Estela Diaz joins the Department of Sociology as  Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Her research examines the commodification of child rearing through a case study of private nursery, preschool, and kindergarten admissions in New York City. From Columbia University, Diaz holds a Ph.D., M.Phil., and M.A in…

Peter Francis Harvey received his PhD in Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania in 2022 and holds an MPhil in Sociology from the University of Cambridge. His research focuses on social reproduction, including how processes of socialization and discrimination remake class, race, and gender inequalities in schools…

Silvana Nasim joined the ERS team in August, 2024 as a predoctoral research assistant. She currently works with Jason Fontana (GS) and Professor Jennifer Jennings on their education related projects. Silvana graduated with an A.B. in Sociology (with high honors) from Princeton University. She is interested in studying…