Kayla Thomas

I am a qualitative Sociologist whose research centers urban communities in the contemporary United States, the people who inhabit and shape them, and the relationships that sustain them. While my dissertation focuses on residents of Crown Heights, a central neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, my interests are not limited to a single metropolis. Rather, I see my research and teaching as connected to larger national and global trends of migration, displacement, and discrimination, with a particular interest in racial and ethnic identity formation.

As a doctoral candidate, I hold a Bachelor's degree in Sociology and History (with a focus on the Middle East) from Brown University, a Masters of Arts in Sociology from Yale University, and a Masters of Philosophy in Sociology, also from Yale University. I am expected to complete my PhD in May of 2025 and I an currently on the academic job market.