Elisabeth Brooke Harrington (born 1968) is an American academic, scholar, author, and professor of economic sociology at Dartmouth College.
Early life
In 1990, Harrington earned a bachelor's degree in English literature from Stanford University. In 1996, Harrington earned a master's degree in sociology from Harvard University, followed by a PhD degree in sociology there in 1999.Elisabeth Brooke Harrington Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
Career From 1999 to 2007, Harrington was assistant professor of Sociology and Public Policy at Brown University. From 2006 to 2009, she was a research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne. She was a professor of economic sociology at the Copenhagen Business School from 2010 to 2018.
In 2017, she faced legal difficulties with the authorities in Denmark about a visa dispute, even though she had been invited to speak as a guest lecturer to the Danish Parliament; the dispute ended eight months later when Denmark changed its laws.
She is an advocate against xenophobia.
In January 2019, she became a professor of sociology at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Works Harrington, Brooke (1999). "Dollars for Difference: The 'Diversity Premium' in Investing Organizations". Harvard University, ProQuest Dissertations Publishing
References
External links Official website works at bepress Brooke Harrington - Albright Institute, Wellesley College Brooke Harrington at The Atlantic Brooke Harrington at The Guardian Elisabeth Brooke Harrington Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University