Graduate Students

Ghazah Abbasi	Thompson 634	gabbasi@soc.umass.edu
Vanessa Adel		adel@soc.umass.edu
Emmanuel Adero		eharris@soc.umass.edu
Brittnie Aiello	Thompson 630	brittnie@soc.umass.edu
Sharla Alegria	Thompson 608	salegria@soc.umass.edu

Dustin Avent-Holt	Thompson 636	davent@soc.umass.edu
Randy Barrios	Thompson 610	rbarrios@soc.umass.edu
Oyman Basaran		obasaran@soc.umass.edu
Jeffrey Beemer		beemer@soc.umass.edu

Swati Birla	Thompson 626	sbirla@soc.umass.edu
Irene Boeckmann	Machmer W33C	iboeckma@soc.umass.edu
Walter Buble	Thompson 602	wbuble@soc.umass.edu
Daniel Burland	Thompson 536	dburland@soc.umass.edu
Josh Carreiro	Thompson 636	carreiro@soc.umass.edu
Alma Castro	Thompson 604	aycastro@soc.umass.edu
Gilson Chagas	Thompson 536	gchagas@soc.umass.edu
Sofia Checa	Thompson 612	scheca@soc.umass.edu
Saulo Colon	Thompson 614	scolon@soc.umass.edu
(B.A. Social Sciences1999, University of Puerto Rico; M.S. Labor Studies 2006 University of Massachusetts
Brian Connor	Thompson 638	btconnor@soc.umass.edu

Jillian Crocker	Thompson 604	jmcrocke@soc.umass.edu
Anna Curtis	Thompson 614	annac@soc.umass.edu

Dana Huyser deBernardo		djhuyser@soc.umass.edu


Ilgin Erdem	Thompson 538	ierdem@soc.umass.edu
(B.A. Economics, Bogazici Univeristy, 2004; M.A. Sociology, Bogazici University, 2007 Areas of interest: class/race/gender, urban sociology, alterntaive modernities, qualitative research methods.
Stacy Evans		evans@soc.umass.edu
(M.P.P., Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University) Areas of interest: sociology of knowledge, sociology of education.
Jenny Folsom		jfolsom@soc.umass.edu
Sarah Ford		ford@soc.umass.edu
John Fox		fox@soc.umass.edu
(B.A., UC Santa Cruz, 1998) Areas of interest: death and dying, medical sociology, social movements.
Melissa Fugiero	Thompson 602	mfugiero@soc.umass.edu
Casey Galfas	Thompson 602	cgalfas@soc.umass.edu
(B.A. in Anthropology/Sociology, Plymouth State University, 2006) Areas of Interest: sociology of time, communications/media, culture, theory.


Ozlem Goner	Thompson 628	ogoner@soc.umass.edu

Joohee Han	Thompson 634	joohee@soc.umass.edu
Laura Heston	Thompson 608	lheston@soc.umass.edu
Jennifer Hill Geertsma	Machmer W36	hill@soc.umass.edu
Melissa Hodges	Thompson 614	mjhodges@soc.umass.edu

Kathleen Hulton	Thompson 612	khulton@soc.umass.edu
(A.B. Sociology,. Bowdoin College, 1997) Areas of interest: culture, sociology of emotion, social movements, sexuality.
Annette Hunt	Thompson 532	amhunt@soc.umass.edu
(B.A. in Sociology, summa Cum Laude, California State University, Los Angeles, 2003) Areas of interest: culture, gender, emotions, consumption, education, and qualitative research methodology.
Andy Inkster	Thompson 528	ainkster@soc.umass.edu
Ben Johnson	Thompson 610	bajohnso@soc.umass.edu
(B.A. Sociology and the Women, Gender, and Sexuality. Trinity College 2004) Areas of interest: culture, gender, and sexuality
Katherine Jones	Thompson 612	kjones@soc.umass.edu
(B.A. Sociology, Grinnell College, 2003) Areas of interest: gender, sexuality, transnational families, culture, feminist theories and methodologies.
Marianne Joyce	Thompson 628	majoyce@soc.umass.edu
Brian Kapitulik	Thompson 632	bkapitul@soc.umass.edu
(B.A. Sociology, B.A. Ethics and Social and Political Philosophy, University of Massachusetts-Boston, 1998; M.A. Sociology, minor in Education, New Mexico State University, 2000) Areas of interest: education, critical pedagogy, inequality (race, class, gender and sexuality),and social justice.
Donovan Lessard	Thompson 630	Dlessard@soc.umass.edu
(B.A. Augsburg College, Minneapolis, 2007) Areas of interest: sexualities, queer theory, political economy, the internet and culture, and comparative/historical sociology.
Ken-Hou Lin	Thompson 538	kenehou@soc.umass.edu
Rhys James Livingstone		rhys@soc.umass.edu

Amy Loomis	Thompson 604	aeloomis@soc.umass.edu

Jessica Looze	Thompson 636	jdickson@soc.umass.edu
(B.A. Kansas State University, 2004.) Areas of interest: gender, family, work & organizations.
Erika Marquez-Montana		erika_marquez2001@yahoo.com
Elisa Martinez	Thompson 632	elisa@soc.umass.edu
Kay McCurley	Thompson 626	kmccurle@soc.umass.edu
Sarah Miller	Thompson 610	sarahm@soc.umass.edu
Yasser Munif	Thompson 532	ymunif@soc.umass.edu
Sonny Nordmarken	Thompson 528	snordmar@soc.umass.edu
Francisca Oyogoa		francisca@soc.umass.edu
Amrita Pande		amrita@soc.umass.edu
Jason Rodriquez		jrodriquez@soc.umass.edu
Rachel Rybaczuk	Thompson 626	rybaczuk@soc.umass.edu

Patricia Sánchez-Connally	Thompson 602	psanchez@soc.umass.edu
Mary Larue Scherer	Thompson 632	mscherer@soc.umass.edu
Youngju Seo	Thompson 536	yseo@soc.umass.edu
(M.A. Regional Economic and Social Development, UMass Lowell, 2004) Areas of interest: gender, globalization, social movements
Nigham Shahid		nigham@soc.umass.edu

Chris Smith	Thompson 526	cmsmith@soc.umass.edu
Jacklyn Stein	Thompson 532	jacklyn@soc.umass.edu
Gabriela Stevenson	Thompson 634	gstevens@soc.umass.edu
Nicole Stokes-DuPass		nstokesd@soc.umass.edu
Eiko Strader	Thompson 526	estrader@soc.umass.edu
Abby Templer	Thompson 638	atempler@soc.umass.edu
Kristy Thomas		kthomas@soc.umass.edu

Ted Thornhill	Thompson 604	thornhill@soc.umass.edu
Shawn Trivette	Thompson 528	strivett@soc.umass.edu
Ryan Turner	Thompson 636	rfturner@soc.umass.edu
Carolos Valderrama Renteria	Thompson 634
Aurora Vergara	Thompson 630	avergara@soc.umass.edu
Lie Wang		liew@soc.umass.edu
(B.A. of History, Zhongshan University,1984; M.A. of Politics, the People's University of China, 1988). Areas of interest: culture, social change, political sociology.
Catherine Wilson		cmwilson@soc.umass.edu

Kathryn Worley	Thompson 628	kworley@soc.umass.edu
Ayse Yetis-Bayraktar	Thompson 616	ayetis@soc.umass.edu
Wenwen Zhang	Thompson 630	wenwen@soc.umass.edu

Department of Sociology

Graduate Students

Brittnie Aiello

Oyman Basaran

Saulo Colon

Brian Connor

Ilgin Erdem

Stacy Evans

John Fox

Casey Galfas

Ozlem Goner

Kathleen Hulton

Annette Hunt

Ben Johnson

Katherine Jones

Brian Kapitulik

Donovan Lessard

Rhys James Livingstone

Amy Loomis

Jessica Looze

Rachel Rybaczuk

Youngju Seo

Nigham Shahid

Lie Wang

Catherine Wilson

Wenwen Zhang