Edward Berchick,
Department of Sociology. Entered Fall 2010.
B.A., Health and Societies, University of Pennsylvania, 2008.
M.P.H., Social and Behavioral Sciences, Yale University, 2010.
Interests: health, inequality/stratification, and social demography
Kristin Bietsch,
Program in Population Studies. Entered Fall 2010.
B.A., Peace and Conflict Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 2010.
Interests: population and development, demographic methods, and fertility
Laura Blue,
Program in Population Studies. Entered Fall 2008.
B.A., History and Economics, University of British Columbia, 2004.
Interests: health disparities
Stacie A. Carr,
Woodrow Wilson School. Entered Fall 2006.
B.A., Women's Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 1994.
M.P.A., New York University, 2006.
Interests: health, inequality, modeling
Diane Coffey,
Woodrow Wilson School. Entered Fall 2010.
B.A., Sociology, Villanova University, 2006.
Interests: population program evaluation
Audrey Dorelien,
Woodrow Wilson School. Entered Fall 2007.
B.A., Economics and Biology, Swarthmore College, 2004.
Interests: economic development, population dynamics, health, and GIS applications.
Dennis Feehan,
Program in Population Studies. Entered Fall 2008.
B.A., Mathematics, Harvard College, 2002.
Interests: mathematical demography, health and health policy
Lauren Gaydosh,
Department of Sociology. Entered Fall 2009.
B.A., Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, 2007.
Interests: social influences and consequences of the HIV epidemic and other health problems in developing countries, with a strong emphasis on both quantitative and qualitative methods within sociology and demography
Julia Gelatt,
Department of Sociology. Entered Fall 2007.
B.A., Sociology/Anthropology, Carleton College, 2004.
Interests: U.S. immigration, immigrant integration, demography, gender, and social inequality.
Kerstin Gentsch,
Department of Sociology. Entered Fall 2008.
B.A., Economics and Linguistics & Language, Swarthmore College, 2005.
Interests: education, labor markets, and survey methodology
Joanne W. Golann,
Department of Sociology. Entered Fall 2008.
B.A., English, Amherst College, 2004.
M.A., Social Sciences, University of Chicago, 2006.
Interests: social inequality, higher education, immigration, and ethnography
Aaron J. Gottlieb,
Department of Sociology. Entered Fall 2011.
B.A., Public Affairs and Political Science, Syracuse University, 2007.
Interests: intergenerational mobility of children in marginalized populations and life-course effects of childhood poverty
Angelina Grigoryeva,
Department of Sociology. Entered Fall 2010.
B.A., Sociology, Moscow State University, Higher School of Economics, 2010.
Interests: economic sociology, stratification, and quantitative methods
Mariana Campos Horta,
Department of Sociology. Entered Fall 2011.
B.A., Interdisciplinary Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 2007.
Interests: inequality, migration, ethnicity, and health and educational outcomes
Patrick Ishizuka,
Department of Sociology. Entered Fall 2010.
B.A., Philosophy, Santa Clara University, 2004.
Interests: race and ethnicity, immigration, family, inequality
Laura N. Khan,
Population and Social Policy Program. Entered Fall 2011.
B.A., Psychology and Spanish, Tufts University, 2006.
M.Sc., Public Health, Harvard University, 2011.
Interests: sexual and reproductive health policy, migration, urbanization and the effects of social structure on global public health
Yea Lhim Kim,
Population and Social Policy Program. Entered Fall 2011.
B.A., Public Administration, Seoul National University of Technology, 2009.
M.P.A., Public Administration, Columbia University, 2011.
Interests: social construction of race, multiracial families and children in Korea and in immigrant, youth and family policy
Emily A. Marshall,
Department of Sociology. Entered Fall 2005.
B.A., Mathematics and Russian Studies, Pomona College, 2000.
Interests: fertility, culture, family policy, and social networks
Zitsi Mirakhur,
Population and Social Policy Program. Entered Fall 2011.
B.A., Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago, 2008.
Interests: the relationships between communities, schools and students and would like to study educational reform and urban development
Jayanti Owens,
Department of Sociology. Entered Fall 2007.
B.A., Policy Science, Sociology, and Public Policy, Swarthmore College, 2006.
M.A., Sociology, Princeton University, 0.
Interests: inequality, stratification and social mobility, higher education, education policy, immigration.
John Palmer,
Woodrow Wilson School. Entered Fall 2008.
B.S., Biology, Cornell University, 1997.
J.D., Cornell Law School, 2003.
Interests: human migration at the intersection of ecology and the social sciences
Michelle Phelps,
Department of Sociology. Entered Fall 2007.
B.A., Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, 2005.
Interests: crime and punishment, sociology of law, and the study of inequality.
Alejandro Rivas,
Department of Sociology. Entered Fall 2006.
M.A., Sociology, Stanford University, 2006.
B.A., Health and Health Policy, Stanford University, 2006.
Interests: immigration, poverty, inequality, assimilation.
Takudzwa Sayi,
Program in Population Studies. Entered Fall 2010.
B.Com. (Hon), Actuarial Science, National University of Science & Technology, Zimbabwe, 2007.
M.Phil., Demography, University of Cape Town, 2009.
Interests: statistics, HIV/AIDS, fertility, health demography, epidemiology and mathematical demography in Sub-Saharan Africa
Daniel J. Schneider,
Department of Sociology. Entered Fall 2006.
B.A., Politics and Public Policy, Brown University, 2003.
Interests: poverty, inequality, social demography, social networks, institutions and social capital.
Wendy Sheldon,
Woodrow Wilson School. Entered Fall 2007.
M.P.H., Maternal and Child Health, University of California - Berkeley, 2000.
M.S.W., Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania, 1996.
Interests: relationships between reproductive health and rights and many other aspects of development, including general health and nutrition, economic development, women’s empowerment, the environment, and education.
Naomi Sugie,
Department of Sociology. Entered Fall 2007.
B.A., Urban Studies, Columbia University, 2003.
Interests: crime and punishment, economic and racial inequality, government institutions and policy, and social networks
Elizabeth Sully,
Woodrow Wilson School. Entered Fall 2009.
B.A., Joint Honors Political Science and IDS, McGill University, 2008.
Interests: women's sexual and reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, sexual and gender-based violence, forced migration, and violent conflict
Jonathan C. Tannen,
Woodrow Wilson School. Entered Fall 2011.
B.S., Physics and Math, Harvard, 2007.
M.S.Ed., Education, University of Pennsylvania, 2009.
Interests: the internal structure of cities, segregation, youth development and mathematical modeling of emergent structures
Catherine Thorkelson,
Department of Sociology. Entered Fall 2010.
B.A., Evolutionary Biology, Columbia University, 2007.
M.Sc., Human Geography, Umeå University, Sweden, 2010.
Interests: immigration, inequality, urbanization and urban sociology
Megan Todd,
Woodrow Wilson School. Entered Fall 2010.
B.A., Economics, Harvard University, 2003.
Interests: social and economic determinants of health and demographic trends
LaTonya J. Trotter,
Department of Sociology. Entered Fall 2006.
B.A., Sociology, Williams College, 1998.
M.P.H., Health and Health Policy, University of Washington, 2006.
Interests: immigration, inequality, health, stratification.
Erik Vickstrom,
Department of Sociology. Entered Fall 2007.
B.A., Sociology and American Studies, Wesleyan University, 1998.
Interests: international migration and development, inequality, social networks, and West Africa.
Amy K. Winter,
Program in Population Studies. Entered Fall 2011.
B.A., International Relations and History, University of Georgia , 2007.
M.P.H., Public Health, Emory University, 2011.
Interests: global health disparities, particularly women’s reproductive health in low-resource settings
Melanie Wright,
Department of Sociology. Entered Fall 2011.
A.B., Public Policy and Theater Studies, Duke University, 2009.
Interests: how neighborhoods and families contribute to social inequalities and in social policies that mitigate early-life disadvantage
Jessica Yiu,
Department of Sociology. Entered Fall 2008.
B.A., Sociology, University of Toronto, 2006.
M.A., Sociology, University of Toronto, 2008.
Interests: immigration, race and ethnic relations, network analysis
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New Students
This fall we welcome eight new students to OPR.
Visiting Student
Research Collaborators
Sascha Krannich,
a graduate student in Political Science
at Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in Germany,
is visiting OPR for the academic year 2011-2012
under the sponsorship of Doug Massey.
He will be working in the general subject of his dissertation,
"Diaspora and Conflict: the Role of the Chiapanecan
Diaspora in the Chiapas Conflict".
New Faces
For more information about newcomers please see the new faces
page or the listings on this page.
