Prospective Graduate Students

PhD Graduate Program Application Deadline: January 15
Areas for Graduate Specialization
Faculty Research Specializations
Lisa Broidy
Crime, Law, and Social Control, Gender, Criminology
Criminological Theory, Female Offending, Developmental Criminology, Collateral Consequences of Incarceration, Domestic Violence

Georgiann Davis
Sociology of Health and Medicine, Gender, Inequality
Sociology of the Body, Intersectionality

Jessica Goodkind
Sociology of Health and Medicine, Race and Ethnicity, Gender, Community-based Participatory Research
Social determinants of health/mental health, Community-based mental health interventions, Native American, refugee, and immigrant populations, Mixed methods research, Cultural competency/humility
Ryan Goodman
Social Movements, Education, Gender, Political Sociology, Culture
Nancy López
Race and Ethnicity, Education, Gender, Community-based Participatory Research, Inequality, Latino/a Studies
Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Class, Intersectionality, Education, Health, Community Based Participatory Research, Africana Studies, Latino/a Studies, Public Sociology
Christopher J. Lyons
Crime, Law, and Social Control, Race and Ethnicity, Deviance and Social Control
Urban and Community Sociology, Hate Crime

Sharan Kaur Mehta
Race and Ethnicity, Racism, Racialization, Religion, Gender, Intersectionality, Asians and Asian Americans, Identity, Collective Action

Colin Olson
Crime, Law, and Social Control, Social Networks, Deviance and Social Control
Mass Media, Political Culture, Social Theory

Kiwoong Park
Sociology of Health and Medicine, Quantitative Methods, Social Stratification
Life Course Perspective
Daniel Ragan
Crime, Law, and Social Control, Quantitative Methods, Social Networks
Adolescent Delinquency and Drug Use, Life Course Criminology

Amaury J. Rijo Sánchez
Transnational Feminist Movements, Queer Nightlife, Qualitative Methods, Latinx Populations, LGBTQ+ Violence

Andrea Román Alfaro
Sociology of Violence, Criminalization, Gender & Race, Political Sociology, Qualitative Methods, Participatory Action Research
Reuben (Jack) Thomas
Gender, Social Networks
Interpersonal Relationships, Homophily/Segregation/ Boundaries

George Weddington
Race and Ethnicity, Social Movements
Race, Antiblackness, Social Movements, Organizational Sociology

Owen Whooley
Sociology of Health and Medicine, Social Movements, Science and Knowledge
Sociology of Mental Health , Sociology of Ignorance

Assata Zerai
Decolonial Feminist Methodologies, Educational Equity, Sociology of Health, Inequality, Race and Ethnicity, Global/ Transnational Sociology, Black Feminist Thought, Gender, Gender Equity and Development Effectiveness, Maternal and Child Health, Sociology of Religion