Jacqueline Rivers

Jacqueline Rivers
Born	Jamaica
Spouse	Eugene F. Rivers, III
Academic background
Education	Harvard University (PhD) Harvard Radcliffe College (BA, MA)
Thesis	On the Nature of Cultural Capital: The Reinforcing Action of Non-Elite Forms and Racial Differences in Student Achievement in the Middle Class (2014)
Academic work
Discipline	Sociology

Jacqueline Olga Cooke-Rivers is an American sociologist and a Senior Fellow at The King's College in New York City.

Career

She has taught as a lecturer in sociology at Harvard University.[1][2][3][4] She is the Director of the Seymour Institute for Black Church and Policy Studies and a former member of the Commission on Unalienable Rights.

Rivers was born in Jamaica.[5] She attended Harvard Radcliffe College, from which she earned a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in psychology. She then earned a Doctor of Philosophy from Harvard University in 2014.[1][4][6]

She is married to Eugene F. Rivers, III and lives in Dorchester, Boston.[5]

References

1. "Rivers, Jacqueline C." Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion. Baylor University. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
2. Atkinson, Austin. "Thursday General Session: Why Religious Freedom Matters to Me – Dr. Jacqueline Rivers and Rev. Dr. Eugene Rivers". International Center for Law and Religion Studies. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
3. "Jacqueline C. Rivers". Plough. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
4. "Jacqueline Rivers". The King's College. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
5. "Jacqueline Rivers". New York Encounter. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
6. "Jacqueline Cooke Rivers | Stone Program in Wealth Distribution, Inequality, and Social Policy". inequality.hks.harvard.edu. Retrieved 18 January 2025.

External links

• "Jacqueline Rivers". Harvard University.