Peter Francis Harvey

Peter Francis Harvey

Postdoctoral Fellow, Inequality in America Initiative, Harvard

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Education

Ph.D., Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, 2022

M.Phil., Sociology, University of Cambridge, 2013

M.A. (Undergraduate), University of Edinburgh, 2012

Research Interests

Culture, social inequality, education

Courses Taught

SOCI 001 - Introduction to Sociology

Selected Publications

Harvey, Peter Francis. 2023. "'Everyone Thinks They're Special': How Schools Teach Children Their Social Station." American Sociological Review. 88 (3): 493-521.

  • ESS, Candace Rogers Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Paper 2021 (Winner)
  • ASA, Social Psychology Section, Graduate Student Paper Award 2021 (Honorable Mention)

 

Harvey, Peter Francis. 2022. “‘Make Sure You Look Someone in the Eye’: Socialization and Classed Comportment in Two Elementary Schools.” American Journal of Sociology 127 (5): 1417-1459.

  •  ASA, Social Psychology Section, Graduate Student Paper Award 2020 (Co-Winner)
  •  ASA, Children & Youth Section, Graduate Student Paper Award 2019 (Winner)

 

Harvey, Peter Francis and Annette Lareau. (2020)Studying Children Using Ethnography: Heightened Challenges and Balancing Acts.” Bulletin of Sociological Methodology 146 (1): 16-36.

 

Harvey, Peter Francis. (2018) “It’s a Total Way of Life? Catholic Priests, Women’s Ordination, and Identity Work.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 57 (3): 547–66.

  • ASA, Sociology of Religion, Graduate Student Paper Award 2017 (Honorable Mention)