Jasmine H. Benjamin, PhD

Jasmine was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana and her dissertation interests were shaped watching media portrayals and delayed government response during Hurricane Katrina. Her dissertation uses Angela Onwuachi-Willig’s (2016) theory of “trauma of...

Minju Bae, PhD

Minju’s dissertation, “One Rise, One Fall: Labor Organizing in New York’s Asian Communities since the 1970s,” investigates how Asian/Americans navigated the politics of work, racial difference, and the radical restructuring of the urban-based global economy. Through...

Deisy Del Real, PhD

Deisy Del Real completed her dissertation at the University of California, Los Angeles in 2019. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Southern California. Deisy analyzes how the Latin American nations belonging to...

Idit Fast, PhD

Idit Fast studies three public elementary schools in New York City that are implementing a new ‘diversity initiative’ designed to reverse the pattern of continuing school segregation by race and class.  Her focus is on what works to overcome the distrust that exists...

Chris Herring, PhD

Chris Herring completed his dissertation at the University of California, Berkeley in 2020. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. Chris is currently writing a study of the three key aspects...

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