[1] Hochschild received her undergraduate degree from Oberlin College, and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.
[3] In 2019, Hochschild was on the ad hoc committee involved in denying tenure to Lorgia García Peña, an Afro-Latina professor in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures.
[5] After Harvard graduate students filed a lawsuit with detailed allegations of Comaroff's sexual harassment, Hochschild and other professors said they wished to retract their signatures.
The Harvard Extension Student Association said that it was "deeply concerned and disappointed" by Hochschild's remarks.
Hochschild apologized for her comments, clarifying that "students should proudly state their HES degree".