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How an overlooked impact of Mexico's drug violence is holding back its economy

March 19, 2016

Business Insider | Discusses research by Viridiana Rios (Ph.D. '13), currently a Research Fellow at The Wilson Center, showing how crime and violence reduce the diversification of the Mexican economy.



Barbara Kiviat named an Edmond J. Safra Graduate Fellow in Ethics

March 31, 2016

Awardee | Barbara Kiviat, Ph.D. candidate in Sociology & Social Policy, has been selected to be an Edmond J. Safra Graduate Fellow in Ethics for the 2016-17 academic year. Her dissertation explores the moral underpinnings of the big data economy, asking what we must believe to be morally at ease with using information about a person's past to algorithmically predict future behavior and allocate resources accordingly.



Theo Leenman: Derek C. Bok Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching of Undergraduates

April 12, 2016

Awardee | Theodore S. Leenman, Ph.D. candidate in Sociology, is one of five recipients of the 2016 Derek C. Bok Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching of Undergraduates. The award includes a $1,000 prize from a gift given by David G. Nathan ’51, M.D. ’55, Robert A. Stranahan Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School, and his wife Jean Louise Friedman Nathan. Read more about Theo Leenman's work at his homepage.



John Marshall receives MPSA Kellogg/Notre Dame Award for Best Paper in Comparative Politics

April 9, 2016

Awardee | John Marshall, Ph.D. candidate in Government, is a recipient of the Midwest Political Science Association's 2016 Kellogg/Notre Dame Award for Best Paper in Comparative Politics for his paper, "Information acquisition, local media, and electoral Accountability: When do Mexican voters punish Incumbents for high homicide rates?" Marshall will join the faculty of Columbia University in July as Assistant Professor of Political Science. Learn more about his work at his homepage. To read the award commendation...... Read more about John Marshall receives MPSA Kellogg/Notre Dame Award for Best Paper in Comparative Politics



How conservative megadonors built a shadow GOP that weakened the official party

April 14, 2016

Vox | Elite donor groups have pulled Republican politicians to the far right on economic policy, according to research by Theda Skocpol (Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology), Alexander Hertel-Fernandez (Ph.D. candidate in Government & Social Policy), and Vanessa S. Williamson (Ph.D. '15, now a fellow at the Brookings Institution).



In Cramped and Costly Bay Area, Cries to Build, Baby, Build

April 16, 2016

The New York Times | Notes dissertation research by Michael Hankinson, Ph.D. candidate in Government & Social Policy, on city housing prices, new development, and the politics of NIMBYism.



Turning the Tide: Evidence on State Takeover and District Turnaround from Lawrence, Massachusetts

April 13, 2016

Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston | By Beth E. Schueler (Doctoral candidate in Education), Joshua S. Goodman (Harvard Kennedy School), and David Deming (HGSE). A policy brief based on their research findings, which "provide encouraging evidence that accountability-driven improvement of chronically underperforming districts is possible."



Anthony A. Jack awarded NCID Emerging Diversity Scholar distinction

April 19, 2016

Awardee | Anthony Abraham Jack, Ph.D. candidate in Sociology, has been awarded a citation of distinction as an Emerging Diversity Scholar from the National Center for Institutional Diversity, based at the University of Michigan.



Toward a path less riddled: Anthony Abraham Jack has left a mark on campus life

April 21, 2016

Harvard Gazette | Profile of Anthony Abraham Jack, who will graduate with his Ph.D. in Sociology in May.



Lead Water Pipes Linked to Higher Murder Rates

April 20, 2016

The Huffington Post | Spotlights research by James Feigenbaum (Ph.D. candidate in Economics) and Christopher Muller (Ph.D. '14, now an assistant professor of Sociology at UC Berkeley) linking lead exposure and violent crime in the early 20th century. Feigenbaum and Muller presented this work, which is forthcoming in Explorations in Economic History, in the Inequality Seminar on April 18. Read the Feigenbaum and Muller paper.

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