On The Market

The following Ph.D. candidates and recent graduates from the Brown University Department of Sociology are seeking positions in the field.

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    Research Interests

    Social Stratification; Segregation; Race; Class; Ethnicity

    Committee Members

    Andrew Schrank (chair), Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve, David Lindstrom, Josh Pacewicz

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    Sociological theory, race and ethnicity, urban sociology

    Dissertation Title

    Wards of Action: Fantasy and Social Change in Newark, New Jersey

    Committee Members

    José Itzigsohn (chair), Laura López-Sanders, Josh Pacewicz

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    Research Interests

    Race and Ethnicity; Gender & Sexuality; Cultural Sociology; Immigration; Qualitative Methods

    Dissertation Title

    Tangled: Afro-Latinx Identity in the Natural Hair Movement in the Dominican Republic and New York City

    Committee Members

    José Itzigsohn (Chair), Laura López-Sanders, Michael Kennedy

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    Research Interests

    Environment; Climate Change Adaptation; Community Power

    Dissertation Title

    Insuring Inequality: The Role of FEMA in Unequal Adaptation to Sea-Level Rise in Coastal New England

    Committee Members

    Andrew Schrank (Chair), Scott Frickel, J. Timmons Roberts, and Josh Pacewicz

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    Research Interests

    Political, economic, and historical sociology, social inequality, labor, the Middle East and North Africa, qualitative and archival methods

    Committee Members

    Nitsan Chorev (chair), Patrick Heller, Josh Pacewicz, Jennifer Johnson (History), Charlie Kurzman (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill)

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    Research Interests

    Revolutions and Social Movements; Comparative & Historical Sociology; Political & Cultural Sociology; Media & Globalization; Organizations; Latin America & the Middle East

    Dissertation Title

    Realizing Revolution: Nationalism, Freedom, and Utopia in Iran and Nicaragua, 1979-1999

    Committee Members

    Michael Kennedy (Chair), Jose Itzigsohn, Josh Pacewicz