Jacquelyn Apostolo

Graduate Researcher | Data Analytics & Applied Sociology 

CUNY Queens College 

I am a graduate researcher at CUNY Queens College pursuing a Master of Data Analytics & Applied Social Research (expected 2027), with a 4.0 GPA. My work sits at the intersection of sociology, education equity, and data visualization, with a special interest in how institutions reproduce or disrupt inequality for urban, first-generation, and minoritized students.

As a Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow and two-time Summa Cum Laude graduate in both Sociology and Studio Arts, I bring an interdisciplinary lens to my research. My work has been published in Teaching Sociology (SAGE) and the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Journal, and I have presented at regional conferences and campus symposia.

When I am not analyzing data or drafting chapters, I am designing research tools, mentoring undergraduate researchers, and thinking about how visual communication can make social science more accessible.

Research Interests

  • Education equity & student belonging in urban higher education
  • Institutional effectiveness & accreditation research
  • Social network analysis
  • Qualitative & mixed-methods research design
  • Data visualization & infographic communication

  • Migration, mobility & sociological theory

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