Elena Ayala-Hurtado

Bio/Description

Elena Ayala-Hurtado joins the Department of Sociology, examining the experiences of young college graduates facing insecurity, defined as employment precarity or economic instability, in the United States and Spain; more broadly, her work foregrounds how people experience uncertainty and grapple with unexpected difficulties or conflicting beliefs. Ayala-Hurtado holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. in sociology from Harvard University and a B.A. in sociology and English from Stanford University. She is advised by Kathryn Edin, the William Church Osborn Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs and director of the Bendheim-Thoman Center for Research on Child Wellbeing.