Jessica Welburn
Graduate Student in Sociology
06/17/2008
- Research Interests
- Race and ethnic relations in the U.S. and the U.K., Sociology of the Family, Organization Analysis
- Previous Degrees
- BA Sociology (honors), University of Pennsylvania, May 2004
| Teaching Experience | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sociology 153 | Media and the American Mind | Teaching Fellow |
- Qualifying Paper Title
- "It's Lonely at the Top: An Exploration of Romantic Partner Selection among College-Educated Black women in the United States and the United Kingdom"
- Committee
- Michele Lamont (chair), Prudence Carter, William Julius Wilson
- Prospectus Title
- Examining Downward Mobility among Middle Class African Americans
- Committee
- Michele Lamont(chair), Kathryn Edin, Orlando Patterson, William Julius Wilson
Miscellaneous Additional Information
- Optional Sections on General Exams
- Culture, Race
- Oral Exam Topic
- The Changing Dynamics of Black Family Life in America
- Research Assistantships
- Michele Lamont, Frank Dobbin
- Conferences at Which I've Made Presentations
- Association of Black Sociologists, Eastern Sociological Society, American Sociological Association
- Grants Received
- National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (May 2006) Ford Foundation Diversity Fellowship (May 2006) Doctoral Fellow, Multidisciplinary Program on Inequality and Social Policy (May 2005)
- House Tutor Position
- Resident Tutor, Currier House
Contact
617-496-3443
(Phone)
617-496-5794 (FAX)
404 William James Hall
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138