back to contents Complete Information Harvard University   Contact:   33 Kirkland Street 675 William James Hall Cambridge, MA 02138   Telephone: (617) 495-3812 Fax: (617) 496-5794   Email: piracini@wjh.harvard.edu Web: http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/soc   Chair: Mary C. Waters, Director of Graduate Studies: Martin K. Whyte   Aministrative Assistant(s):   Degrees Offered: PhD, MA, BA Academic Year System: Semester   In–State Tuition (2002–2003): $25650 Out–of–state Tuition (2002–2003): $25650 Alternative Tuition Structure: Financial Aid Available to Full-Time Students: Teaching Assistantships Number of First Year Graduate Students Receiving Some Form of Assistance: 11 Admission Deadline: (Fall only) January 2 Financial Support Deadline: January 2 Number of Full-Time Graduate Students: 77 Number of Part-Time Graduate Students: Number of Undergraduate Majors in Fall 2002: 104 Teacher Trainings Programs: Number of Undergraduate Sociology Degrees Awarded in 2001-2002: 104 Graduate Record Examination: General Test Required Number of Graduate Sociology Degrees Awarded In 2001-2002:  Masters: 6 PHDs: 9   Special Programs and Areas of Expertise:   Qualitative Methodology, Quantitative Methodology, Organizations-Formal/Complex, Stratification/Mobility, Cultural Sociology, History of Sociology/Social Thought, Comparative/Historical Sociology, Political Sociology, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Collective Behavior/Social Movements, Urban Sociology, Family, Sociology of China, Education, Social Networks, Sociology of Japan, Economy and Society, Deviant Behavior/Social Disorganization   Full–Time Faculty Andrews, Kenneth T. (PhD, SUNY-Stony Brook 1997) Collective Behavior, Political Sociology, History of Sociology/Social Thought; Associate Professor. Bobo, Lawrence (PhD, Michigan 1984) Social Psychology, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Mass Communication/Public Opinion; Professor. Brinton, Mary C. (PhD, Washington 1986) Economy and Society, Stratification/Mobility, Education; Professor. Carter, Prudence L. (PhD, Columbia 1999) Race/Class/Gender, Education, Urban Sociology; Assistant Professor. Chang, Mariko (PhD, Stanford 1998) Stratification/Mobility, Work and Labor Markets, Comparative/Historical Sociology; Associate Professor. Dobbin, Frank (PhD, Stanford 1987) Comparative/Historical Sociology, Organizations-Formal/Complex, Policy Analysis/Public Policy; Professor. Dordick, Gwendolyn (PhD, Columbia 1994) Urban Sociology, Poverty, Housing and Homelessness; Associate Professor. Gibson, David (PhD, Columbia 1999) Social Networks, Language/Social Linguistics, Organizations-Formal/Complex; Assistant Professor. Kaufman, Jason (PhD, Princeton 1999) Comparative/Historical Sociology, Cultural Sociology, Political Sociology; Assistant Professor. Lamont, Michelle (PhD, Paris 1983) Culture and Knowledge, Theory, Comparative/Historical Sociology; Professor. Lieberson, Stanley (PhD, Chicago 1960) Social Determinants of Taste, Logic of Social Research; Professor. Marsden, Peter V. (PhD, Chicago 1979) Social Organization, Social Networks, Quantitative Methodology; Professor. Patterson, Orlando (PhD, London School of Economics 1965) Cultural Sociology, Qualitative Methodology, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations; Professor. Podolny, Joel M. (PhD, Harvard 1991) Economy and Society, Organizations-Formal/Complex, Social Networks; Professor. Sampson, Robert J. (PhD, SUNY-Albany 1983) Deviant Behavior/Social Disorganization, Community, Social Control; Professor. Skocpol, Theda (PhD, Harvard 1975) Political Sociology, Social Change, Comparative/Historical Sociology; Professor. Waters, Mary C. (PhD, California-Berkeley 1986) Demography, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Stratification/Mobility; Professor. Whyte, Martin K. (PhD, Harvard 1970) Comparative Sociology/Historical Sociology, Family, Sociology of China; Professor. Winship, Christopher (PhD, Harvard 1977) Quantitative Methodology, Stratification/Mobility, Mathematical Sociology; Professor. Part–Time Faculty Bell, Daniel (PhD, Columbia 1960) Comparative/Historical Sociology, Relationship of Technology to Social Change, Relationship of Culture to Religion; Henry Ford II Professor of Social Sciences, Emeritus. Christakis, Nicholas A. (PhD, Pennsylvania 1995) Medical Sociology, Demography, Quantitative Methodology; Professor, Affiliated with: Harvard Medical School. Davis, James (PhD, Harvard 1955) Applied Sociology/Evaluation Research, Social Change; Emeritus. Glazer, Nathan (PhD, Columbia 1962) Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Urban Sociology, Policy Analysis/Public Policy; Professor, Emeritus. Good, Mary-Jo Delvecchio (PhD, Harvard 1977) Medical Sociology, Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies; Professor, Affiliated with: Harvard Medical School. Jencks, Christopher (MA, Harvard 1959) Stratification/Mobility, Social Change, Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations; Professor, Affiliated with: John F. Kennedy School of Government. Keyfitz, Nathan (PhD, Chicago 1952) Demography, Development, Environmental Sociology, Adelot Professor of Sociology, Emeritus. Newman, Katherine S. (PhD, California-Berkeley 1979) Work and Mobility, Urban Culture, Public Policy; Professor, Affiliated with: John F. Kennedy School of Government. Rainwater, Lee (PhD, Chicago 1954) Stratification/Mobility, Family, Public Policy/Policy Analysis; Professor, Emeritus. Sørensen, Annemette (PhD, Wisconsin-Madison 1980) Stratification/Mobility, Family, Sex and Gender; Faculty Associate and Director, Murray Research Center. Vogel, Ezra F. (PhD, Harvard 1958) Japan, Political Sociology, Development; Professor. Wilson, William Julius. (PhD, Washington State 1966) Race/Ethnic/Minority Relations, Urban Sociology, Social Policy; Professor, Affiliated with: John F. Kennedy School of Government. 2001–02 PHD Recipients and Dissertation Titles Dumais, Susan Alexandra The Educational Pathways of White Working-Class Students Frederick, Paula Ann Sexing the Nation: State Regulation of Prostitution and Homosexuality in Britain and the Netherlands in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries Gonzales, Angela Ann American Indian Identity Matters: The Politics of Identity and the Political Economy of Ethnic Boundaries Gorman, Elizabeth Hollis Gender and Organizational Selection Decisions: Evidence from Law Firms Haas, Martine Acting on What Others Know: Distributed Knowledge and Team Performance Munson, Ziad Wael Becoming an Activist: Believers, Sympathizers, and Mobilization in the American Pro-Life Movement Rubin, Julia Sass Organizations on the Institutional Cusp: The Origins and Behaviors of Community Development Venture Capital Funds Turley, Ruth Naomi Lopez Neighborhood Effects on Children: Mechanisms, Interactions and Relative Deprivation Wasserman, Noam Venture Capitalist as Entrepreneur: Characteristics and Dynamics within Venture Capital Firms