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:

Julia Drew
Ph.D. expected 2010
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Research Interests:
Stratification, Sociology of Disability,Medical Sociology, Social Demography

Ana Margarida Esteves
Ph.D. expected December 2010
Research Interests:
Political Economy, Social Movements, Organizational Sociology, Sociology of Knowledge, Historical Sociology, Social Theory
Dissertation tentative title
“Entrepreneurs and Citizens: Worker empowerment through integrative public spaces by the Brazilian Movement of Solidarity Economy”
Esther Hernandez-Medina
Ph.D. expected 2010
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 Urban
Policy in the Global Cities of Mexico City and São Paulo”
Elisabeta Minca
Ph.D. expected 2010
Elisabeta's CV
Research Interests:
Social Demography, Transition to Adulthood, Social Inequality, Children’s Welfare, Health Disparities, Race /Ethnicity, Education Quantitative Methods
Dissertation
“Becoming an Adult in America: What Does It Mean and How It Has Changed in the Past 20 Years? Effects on Mental Health & Economic Success”
Chair: Dennis Hogan
Committee: John Logan, Margot Jackson
Gabriela Sánchez-Soto
Ph.D. expected 2010
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Research Interests:
Social Demography, International Migration, Education and Social Mobility, Demography of the Life Course, Remittances and Household Economy; Marriage and Family Formation, Quantitative and Mixed Methods
Dissertation
“The Effects of International Migration on Educational Attainment and Educational Mobility in Mexico”
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