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    The CFPB Is Making Government More Accountable. The GOP Wants to Stop It

    The CFPB Is Making Government More Accountable. The GOP Wants to Stop It

    June 9, 2017
    Washington Monthly | By Barbara Kiviat, PhD candidate in Sociology & Social Policy. The Financial CHOICE Act would remove the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s popular consumer complaints database from public view. At a time when many Americans feel government is unaccountable and out of touch with the day-to-day lives of everyday people, Kiviat argues, "Keeping complaints visible to the full American public, and not just to government bureaucrats, represents one of the more innovative mechanisms of accountability to emerge from federal government in recent years."
    International Ladies Garment Workers Union

    Does union activism increase workers’ wages?

    May 22, 2017
    Work in Progress | By Nathan Wilmers, Ph.D. candidate in Sociology. Research findings from his recently-published article in Social Forces. Work in Progress is the American Sociological Association's blog for 'short-form sociology' on the economy, work, and inequality. 
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    The Tobin Project Spring 2017 Fellows: Sarah James

    The Tobin Project Spring 2017 Fellows: Sarah James

    March 29, 2017
    The Tobin Project | Sarah James, PhD candidate in Government & Social Policy, has been named a spring 2017 graduate fellow with The Tobin Project, which will support her research titled "Identification of and response to policy failure in state governments."
    Jimmy Biblarz

    The Tobin Project Spring 2017 fellows: James Biblarz

    March 29, 2017
    The Tobin Project | Jimmy Biblarz, PhD student in Sociology & Social Policy, has been named a spring 2017 graduate fellow with The Tobin Project, which will support his research titled "From Integration to Resource Fortification: Ideology and America’s Second Reconstruction."
    Abena Subira Mackall named NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellow

    Abena Subira Mackall named NAEd/Spencer Dissertation Fellow

    May 25, 2017
    National Academy of Education | Abena Subira Mackall, a doctoral candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, has been named 2017 National Academy of Education (NAEd)/Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellow. Abena's research explores the mechanisms underlying associations between poverty, crime, and low educational attainment through the use of in-depth interviews.
    Soledad Prillaman awarded Harvard's Robert Noxon Toppan Prize for dissertation

    Soledad Prillaman awarded Harvard's Robert Noxon Toppan Prize for dissertation

    May 24, 2017
    Awardee | Soledad Artiz Prillaman (PhD in Government, '17) is a recipient of Harvard's Robert Noxon Toppan Prize for best dissertation on a subject of political science for her doctoral dissertation, "Why Women Mobilize: Dissecting and Dismantling India's Gender Gap in Political Participation." Prillaman, who graduates this week, will spend the next two years as a postdoctoral fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, before joining the faculty at Stanford University in 2019 as Assistant Professor of Political Science.  Learn more about her work at her homepage:
    soledadprillaman.com
    Michael Hankinson awarded Harvard's Senator Charles Sumner Prize for dissertation

    Michael Hankinson awarded Harvard's Senator Charles Sumner Prize for dissertation

    May 24, 2017
    Awardee | Michael Hankinson (PhD in Government & Social Policy, '17) is a recipient of Harvard's Senator Charles Sumner Prize for his dissertation, "Why is Housing So Hard to Build? Four Papers on the Collection Action Problem of Spatial Proximity." Hankinson, who graduates tomorrow, will spend the coming year as a Quantitative Policy Analysis Postdoctoral Fellow in the Politics Department at Oberlin College. Learn more about his work at his homepage:
    mhankinson.com
    Margot Moinester awarded American Bar Foundation Doctoral Fellowship in Law & Inequality

    Margot Moinester awarded American Bar Foundation Doctoral Fellowship in Law & Inequality

    March 23, 2017
    American Bar Foundation | Margot Moinester, Ph.D. candidate in Sociology, has been awarded a two-year doctoral fellowship in Law & Inequality from the American Bar Foundation, the nation's leading research institute for the empirical study of law. ABF doctoral and postdoctoral fellows spend their fellowship tenure in residence at the American Bar Foundation's headquarters in Chicago.
    Tom Wooten awarded NSF doctoral dissertation research grant

    Tom Wooten awarded NSF doctoral dissertation research grant

    March 23, 2017
    National Science Foundation | Tom Wooten, Ph.D. candidate in Sociology, has been awarded an NSF doctoral dissertation research grant (NSF-DDRI) for his PhD dissertation, "The Transition to College Experience of Low-Income Students." Learn more about Tom's work at his homepage:
    tomwooten.com

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