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What Happens When Low-Income Mothers Call the Police

March 10, 2016

Talk Poverty | By Monica Bell, Ph.D. candidate in Sociology & Social Policy and a Research Associate at the Justice Collaboratory at Yale Law School. An academic article based on this research is forthcoming in Law & Society Review.



International Learning Communities: What Can Be Learned Across National Boundaries?

February 25, 2016

Education Week | By Amelia Peterson, Ph.D. candidate in Education, and Jal Mehta, Associate Professor of Education.



Nudge Yields Big Results with Subtle Changes

February 15, 2016

WUTC—Start it Up [audio: 29 min] | Interview with Elizabeth Linos, Ph.D. candidate in Public Policy and a member of the Behavioral Insights Team. Linos explains how the Behavioral Insights Team is employing "nudge theory" in cities across the US to modify behaviors and create positive change—from increasing the diversity of police departments to getting delinquent taxpayers to willingly ante up... Read more about Nudge Yields Big Results with Subtle Changes



Trumpism as a Transatlantic Phenomenon

March 8, 2016

The American Prospect | By Charlotte Cavaillé (Ph.D. '14), Noam Gidron (Ph.D. candidate in Government), and Peter A. Hall (Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies). Cavaillé is presently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse. She joins the Georgetown University faculty in July.



The costs of inequality: For women, progress until they get near power

March 7, 2016

Harvard Gazette | Surveys Harvard research on gender inequality, including work by Inequality & Social Policy affiliates Claudia Goldin, Henry Lee Professor of Economics; Mary C. Brinton, Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology; and Heather Sarsons, Ph.D. candidate in Economics. Sixth in a series on what Harvard scholars are doing to understand and find solutions to problems of inequality. This article also appeared at US News and World Report.



Is This the End of Big-Money Politics?

March 3, 2016

The New Yorker | Draws from study on "The Koch Effect"  by Theda Skocpol, the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology, and Alex Hertel-Fernandez, Ph.D. candidate in Government & Social Policy. "In essence, the Harvard study concludes, the Kochs and their allied donors have financial influence over American politics that extends far beyond the Presidential race."... Read more about Is This the End of Big-Money Politics?



The Story Borrower

March 3, 2016

Harvard Graduate School of Education | Profile of Anthony Abraham Jack (Ph.D. candidate in Sociology), whose whose research looks at the stories of low-income, first-generation undergraduates at elite universities. “They are letting me borrow their stories and it motivates me like crazy,” he says.

Jack will join the HGSE faculty as an assistant professor in July 2019, following a prestigious fellowship at the Harvard Society of Fellows. He will also hold the Shutzer Assistant Professorship at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.



The 30 Top Thinkers Under 30: Alexander Hertel-Fernandez

March 17, 2016

Pacific Standard | Alex Hertel-Fernandez (Ph.D. candidate in Government & Social Policy) has been selected one of 'Thirty under 30' top young thinkers who are making an impact on the social, political, and economic issues that will shape the nation's future.  Hertel-Fernandez joins the Columbia University faculty as Assistant Professor in the School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA).



Trump will win or lose. Either way, the Koch network will shape the Republican Party

February 29, 2016

Washington Post | Alexander Hertel Fernandez (Ph.D. candidate in Government & Social Policy) and Theda Skocpol (Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology) are interviewed about their research on how Koch brothers-funded organizations have been changing the Republican Party in profound ways. Interviewed by political scientist Henry Farrell of George Washington University.



Debating Diversity: Toward a more inclusive Harvard

February 19, 2016

Harvard Magazine | Quotes Anthony Abraham Jack, Ph.D. candidate in Sociology, whose research has explored the effects of race and class on students’ experiences at elite colleges.

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