Graduate Students
Kyle Albert
Cornell email ID: kwa23
Education: BA, University of Washington, Seattle (Sociology and Political Science)
Academic interests: Work and Occupations, Organizations, Inequality, Labor Unions
Rachel Behler
Cornell email ID: rlb296
Education: BA, Wellesley College (Sociology)
Academic interests: Economic Sociology, Health, Social Networks, Social Psychology, and Inequality
Christopher Cameron
Cornell email ID: cjc73
IGERT Fellow
Education: BA, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Sociology)
Committee Members: Michael Macy (Chair), Douglas Heckathorn, Jon Kleinberg
Academic interests: Social Networks, Economic Sociology and Social Simulation
Daniel Della Posta
Cornell email ID: djd264
Education: BA, University of Chicago (Sociology)
Academic interests: Social Stratification, Social Networks, Organizations, Social Psychology, Work and Occupations, Political Sociology, Theory and Methods
Fedor Dokshin
Cornell email ID: fad7
Education: BA, Cornell University (Sociology and Government)
Academic interests: Economic sociology, new institutionalism, social networks
Allison Dwyer
Cornell email ID: ad659
Education: BA, Wellesley College (Political Science)
Academic interests: Policy Analysis
Alicia Eads
Cornell email ID: ade25
Education: BA, University of Iowa (Sociology, Psychology, Spanish minor)
Academic interests: Financial Sociology, financial markets, financial elites, wealth distribution, Economic Sociology, Political Sociology
Laura R. Ford
Cornell email ID: lrf23
Education: BA, Pacific Union College (Liberal Studies); J.D., Tulane University Law School (Law); LL.M., University of Washington Law School (Intellectual Property Law and Policy); M.P.A., Columbia University (Policy & Applied Economics)
Committee: Richard Swedberg (Chair), Mabel Berezin, Steve Morgan
Courses taught: Social Order and the Law (SOC 1100)
Teaching Assistantships: Classical Theory, Economic Sociology, Controversies in Inequality, Politics and Culture
Academic interests: Economic Sociology, Sociology of Law, Theory and Culture, Causal Inference and Historical Sociology
Dafna Gelbgiser
Cornell email ID: dg432
Education: BA, Tel Aviv University (Sociology, East Asian Studies); MA, Tel Aviv University (Sociology)
Academic Interests: Social stratification, Education
Michael Genkin
Cornell email ID: mg324
Education: BA, University at Albany - SUNY (Sociology, Philosophy)
Committee: Michael Macy (Chair), Matthew Brashears, Edward Lawler, Mabel Berezin
Academic interests: Political Sociology, Social Networks, Social Psychology, Sociology of Science
Scott Golder
Cornell email ID: sag262
Education: AB, Harvard College (Linguistics); MS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Media Arts and Sciences)
Academic Interests: Social Networks, Organizations, Sociology of Information and Communication Technologies, Economic Sociology
Jing-Mao Ho
Cornell email ID: jh2268
Education: BS, I-Shou University (Information Engineering); MA, National Taiwan University (Sociology); MS, National Taiwan University (Computer Science)
Academic Interests: Political Sociology, Formal Modeling, Intellectuals and Ideologies, Methodology
Emily Hoagland
Cornell email ID: emh54
Education: BA, Vassar College (Science and Technology Studies)
Commitee: Richard Swedberg, Kim Weeden, Mabel Berezin
Academic interests: Economic sociology, Gender, Social movements, Politics
Matthew Hoffberg
Cornell email ID: mdh54
Education: BS, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Economics and Philosophy)
Committee: Michael Macy (Chair), Ed Lawler, David Strang, Sandra Spataro (Johnson School of Business)
Courses Taught: Authenticity - Understanding the Self in Society (SOC 1120)
Teaching assistantships: Introduction to Sociology (SOC 101), Introduction to Economic Sociology (SOC 105), Drugs and Society (SOC 246), Group Solidarity (SOC 311), Negotiations (NBA 666)
Research assistantships: Mabel Berezin
Academic interests: Economic Sociology, Social Psychology, Organizations
Hilary Holbrow
Cornell email ID: hjh55
Education: BA, Boston University (East Asian Studies)
Academic interests: Sociology of Immigration, Economic Sociology, Social Networks, Japan and East Asia
Ecehan Koc
Cornell email ID: ek96
Education: BA, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey (Political Science and International Relations, Sociology)
Committee: Sidney Tarrow (Chair), Mabel Berezin, David Strang
Teaching assistantships: Social Inequality, Controversies about Inequality, Politics and Culture, Gender Inequality, Introduction to Sociology
Academic interests: Social movements, Race and Ethnicity, Political Sociology, Cultural Sociology
Erin Lentz
Cornell email ID: ECL4
Education: BA, Cornell University (Economics); MS, Cornell University (Applied Economics and Management)
Academic interests: Economic sociology, social inequality in developing countries
Ningzi Li
Cornell email ID: nl323
Education: BA, Tsinghua University (Sociology and Economics)
Academic interests: Economic Sociology, Game theory, Mathematical Sociology, China
Christin L. Munsch
Cornell email ID: clm73
Education: BA, University of Virginia (English Language and Literature; Minor: Studies in Women and Gender); MS, Virginia Commonwealth University (Sociology)
Committee: Shelley Correll (Chair), Beth Hirsh, Ed Lawler, Lindy Williams
Courses Taught: Negotiations (NBA 6660), Introduction to Sociology (SOC 101), Sociology of Sex and Gender (SOC 333)
Teaching assistantships: Introduction to Sociology (SOC 101), Sociology of Gender (SOC 270), Evaluating Statistical Evidence (SOC 301), Inequality in the Workplace (SOC 362), Utopia in Theory and Practice (SOC 115)
Research assistantships: Shelley Correll (ADVANCE grant)
Academic Interests: Gender, Social Psychology, Violence, Group Processes, Inequality, Work
Noona Oh
Cornell email ID: nqo2
Education: BA, University of Georgia (Sociology); BAJ, University of Georgia (Newspapers)
Academic interests: Social Networks, Social Movements, Organizations
Yujin Oh
Cornell email ID: yo56
Education: BA, Cornell University (Sociology: Business, Networks, and Institutions)
Academic interests: Economic Sociology, Organizations, Networks, Sociology of Technology
Defne Over
Cornell email ID: do237
Education: BA, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey (Sociology); MA, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany (Social Sciences)
Academic Interests: Political Sociology, Cultural Sociology, Social Movements
In Paik
Cornell email ID: iyp2
Education: BA, University of Chicago (Sociology); MA, Teachers College, Columbia University (Higher Education Administration)
Committee: Sarah Soule (Chair), Shelley Correll, David Harris
Teaching assistantships: Introduction to Sociology (SOC 101); Design and Measurement (SOC 303)
Research assistantships: Shelley Correll, "Getting a Job: Is There a Motherhood Penalty?"
Academic interests: Race, Gender, Discrimination, Higher Education, Social Movements, Social Psychology
Jung Mee Park
Cornell email ID: jmp243
Education: BA, University of Pennsylvania (Sociology and History); MA, Columbia University (Quantitative Methods in Social Sciences)
Committee: David Strang (Chair), Mabel Berezin, Beth Hirsh
Teaching assistantships: Problems in Contemporary Society (SOC 207), Politics and Culture (SOC 248), Introduction to Sociology (SOC 1101), Employment, Inequality, and the Law - writing course (SOC 3620)
Academic interests: Culture, political sociology, law and society, comparative/historical methodology
Patrick Park
Cornell email ID: pp286
Education: BA, Yonsei University, Korea (Sociology/Chinese Literature); MA, Yonsei University, Korea (Sociology)
Committee: Michael Macy (Chair), Douglas Heckathorn
Teaching Assistantships: Introduction to Sociology (SOC 1101), Drugs and Society (SOC 2460)
Research Assistantships: Michael Macy (Amazon Project)
Academic interests: Social Networks, Cyber Communities, Agent-Based Modeling, Collective Action
Kelly L. Patterson
Cornell email ID: klp38
Education: BA, The Citadel (Business and Modern Languages); MBA, Ohio State
Committee: David Strang (Chair), Pamela Tolbert
Teaching assistantships: Social Networks (SOC 304); Organizational Behavior (ILROB 170/1)
Research assistantships: David Strang (cyber-tools project), Martine Haas (higher education)
Academic interests: Organizations, Economic Sociology, Social Networks, Historical Sociology
Erik Schmidt
Cornell email ID: eps23
Education: BA, UCLA (Sociology)
Committee: Steve Morgan (Chair), Dan Lichter
Teaching assistantships: Social Inequality (SOC 208), Controversies About Inequality (Soc222), Evaluating Statistical Evidence (Soc301/Soc601), Introduction to Sociology (Soc101)
Academic interests: Inequality, Labor Markets, Quantitative Methodology, Social Policy
Yongren Shi
Cornell email ID: ys334
Education: B.Eng., Huazhong University of Sci. and Tech. (Mechanical Engineering); M.Eng., Huazhong University of Sci. and Tech. (Industrial Engineering)
Academic interests: Social Dynamics, Agent Based Modeling, Online Social Networks
Michael Siemon
Cornell email ID: mcs296
Education: BA, University of Chicago (International Studies)
Academic interests: Economy and Society
Kyle Siler
Cornell email ID: kss46
Education: BA, University of Calgary (Sociology); MA, McMaster University (Sociology)
Committee: David Strang (Chair), Sarah Soule, Pamela Tolbert, Stephen Hilgartner
Academic interests: Organizations, Social Networks, Sociology of Science, Economic Sociology
Michael "Trey" Spiller III
Cornell email ID: mws24
Education: BS, Midwestern State University (Sociology); MA, Cornell University (Sociology)
Committee: Steve Morgan, Kim Weeden, Dan Lichter, Doug Heckathorn
Teaching assistantships: Introduction to Sociology (SOC 101), Introduction to Organizations (SOC 215), Evaluating Statistical Evidence (SOC 301)
Research assistantships: Kim Weeden, Doug Heckathorn (3-City Unregulated Work Study, Aging Artists Study)
Academic interests: Education, Inequality, Social Networks, Quantitative Methodology
Jessica Houston Su
Cornell email ID: jhs298
Education: BA, Dartmouth College (Sociology)
Research assistantships: Rachel Dunifon (Nonstandard Work Schedules and Child Development)
Academic Interests: Inequality, Poverty, Social Policy
Chan S. Suh
Cornell email ID: cs683
Education: BA, Yonsei University, Korea (Economics); MA, Yonsei University, Korea (Sociology)
Committee: David Strang (Chair), Sidney Tarrow, Matthew Brashears
Research Assistantships: Matthew Brashears (Covert Social Network Project)
Academic Interests: Political Sociology, Organizations, Social Movements, Social Networks
Emily S. Taylor Poppe
Cornell email ID: est45
Education: BA, Duke University (Public Policy and Spanish); JD, Northwestern University
Committee: Stephen Morgan (Chair), Valerie Hans, Richard Swedberg
Teaching Assistantships: Introduction to Sociology (Soc. 1101), Linear Models (Soc. 6020)
Academic interests: Sociology of Law, Inequality, Methods
Milena Tsvetkova
Cornell email ID: mvt9
Education: BSAD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Architecture Design); MA, University of Chicago (Social Sciences); MS, Utrecht University (Sociology and Social Research)
Committee: Michael Macy (Chair), Douglas Heckathorn
Research Assistantships: Kim Weeden (ADVANCE)
Academic interests: Social Networks, Social Simulation, Cooperation
Elizabeth Warburton
Cornell email ID: erw34
Education: BA, UC San Diego (Political Science); MSc, London School of Economics (International Relations)
Committee: Richard Swedberg (Chair), David Strang, Ben Cornwell
Teaching Assistantships: Negotiations; Managing and Leading Organizations
Research Assistantships: Sarah Soule
Academic interests: Economic Sociology, Organizations, Social Movements
Alexa Yesukevich
Cornell email ID: apy3
Education: BA, Mount Holyoke College (Critical Social Thought); MA, Brandeis University (Politics)
Committee: Sidney Tarrow (Chair), Shelley Correll, Sarah Soule
Courses Taught: Introduction to Sociology (SOC 101)
Teaching Assistantships: Introduction to Sociology (SOC 101), Drugs and Society (SOC 246), Politics and Culture (SOC 248/GOVT 363), Gender: Meanings and Practice (SOC/FGSS 270)
Research Assistantships: Mabel Berezin, Sarah Soule
Academic interests: Social Movements and Gender
Shuo Zhang
Cornell email ID: sz322
Education: BA, Renmin University of China (Accounting)
Academic interests: Economic sociology, organizations, social networks
