, Global Cities in Latin America
Dissertation
Synergy, Mediation, or Exclusion? Citizen Participation in Mexico City's Urban
Policy
Committee Members:
Patrick Heller (Chair),
Hilary Silver,
John Logan
Sukriti Issar
Ph.D. expected 2013
Sukriti's CV
Research Interests:
Urban sociology, Welfare State and Social Policy, Historical Sociology, Economic Sociology, Development, Spatial Methods, Qualitative and Historical Methods, United States, India
Dissertion
Building Markets: Ideas, Interests and Institutional Transformation in Mumbai, 1880-2010
Committee Members:
John Logan (Chair), Nitsan Chorev, Patrick Heller, Ashutosh Varshney (Pol. Sc.)
Mercedes Lyson
Ph.D. 2013
Mercedes' CV
Research Interests:
Sociology of Health and the Body, Politics of Obesity, Urban Sociology, Agri-Food Studies, Health Inequality, Social Capital, Qualitative Methods
Dissertion
Remedying Health Inequality or Body Policing?: The Class Politics of Urban Food System Alternatives
Committee Members:
Nitsan Chorev (Sociology; Chair), Phil Brown (Sociology, Northeastern University), Kathryn De Master (Environmental Studies), Hilary Silver (Sociology)
Miriam Plavin-Masterman
Ph.D. expected 2013
Miriam's CV
Research Interests:
Organizational Sociology, Urban Sociology
Dissertion
Making the Imagine Real: How Institutional
Entrepreneurs Reshape Public Spaces
Committee Members:
Mark Suchman (Chair), Ebony Bridwell-Mitchell, John Logan
Weiwei Zhang
Ph.D. expected 2013
Weiwei's CV
Research Interests:
Race and Ethnicity, Migration and Immigration, Measurements of Segregation, Spatial Data Analysis
Dissertion
National Origin Differences in Asian Residential Patterns in the United States: Changes from 1970 to 2010
Committee Members:
John R. Logan (Chair), Michael J. White, José Itzigsohn