CO-FOUNDER AND CHAIR

Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Sociology at Harvard University. Aaron's research investigates institutional and city-level factors shaping community college selection, experience, and persistence. Aaron was also a Co-Founder of the Contemporary Ethnography and Inequality Workshop at Harvard University. Aaron holds an M.A. in Sociology from Harvard University and a double B.A. in Sociology and Rhetoric from the University of California, Berkeley. He/Him/His.

CO-FOUNDER AND CHAIR

Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Thomas' interests focus upon urban, political, and organizational sociology. His current research examines how community leaders in small, deindustrialized cities broker polemic urban development projects. Thomas holds an M.A. in Sociology and a dual B.A. in Spanish and Sociology from from the City University of New York-Brooklyn College. He/Him/His.

CO-FOUNDER AND CHAIR

Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology at Northeastern University. Miranda holds a B.A. in Anthropology and French Language & Culture and a certificate in French to English Translation from American University. She/They Series.

CO-FOUNDER AND CHAIR

Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Sociology at The New School for Social Research (NSSR). Mónica's research focuses on the intersection of border, mobility, and feminist studies, forced migration, and racialization of migrant illegality. Her dissertation traces the trajectories of people moving to the U.S. from and through Mexico and Central America, paying particular attention to the embodied experiences and the survival and care strategies they employ to navigate restrictive migration policies, immobilization, and state and criminal violence. Mónica holds an M.A. in Social Sciences from the University of Guadalajara. She/Her/Hers

CHAIR

Doctoral Student in the Department of Sociology at the New School for Social Research (NSSR) and École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay. Victor specializes in the sociology of elites, with a particular focus on “golden migrations,” schools, and expatriates in the U.S. He also writes on school philanthropy and how children “learn to give.” Victor was previously a visiting student researcher at UC Berkeley and holds an MA in Sociology from École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales as well as a B.A from Sorbonne University. He/Him/His.