2022 The Otto and Gertrude K. Pollak Summer Research Fellowship Recipients

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 CartwrightExamining A Better Chance’s Process of Racial Integration

Allison DunatchikGendered Unemployment Experiences across Gender Culture and Family Policy Contexts

Kai FengGlobal sex segregation in higher education from 1960 to 2019: trends and explanations

Shaquilla HarriganMaking Heroproneurs: How Fellowship Organizations Recruit, Select, and Educate Kenyan Young Adults

Olivia HuThe Causal Effect of Educational Attainment and Prestige on Romantic and Sexual Desirability in the Online Dating Market

Tessa HuttenlocherThe Religious Origins of Educational Inequality: American Denominational Investment in Higher Education in the Early 20th Century

Austin LeeBlack Women on Childlessness, Motherhood, and Class

Sangsoo LeeMacro-level gender equality and individuals’ aversion to female hypogamy: Are men more aversive than women?

(David) Yezhen LiDoes Exposure to Different Political Views Predict Self-Rated Health?

Yasmin MertehikianThe 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-VargasCritical Race Theory Mis(Information) on YouTube

João Victor Nery Fiocchi RodriguesRace, Citizenship, and State Formation in the Americas: A Comparative Historical Project

Treva Tam, The Geography of Poverty