Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Sociology Dissertation: “Color, Bodily Capital, and Ethnoracial Division in the U.S. and Brazil.” Committee: Loïc Wacquant (Chair), Mike Hout, Evelyn Nakano Glenn
Qualifying Exams: Racial Domination in Global Perspective, Political Sociology, Classical and Contemporary Social Theory Committee: Loïc Wacquant, Neil Fligstein, Margaret Weir, David Karol (Political Science)
M.A. University of California, Berkeley, Sociology M.A. Thesis: “Race, Campaign Contributions, and the Road to Electoral Success.” Committee: Sandra Smith, Margaret Weir, Heather Haveman *Winner, Herbert Blumer Prize, Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley