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Kristina Brant awarded NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant

April 22, 2019

National Science Foundation | Kristina Brant, PhD candidate in Sociology, has been awarded an NSF doctoral dissertation research grant (NSF-DDRI) for her PhD dissertation, "Parental Opiod Addition and Kinship Care."  Learn more about Kristina Brant's work: scholar.harvard.edu/kristinabrant Read more about Kristina Brant awarded NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant



Kristina Brant: ESS Rose Laub Coser Dissertation Proposal Award

March 16, 2019

Eastern Sociological Society | Kristina Brant, PhD candidate in Sociology, has been awarded the Eastern Sociological Society's 2019 Rose Laub Coser Dissertation Proposal Award for "Families in the Opioid Era: An Investigation of Parent Addiction and Kinship Care in Central Appalachia." Learn more about Kristina Brant's work:

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Jared Schachner awarded NSF Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant

March 7, 2019

National Science Foundation | Jared Schachner, PhD candidate in Sociology & Social Policy, has been awarded an NSF doctoral dissertation research grant for his PhD dissertation work on "Skill-Based Sorting into Neighborhoods and Schools." Learn more about Jared's work:

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Robert Manduca: ASA Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award in Mathematical Sociology

August 14, 2019

Awardee | Robert Manduca, PhD candidate in Sociology & Social Policy, has been awarded the 2019 Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award from the American Sociological Association's Mathematical Sociology Section for his paper, "The Contribution of National Income Inequality to Regional Economic Divergence," published in Social Forces. Learn more about Robert's work:

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Meredith Dost: Star Family Prize for Excellence in Advising

May 10, 2019

Harvard Gazette | Meredith Dost, PhD candidate in Government and Social Policy and a Stone PhD Research Scholar, is one of 12 advisers throughout the University to receive the prestigious Star Family Prize for Excellence in Advising. The Star Prizes were established by James A. Star ’83 to recognize and reward individuals who contribute to the College through their exemplary intellectual and personal guidance of undergraduate students.



Meredith Dost: Tobin Project 2019 History of American Democracy Graduate Student Fellow

September 25, 2019

The Tobin Project | Meredith Dost, PhD candidate in Government and Social Policy and a Stone PhD Research Scholar, is one of nine History of American Democracy Graduate Student Fellows selected by the Tobin Project for her project, "The Effect of Administrative Burden on Political Participation: A Consequence of Federalism." The Tobin Project's graduate student fellows receive research support and the opportunity to receive critical feedback in an interdisciplinary, seminar-style environment.



Washington Center for Equitable Growth announces 2018 grantees: Alex Bell

July 25, 2018

Awardee | Alex Bell, PhD candidate in Economics, is one of 12 doctoral student grantees announced today by the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. Alex will investigate the role mentoring can play in economic mobility for disadvantaged youth, including impacts on college attendance, employment outcomes, incarceration, and reliance on government assistance.

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Washington Center for Equitable Growth announces 2018 grantees: Ellora Derenoncourt

July 25, 2018

Awardee | Ellora Derenoncourt, PhD candidate in Economics, is one of 12 doctoral student grantees announced today by the Washington Center for Equitable Growth.  Ellora and colleague Claire Montialoux of CREST and UC Berkeley will invetigate how effective basic and universal labor standards are at reducing group inequality in order to increase our understanding of how a higher wage floor and universal federal labor standards can impact the racial and gender wage gaps. 

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Sarah James receives Inaugural Sidney Verba Award for Teaching Excellence and Inaugural Peer Mentoring Award

December 2, 2019

Awardee | Sarah E. James, PhD candidate in Government & Social Policy, has been recognized by the Harvard Government Department with two teaching awards: Sarah is one of four recipients of the inaugural Sidney Verba Award for Teaching Excellence and the inaugural recipient of the department's Peer Mentoring Award. Learn more about Sarah James's work:

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Alex Albright: Law and Economics Fellows Writing Prize

June 3, 2019

Harvard Law School | Stone PhD Scholar Alex Albright (Economics) is the 2019 recipient of Harvard Law School's Law and Economics Fellows Writing Prize for her paper, “If You Give a Judge a Risk Score: Evidence from Kentucky Bail Decisions." Alex presented this work at ECINEQ 2019 at the Paris School of Economics.

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