Alessandro Giuseppe Drago

Alessandro Giuseppe Drago

Ph.D Candidate

McGill University

Hello!

I am an incoming Post-Doctoral researcher at the University of Notre Dame and I am currently a Ph.D. candidate in Sociology at McGill University. I study the white supremacist movement in the United States and Canada, along with far-right online movements, disinformation networks, and right-wing populism. My work has been funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture. You can learn more about me by clicking here: Current Work or by scrolling down.

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Interests
  • Right-wing movements
  • Political Sociology
  • Sociology of Race & Ethnicity
Education
  • Ph.D Sociology, 2017-

    McGill University

  • Master’s Sociology, 2016-2017

    McGill University

  • B.A. Honors Sociology, Minor Political Science, 2013-2016

    Concordia University

Skills

R
Python
Qualitative methods

Accomplish­ments

SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship ( $60,000 for 3 years, 2019-2022).
FRQSC Doctoral Fellowship ($70,000 for 3 years, 2019-2022).
Declined in favor of SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship, though was still awarded the 10,000 dollars extra.
The Everett C. Hughes Medal for Sociology and Anthropology
The Everett C. Hughes Medal for Sociology and Anthropology is an award given to the most outstanding student in the Sociology & Anthropology department.

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