Prof. Lara-Millán earned his PhD in Sociology from Northwestern University in 2013. Before joining the Department of Sociology, he was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Postdoctoral Scholar in Health Policy Research at UC Berkeley. He is an ethnographer and historical sociologist. His research is currently focused on studying “reasoning” in a wide range of contexts, including law, medicine, criminal justice, economic pricing, austerity budgeting, and urban poverty governance.
Zawadi is a PhD candidate in the sociology department. Since 2015, she has been the Qualitative Data Lead at D-Lab. She leads workshops on qualitative data analysis, provides consulting for qualitative projects, and organizes the Qualitative Methods Group working group.