Jon Nelson has successfully defended his dissertation, "Insuring Inequality: The Role of FEMA in Unequal Adaptation to Sea-Level Rise in Coastal New England."
Nicole Kreisberg has successfully defended her dissertation, “Nativity and Nativism in the U.S. Labor Market: Employment Discrimination Against Latino Immigrant Men.”
Dr. Ben Bradlow's dissertation, “Urban Origins of Democracy and Inequality: Governing São Paulo and Johannesburg, 1985-2016,” has been recognized with multiple external awards.
Ricarda Hammer has successfully defended her dissertation entitled: "Citizenship and Colonial Difference: The Racial Politics of Rights and Rule Across the Black Atlantic."