Graduate students in the Sociology Department, including joint students, are eligible to apply for Pollak Summer Research Fellowships. This award provides a summer stipend and/or research funds. Below are this year’s recipients.
Alexander Adames, The Causal Effect of Educational Attainment and Prestige on Romantic and Sexual Desirability in the Online Dating Market
Aguilar Carlos, “Aislados”: Undocumented immigration in Puerto Rico
Ashleigh Cartwright, Examining A Better Chance’s Process of Racial Integration
Allison Dunatchik, Gendered Unemployment Experiences across Gender Culture and Family Policy Contexts
Kai Feng, Global sex segregation in higher education from 1960 to 2019: trends and explanations
Shaquilla Harrigan, Making Heroproneurs: How Fellowship Organizations Recruit, Select, and Educate Kenyan Young Adults
Olivia Hu, The Causal Effect of Educational Attainment and Prestige on Romantic and Sexual Desirability in the Online Dating Market
Tessa Huttenlocher, The Religious Origins of Educational Inequality: American Denominational Investment in Higher Education in the Early 20th Century
Austin Lee, Black Women on Childlessness, Motherhood, and Class
Sangsoo Lee, Macro-level gender equality and individuals’ aversion to female hypogamy: Are men more aversive than women?
(David) Yezhen Li, Does Exposure to Different Political Views Predict Self-Rated Health?
Yasmin Mertehikian, The short and long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the income composition of vulnerable households and their survival strategies in Argentina
Alejandra Regla-Vargas, Critical Race Theory Mis(Information) on YouTube
João Victor Nery Fiocchi Rodrigues, Race, Citizenship, and State Formation in the Americas: A Comparative Historical Project
Treva Tam, The Geography of Poverty