Alumni Profiles

Sociology concentrators pursue diverse careers that draw upon the ideas and concepts they discussed and debated over their four years of undergraduate study. The rigorous analytical skills and the ability for critical thinking, which they developed through their course work, has prepared them to address real world challenges that range from wrestling with major organizational problems, to figuring out how to better serve and educate the country’s children, to addressing important social issues such as HIV/AIDS. 

Through the following profiles we would like to introduce you to some of the many extraordinary alumnae and alumni of Harvard’s undergraduate program in Sociology and their plans upon graduation.

Yifan Chen, '21
Analyst
Education Resource Strategies

Jaide Talmadge, '21
Equal Opportunity Specialist
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Naomi Rafal, '20
Fundraising
Center for Effective Philanthropy

Kate Gehling, '19
JD Candidate
University of Chicago
Research Analyst
Center for Effective Philanthropy

Louis Leblanc, '19
Management Consulting
Communication Media Advisors

Ngozi Musa, '19
Beauty Marketer
L'Oreal

Stephanie Wu, '19
MD Candidate, Icahn School of Medicine
Mount Sinai

Kirsi Anselmi-Stith, '18
MedServ Fellow
Wilmington, NC

Katy Dolan, '18
Special Assistant to the CEO
Cue Ball Capital

Sarah Rahman, '18
MD Candidate
Case Western Reserve University

Carolina Ribeiro, '18
Business Analyst
McKinsey and Company

Nabig Chaudhry, '17
LinkedIn - Business Leadership Program
Harvard Business School

Colin Criss, '17
Washington University (St. Louis)
MFA program, Poetry

Rachael Stein, '17
Boston Consulting Group

Itzel Vasquez-Rodriguez, '17
California Assembly Fellowship, 2019-20
 Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry

Mi Do Choi, '17
Bain and Company

William Gardner, '17
Fellow, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
University of Washington in Seattle

Kamaria Lee, '16
M.D. Candidate, Washington University School  of Medicine in St. Louis
Research Assistant, University of Michigan Cancer Surveillance and
Outcomes Research Team and Harvard University Department of
Sociology, Ann Arbor, MI 

Rugsit Kanan, '16
Schwarzman Scholars

Vanessa C. Rodriguez, '16
Investment Management Paralegal
Ropes & Gray LLP

Eliza Flint, '15 
Equity Trading
Morgan Stanley

Ian Lundberg, '15
Phd Candidate in Sociology
Princeton

Christopher Cleveland, '14
District Management Council
Boston

Lauren Perry, '14
Teach for America
San Antonio

Francesca Smith, '14
Education Program Coordinator
Inquilinos Boricuas en Accion
Boston's South End

Jennifer Zhu, '14
Health Systems Quality Improvement Coordinator
UN Development Programme's Millennium Villages Project
Uganda

Catherine Sheils, '13
MD Candidate, University of Rochester School of Medicine
Rochester, NY

Ellie Hylton, '13
JD, Duke University School of Law
Account Executive
The Nielsen Company, LA
 

Victoria Harman, '12
PhD Candidate, Sociology of Education
Stanford

Keri Hartman, '12
Fulbright Student Scholarship
and English Teaching Assistant
Austrian Ministry of Education and Culture
Vienna

Marissa Reichel, '12
Trial Preparation Assistant
New York District Attorney's Office

Shadman Zaman, '12
JD Candidate
Columbia Law School
New York

Katie Gunn, '11
Senior Consultant
Partner (2022)
Oliver Wyman
New York

Jason Shah, '11
Founder, Do.com
San Francisco

Jeff Aguero, '06
Lead - Local Sales, Marketing, Events
Square
San Francisco