Professor Sampson has mentored many graduate students and supervised dozens of dissertations over the years at Harvard, the University of Chicago, and the University of Illinois. His dissertation advisees and their current or last position are listed below. This list is refreshed yearly or when new information becomes known. Let us know if you have any updates!
Dissertation Advisees (*=Chair or Co-Chair)
*Robert Manduca (Ph.D. 2020, Harvard University) Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
*Jared Schachner (Ph.D. 2020, Harvard University), Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Chicago
*Miguel Ricardo Quintana Navarrete (Ph.D. 2020, Harvard University), Assistant Professor, University of California, Irvine
Monica Bell (Ph.D. 2018, Harvard University) Associate Professor, Yale University
*Kristin Perkins (Ph.D. 2017, Harvard University) Assistant Professor, Georgetown University
*David Hureau (Ph.D. 2016, Harvard University) Assistant Professor, SUNY Albany
Jessica Tayloe Simes (Ph.D. 2016, Harvard University) Assistant Professor, Boston University
Jeremy Levine (Ph.D 2016, Harvard University) Assistant Professor, University of Michigan
Anthony Abraham Jack (Ph.D. 2016, Harvard University) Assistant Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Christopher Michael Muller (Ph.D. 2015, Harvard University) Assistant Professor, University of California Berkeley
*Jackie Hwang (Ph.D. 2015, Harvard University) Assistant Professor, Stanford University
*Matthew Kaliner (Ph.D. 2014, Harvard University), Harvard College Lecturer in Sociology
*Ann Owens (Ph.D. 2012, Harvard University) Associate Professor, University of Southern California
*Corina Graif (Ph.D. 2011, Harvard University) Associate Professor, Pennsylvania State University. Research Associate, Population Research Institute.
*Charles Loeffler (Ph.D. 2011, Harvard University) Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Simone Ipsa-Landa (Ph.D. 2010, Harvard University) Associate Professor, Northwestern University
Maria G. Rendon (Ph.D. 2009, Harvard University) Assistant Professor, University of California, Irvine
Bikila Tajh Ochoa (Ph.D. 2009, Harvard University) Policy Director, The Anti-Recidivism Coalition, Los Angeles, CA
Zoua Vang (Ph.D. 2009, Harvard University) Associate Professor, McGill University
*Matthew Baggetta (Ph.D. 2009, Harvard University) Associate Professor, Indiana University
*Lydia Nan Bean (Ph.D. 2009, Harvard University) Senior Consultant, the PICO National Network
*Stacey Bosick (Ph.D. 2009, Harvard University) Associate Professor and Sociology Graduate Program Director, University of Colorado
Magdalena Cerda (Dr.Ph. 2006, Harvard University) Associate Professor, University of California, Davis
David Harding (Ph.D. 2005, Harvard University) Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley
Heather MacIndoe (Ph.D. 2007, University of Chicago) Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts-Boston
*Patrick Sharkey (Ph.D. 2007, Harvard University) Professor of Sociology, Princeton University
*Christopher Wimer (Ph.D. 2007, Harvard University) Research Scientist and Co-Director, Center on Poverty and Social Policy, Columbia University
Kim Babon (Ph.D. 2006, University of Chicago) Research Analyst, Kresnicka Research & Insights
Andrea Leverentz (Ph.D. 2006, University of Chicago) Associate Professor and College of Liberal Arts Director , UMass - Boston
David Kirk (Ph.D. 2006, University of Chicago) Professor of Sociology and Professorial Fellow of Nuffield College, University of Oxford.
Janet Stamatel (Ph.D. 2004, University of Chicago) Associate Professor, University of Kentucky
Richard Lloyd (Ph.D. 2003, University of Chicago) Associate Professor, Vanderbilt University
Jennifer Pashup (Ph.D. 2003, University of Chicago) Independent Real Estate Professional
Jeffrey Timberlake (Ph.D. 2003, University of Chicago) Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, University of Cincinnati
*Ming Wen (Ph.D. 2003, University of Chicago) Professor and Sociology Department Chair, University of Utah
*Andres Villarreal (Ph.D. 2002, University of Chicago) Professor, University of California-Los Angeles
*Cheong Sun Park (Ph.D. 2002, University of Chicago) Professor, Korea National Police University
*Peter K.B. St. Jean (Ph.D. 2002, University of Chicago) Associate Professor, North Park University, Chicago
*Jeffrey D. Morenoff (Ph.D. 2000, University of Chicago) Professor, University of Michigan
Nicole Marwell (Ph.D. 2000, University of Chicago) Associate Professor, University of Chicago
David Grazian (Ph.D. 2000, University of Chicago) Associate Professor and Graduate Chair, University of Pennsylvania
*Patrick J. Carr (Ph.D. 1998, University of Chicago) Associate Professor and Program Director, Rutgers University
Mignon Moore (Ph.D. 1998, University of Chicago) Professor and Chair of Sociology, Barnard College-Columbia University
Maria Kefalas (Ph.D. 1998, University of Chicago) Professor, Saint Joseph’s University
Christopher Browning (Ph.D. 1997, University of Chicago) Professor, Ohio State University
Joseph Hermanowicz (Ph.D. 1996, University of Chicago) Professor, University of Georgia
*Robert Chaskin (Ph.D. 1996, University of Chicago) Professor and Deputy Dean for Strategic Initiatives, University of Chicago
*Kenna Quinet (Ph.D.1992, University of Illinois) Associate Professor, Indiana University
Eric Fong (Ph.D. 1993, University of Chicago) Professor, University of Toronto
*Janet Lauritsen (Ph.D. 1989, University of Illinois) Professor, University of Missouri-St.Louis
*John Wooldredge (Ph.D. 1986, University of Illinois) Professor, University of Cincinnati
