Bennet Pellows is a PhD candidate in Sociology at Boston College with a focus on quantitative methods. He has a MA in Applied Sociology from UMass Boston and a BA in Mathematics and Philosophy from the University of Miami. His research experience includes assembling and analyzing large datasets to estimate the causal impact of disasters on mental health as a research assistant at Harvard, and exploring the social mechanisms of gambling for his master's thesis at UMass Boston.

1. Bennet Pellows
11 Lady Slipper Lane Walpole, MA
Phone: 617-935-1811 Email: bennet@bc.edu
EDUCATION
Boston College August 2015 – 2018 (Expected)
PhD in Sociology, Emphasis on Quantitative Methods
Select Coursework: Econometrics I & II, Mixed Effects Models, Categorical Analysis
University of Massachusetts Boston Dec 2012 – Jan 2015
MA in Applied Sociology
Select Coursework: Survey design, Linear Regression, Social Problems
University of Miami Aug 2008 – May 2012
BA in Mathematics and Philosophy
Select Coursework: Statistical Inference, Linear Regression, Linear Algebra
RESEARCH AND WORK EXPERIENCE
Harvard University, Center for Population and Development June 2014 – Present
Research Assistant
 Assemble, clean, populate, and analyze large datasets (+500k observations)for research projects
focused on estimating the causal impact of disasterevents (Hurricane Katrina and Chilean
Earthquakes) on mental health measures and social networks
 Coordinate with multiple researchers to divide up large tasks and manage project timelines
 Built regression models to predict mental health outcomes as function of disasterevent and
various control features to explore effect of disaster events
University of Massachusetts Boston, Center for Evidence Based Mentoring Sept 2012 – Nov 2012
Research Assistant
 Assembled and performed exploratory data analysis on dataset from Big Brothers and Big Sisters
in order to understand assess data quality and prepare the data for analysis
 Investigated existing literature to find old surveys with compatible questions and data to increase
statistical power of existing data
UMass Boston, Prof Paul Benson & Prof Andrea Leverentz Jan 2014 – May 2014
Master’s Thesis
 Explored the causal social mechanisms of gambling utilizing General Strain Theory from
criminology
WORKING PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS
Gambling and Strain Theory: A quantitative analysis ofGeneral Strain Theory as an explanatory schema
for Gambling Outcomes
Chilean Earthquake 2010 Health Outcomes: A study utilizing pre and post-earthquake survey data to
measure the impact of maximum felt shock and number of felt shocks on the mental health of Chilean first
graders
HIV democracy and women’s status:A multinational longitudinal study examining the effects of changesin
levels of democracy and women’s status on the rates of HIV in developing nations
EXTRACURRICULARS, SKILLS, & INTERESTS
Teaching Assistant forQuantitative Research Methods (PhD), Statistics (Undergrad)

2. R, STATA, SPSS
Research: Population Studies, Advanced Quantitative Analyses; Personal: CrossFit, Basketball