Thanks to support from the National Science Foundation (2131466) and Yale’s MacMillan Center, Institution for Social and Policy Studies, and Sociology Department Rose Fund, I have been able to employ many capable research assistants! In addition, I have hosted several visiting doctoral students. I welcome inquiries from current Yale students interested in obtaining research experience in the topics listed on the webpage.

 

Current Research Assistants

Zahra Abba Omar is a doctoral student in the joint program at Yale between Sociology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. She uses qualitative research methods to study questions across digital technology and health and medicine.

Génesis Luigi Bravo is a doctoral student in the joint program at Yale between Sociology and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.

Stephanie Horsfall is a doctoral student in the Health Policy and Management program at the Yale School of Public Health. She’s interested in how political, economic, and social factors shape health policy debates in state governments.

Shirin Purkayastha is a doctoral student in the joint program at Yale between Sociology and Black Studies. She’s interested in how digital infrastructure shapes the production of culture.

Bridgitte Thao (’27) is a Yale sociology major and a research assistant on the AI accountability project.

Tatum Graham is an undergraduate student from Wyoming. She studies Sociology in the Health and Society concentration.

 

Former Research Assistants

Hannah Qin (’26) is a Yale undergraduate majoring in the history of science and history of medicine who assisted with the GLP-1 research.

Inès Gilles (’25) is a Yale sociology major and former participant in an NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) linked to the Designing Policy for Accountable Software Systems project.

Matthew Bray (’24) is a Yale sociology major and our AI policy specialist.

Fikir Mekonnen (’24) is a Yale undergraduate studying cognitive science with a focus on social perception through an interdisciplinary lens. She worked extensively on the AI projects.

Four people standing in front of the Washington Monument

Prof. Menon, Zahra Abba Omar, Fikir Mekonnen and Matthew Bray go to Washington for ESS 2024