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Ph.D. Alumni
Ph.D. Alumni, if you would like to be included on this page, please email sociol-info@soc.umass.edu with the pertinent information.
Andrew Abel |
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- Ph. D., Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2008
- B.A. , University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1991
Dissertation:
"It's the People Here: A Study of Ritual, Conversion, and Congregational Life Among Chinese Christians"
Dissertation:
"It's the People Here: A Study of Ritual, Conversion, and Congregational Life Among Chinese Christians"
Current Position:
Professor
Department of Sociology
Hastings College
Hastings, NE |
Greg Adams |
adamsg1@southernct.edu |
- Ph.D., Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2006
- M.A., Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2002
- B.A., Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1990
Dissertation:
"Narcotic Addiction in Post-Soviet Ukraine"
Current Position:
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CT 06515 |
Brittnie Aiello |
aiellob@merrimack.edu |
Ph.D. Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2010
Dissertation: "Mothering in Jail: Pleasure, Pain and Punishment"
Current Position:
Assistant Professor
Department
of Sociology
Merrimack College
North Andover, MA |
Amy Armenia |
AmyArmenia@rmc.edu |
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Ph.D., Sociology, University of Massachusetts - Amherst. 2006.
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M.A., Sociology, University of Massachusetts - Amherst. 2002.
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B.S., University of Massachusetts - Amherst. 1997.
Current Position:
Assistant Professor
Department
of Sociology
Randolph-Macon College
Ashland, VA |
Sarah Becker |
sbecker@lsu.edu
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- Ph.D., Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2008
- M.A., Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2007
- B.A., Sociology & Writing, Briar Cliff College, 1998
Dissertation:
"'Ghetto' or Getaway?: Constructions of Crime and Danger in an East Coast Vacation Village"
Current Position:
Assistant Professor
Sociology and Women's Studies
Louisana State University
Baton Rouge, LA |
Jeffrey Beemer |
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- Ph. D. Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2011
Dissertation:
Current Position:
Post-Doc Researcher
Department of Sociology/SADRI
University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Lee Blackstone |
blackstonel@oldwestbury.edu |
- Ph. D. Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2002.
Dissertation:
Current Position:
Assistant Professor
Sociology/Criminology
SUNY-College at Old Westbury
Academic Village, Room C-210
Westbury, NY 11568-0210
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Cathryn Brubaker |
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- Ph.D., Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2007
Dissertation:
"Doing Health, Doing Gender: Testing a Social Constructionist View of Health and Risk Behavior Engagement"
Current Position:
Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA 01610 |
Dan Burland |
dburland@legal.umass.edu |
- Ph.D., Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2011
Dissertation:
"The Persistence of Military Honor in a Culture with Victory"
Current Position:
Visiting Assistant Professor
Legal Studies Department
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003 |
Eric Cheney |
cheneye@cwu.edu |
- Ph.D., Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2005
- B. A. , Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1993
Dissertation:
"Done Deal: Socially Expected and Contested Duration in the Corporate Merger and Acquisition Market."
Current Position:
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Central Washington University
Ellensburg, WA |
Michael DeCesare |
mdecesare@csun.edu |
- Ph.D., Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst. 2004.
- M.S., Sociology, Southern Connecticut State University. 1999.
- B.A., Sociology, Certificate in Criminal Justice, University of Connecticut. 1997.
Dissertation:
"Preaching Science or Promoting Citizenship? Teaching Sociology in High School"
Current Position:
Associate Professor and Chair
Merrimack College
Sociology and Criminology
307F Sullivan Hall
North Andover, MA |
Stacy Evans |
sevans@bershirecc.edu |
- Ph.D., Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst. 2010.
- M.P.P., Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
- B.A. Wellesley College
Dissertation:
"Ambivalent Modernity: Scientists in Film and the Public Eye"
Current Position:
Associate Professor
Sociology
Berkshire Community College
Pittsfield, MA
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John Fox |
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- Ph.D., Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst. 2010
- B. A., Sociology,Cabrillo College. 1996.
- M.A., Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1998.
Dissertation:
"Respirators, Morphine, and Trocars: Cultures of Death and Dying in Medical Institutions, Hospices and Funeral Work."
Current Position:
Assistant Professor
Foothill College
Los Altos Hills, CA |
Mark Gammon |
Mark.Gammon@colorado.edu |
- Ph.D., Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amerst, 2009.
- M.A. College Student Personnel, University of Maryland, 1996
- B.A. Sociology Colorado State University, 1994
Areas of interest: cultural sociology, sexuality and gender, media and popular culture, identity and social movements, theory, technology.
Current Position:
University of Colorado at Boulder
Researcher & Technology Consulting Specialist for Academic Technology
MSSC 284, 3215 Marine St., Boulder, CO
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Mariana Gerena Melia |
mgerena@gmail.com |
- Ph.D., Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2005.
Current Position:
Health Science Specialist/Project Manager fo Center for Organization, Leadership and Management Research (COLMR), Boston--Department of Veterans Affairs. COLMR
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Heather-Lyn Haley |
Heather-Lyn.Haley@umassmed.edu |
- Ph.D., Sociology, University of Massachusetts- Amherst, September 2003.
Dissertation:
"The Impact of Child Care Choices on the Social Networks of Working-Class Couples Across the Transition to Parenthood"
Current position:
Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health
University of Massachusetts Medical School |
Afshan Jafar |
Afshan.jafar@conncoll.edu |
- Ph.D., University Massachusetts Amherst, 2006
- B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University, 1999
Dissertation:
"Lofty Ideals and Ground Realities: Feminism, Activism, and
NGOs in Pakistan"
Current Position:
Assistant Professor
Sociology Department
Connecticut College
New London, CT
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Brian Kapitulik |
kapitulikB@gcc.umass.edu |
- Ph.D., Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2011
- M..A., Sociology, New Mexico State University, 2000
- B.A., Sociology and Philosophy, University of Massachusetts, Boston, 1998
Dissertation:
"Resisting Schools, Reproducing Families: Gender and the Politics of Homeschooling"
Current position:
Associate Professor of Sociology
Department of Social Sciences
Greenfield Community College
Greenfield, MA 01030
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Hilton Kelly |
hikelly@davidson.edu |
- Ph.D., Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, March 2007
- M.A., Labor Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Dissertation:
"Jim Crow's Teachers: Race, Remembering, and the Geopolitics of Teaching in the North Carolina Coastal Plains"
Current position:
Assistant Professor of Education
Davidson College
Davidson, NC |
Clifton Shawn McGuffey |
mcguffey@bc.edu |
- Ph.D., Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst 2005
Current Position:
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
Boston College
Boston, MA |
Yasser Munif |
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- Ph.D., Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2011
- 2001 M.S. Computer Engineering, University of Balamand, Beirut, Lebanon
- 1999 B.S. Computer Engineering, University of Balamand, Beirut, Lebanon
Dissertation:
Current Position:
Scholar- in- Residence
Liberal Arts & Interdisciplinary Studies
Emerson College
120 Boylston Street
Bard College at Simon's Rock
Boston, MA |
Francisca Oyogoa |
foyogoa@simons-rock.edu |
- Ph.D., Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2010
- B.A. Bowdoin College, 1998
Dissertation:
"Do Employers Have a Race? Employers' Racial Ideology and the Marginalization of Black Male Workers in teh Pullman Railroad Company 1858 - 1969"
Current Position:
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
Bard College at Simon's Rock
Great Barrington, MA |
Amrita Pande |
Amrita.Pande@uct.ac.za |
- Ph.D., Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2009
- M.A. Sociology University of Massachusetts, Amherst 2003 M.A. Economics Delhi School of Economics, India
Dissertation:
"Commerical Surrogacy in India: Nine Months of "Labor"?"
Current Position:
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
University of Cape Town
Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA |
Kim Price |
kim.price@uconn.edu |
- Ph. D., Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst , February 2003
- M.A., Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2001
- B.A., Sociology and Anthropology, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1994
Dissertation:
"Gender, Context, and Ritual: An Ethnography of Stripping"
Current Postion:
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology/Hartford
University of Connecticut
One University Place
Stamford, CT |
Louis Prisock |
lprisock@mail.colgate.edu |
- Ph.D.,University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2007
- M.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1996
- B.S., Drexel University, 1990
Dissertation:
"Uneasy Alliance: The Participatioin of African Americans in Conservative Social, Political, and Intellectual Movements"
Current position:
Assistant Professor
Sociology Department
Colgate University
Hamilton, NY |
Carter Rakovski |
crakovski@fullerton.edu |
- Ph.D. Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2004
- M.A. Statistics, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2000
Current position:
Assistant Professor and Vice Chair
Sociology Department
California State University
Fullertown, CA
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Jason Rodriquez |
jrodriquez@ifh.rutgers.edu |
- Ph.D. University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2009
- M.A. University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2006
- B.S. Northeastern University,2001
Dissertation:
"Reimbursement Comes From the Heart: The Organizational Structure of Emotions and Care-Work in Nursing Homes"
Current position (Fall 2011):
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, MO
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Natasha Sarkisian |
natasha@sarkisian.net |
- Ph.D., Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst 2005
Dissertation:
"Assessing the Debates on Social Support Among Euro and African Americans"
Current Position:
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
Boston College
Boston, MA |
Ingrid Semaan |
ingrid.semaan@uconn.edu |
- Ph.D., Sociology, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, February 2006
- B.A., Sociology, SUNY-Binghamton
Dissertation:
"Beyond Staying and Leaving: Battered Women's Responses to Abuse"
Current Position:
Director of Women's Studies
University of Connecticut-Stamford
One University Place
Stamford, CT
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Elizabeth Souza |
e.souza@verizon.net |
Ph.D. Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2004
Dissertation:
"The Launch Pad: Middle Class Families and the Transition to College"
Current Position:
Visiting Lecturer
Anthropology and Sociology Department
Amherst College
Amherst, MA |
Ted Thornhill |
thornhil@stolaf.edu |
- Ph. D. Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2011
- M.A. Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2009
- M.S. Applied Social Research, Florida State University, 2005
- B.A. Sociology and Certificate in Ethnic Studies, Florida Atlantic University, 2003
Dissertation:
"From Racial Socialization to Racial Ideologies: The Role of Family, High School U.S. History, and College Coursework in the Lives of Black Young Adults"
Current Position:
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
St. Olaf College
1520 St. Olaf Avenue
Northfield, MN 55057
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Katherine Walker |
kdwalker@vcu.edu |
- Ph.D. Sociology University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2007.
Dissertation:
"Not Even Past: Race and Commemoration in a Southern City"
Current Position:
Assistant Professor
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
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Kristy Watkins |
kwatkins@colgate.edu |
- Ph.D. Sociology University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2011
Dissertation:
Current Position:
Visiting Instructor
Department of Sociology
Colgate University
Hamilton, NY
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Amy Wilkins |
Amy.Wilkins@colorado.edu |
- Ph. D., Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2004.
- B.A., Mount Holyoke College, 1994.
Dissertation:
"Sex and Sensibility: Gender, Race, And Class in Three Youth Cultures"
Current Position:
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO |
Ieva Zake |
zake@rowan.edu |
- Ph.D., Sociology, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, September 2004.
- M.A., Women's Studies, Ohio State University. 1999.
- B.A. in Philosophy, University of Latvia. 1997.
Dissertation:
"The Development of Latvian Nationalist Ideology and the Role of Intellectuals"
Current position:
Associate Professor
Coordinator of Honors Concentration
Rowan University
201 Mullica Hill Road
Glassboro, NJ |
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