Jessica Gold is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Sociology department at Northeastern University. Her work focuses on organizational analyses of gender and racial inequality, including university faculty hiring and scientific teams. She is a mixed-methods researcher, using computational text and network analysis, quantitative statistical methods, and qualitative interviews. She received a PhD in Sociology from the University of California, Davis, and a BA in Sociology from the College of William and Mary.
Areas of Research/Interest: Social Stratification, Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Organizations, Higher Education, Social Network Analysis, Computational Text Analysis
Allison Donine is a third-year student in the Sociology Ph.D. program at Northeastern University. Her current research explores community responses to disasters using network analysis and qualitative methods. As a research team member, Allison investigates how change leaders in the NSF ADVANCE program have used formal and informal communities of practice (CoPs) to mobilize and respond to the pandemic.She received a BA in Environmental Analysis from Pitzer College.
Areas of Research/Interest: Disaster Sociology, Gender, Knowledge Management, Social Movements, and Social Network Analysis.