Joseph Kaplan Weinger

Joseph Kaplan Weinger

Ph.D. Candidate

Office: Haines Hall A58D

Email: jweinger@ucla.edu


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Degrees

  • C.Phil. Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles, 2024
  • M.A. Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles, 2022
  • B.A. Sociology (magna cum laude), New York University, 2020

Fields of Study

Political sociology, comparative-historical sociology

Awards & Grants

  • International Dissertation Fieldwork Fellowship, UCLA International Institute (2024)
  • Dissertation Research Grant, American Academy for Jewish Research (2024)
  • Jack and Anita Hess Faculty Seminar, Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (2024)
  • Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, U.S. Department of Education/UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, Summer Advanced Arabic (2023)
  • Graduate Research Mentorship Fellowship, UCLA Graduate Division (2023-2024)
  • Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Fellowship, UCLA Graduate Division (2023)
  • Fellow, Summer Institute on the Holocaust and Jewish Civilization, Holocaust Educational Foundation, Northwestern University (2023)
  • Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowship, UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies (2022)
  • Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, U.S. Department of Education/UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, Academic Year Intermediate Arabic (2021–2022)
  • Fein & Lapidus Fellowship, American Jewish Historical Society (2021)
  • Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Fellowship, UCLA Graduate Division (2021)
  • Doctoral Fellowship, UCLA Department of Sociology (2020-2026)

Advisors

  • Aliza Luft
  • Rogers Brubaker
  • Kevan Harris
  • Areej Sabbagh-Khoury