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Harvard Sociology celebrates @itsgabbyt, Olympic gold medalist, Harvard alum, and advocate for the power of sociology courses!
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Proud to celebrate Sociology Class of '24 graduate LyLena Estabine, winner of the 3 Minute Thesis Competition through the Harvard College Writing Program!
Watch LyLena's winning presentation here: youtube.com/watch?v=GiQLSEVa…
Congratulations to two of our outstanding seniors for winning Harvard College Student Leadership Awards: dso.college.harvard.edu/stud…
Daniella Berrospi - Harvard Foundation Distinguished Senior Award
Emily Ramirez - Harvard Foundation Insignia Award
Congratulations to 6 seniors who received the 2024 Hoopes Prize!
The Hoopes Prize is awarded to undergraduates on the basis of outstanding scholarly work or research. It is considered the most prestigious undergraduate research award given by Harvard College.
Winners below:
Each Hoopes Prize winner receives a $5,000 award, and advisors of winning projects are awarded $2,000 for “excellence in the art of teaching.”
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To all of our winners and their advisors, congratulations on your excellent work!
Victoria Wang for her senior thesis, “ ‘Into the Lion’s Den’: How a Child Welfare Reform Became a Mechanism for Investigating and Governing Families”
Advisor: Jingyun Dai
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Lucy Tu for her senior thesis, "(Mis)Informed Decision-Making: How Healthcare Providers Invoke Science to Influence Reproductive Choice”
Advisor: Professor Jocelyn Viterna
@LucyTTu
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Samantha Maroshick for her senior thesis, “Just Do It for the Kids: An Examination of Teachers’ Boundaries, Contractual Role, and Unrewarded Sacrifices”
Advisor: Professor Christina Ciocca Eller
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My Hien Le for her senior thesis, “Patching Loss, Love, and Life: Vietnamese Migrant Divorcees in South Korea”
Advisor: Elena Ayala-Hurtado
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Alexia Ingram for her senior thesis, “Welcome to the Party: Black Masculine Performance and the Co-Construction of Authenticity in Drill Rap”
Advisor: Emma Bogler
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LyLena Estabine for her senior thesis, “Shaping Chicago: How Ownership and Trust Influence Engagement in Building the City”
Advisor: Nicolette Bardele
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Congratulations to LyLena Estabine, Class of '24, for being selected to join Phi Beta Kappa! LyLena is a Sociology concentrator with a track in Data Analytics.
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Lucy Tu, class of 2024 concentrator in Sociology and the History of Science, has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to begin study at the University of Oxford next year: news.harvard.edu/gazette/sto……)
On behalf of the entire department, congratulations Lucy!
Welcome back, undergraduates! It was lovely to see everyone at our Sociology Ice Cream Social. Here's to another excellent academic year.
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🤰🏾The maternal mortality rate in the #UnitedStates is double that of other wealthy nations.
And it’s getting worse.
@LucyTTu looks into the causes for @sciam and what can be done ⤵️ unf.pa/wmm
Congratulations to Sterling Bland, Sociology concentrator, on being selected as a 2022-2023 Hoopes Prize winner for his senior thesis, "The Radical Elite: Self-Segregation, Marxism, and the W.E.B. Du Bois of the Mid-1930s".
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The prize, considered the highest award for undergraduate research at Harvard, aims to recognize “excellent undergraduate work,” usually in the form of a senior thesis. Each student winner receives a $5,000 award.
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How does the opioid epidemic reshape rural communities? In the latest Matrix Podcast, @HarvardSoc postdoc (and @UCBerkeley Sociology PhD) @dbshowalter offers a look into what’s lost in the media hype over the opioid epidemic. Interview by @JuliaSizek. matrix.berkeley.edu/research…
Congratulations to Sociology concentrator Julia García Galindo on her selection to the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program of Harvard College!
sociology.fas.harvard.edu/ne…
