Prospective Graduate Students

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PhD Graduate Program Application Deadline: January 15


Areas for Graduate Specialization

Faculty Research Specializations

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Kristin Barker

Sociology of Health and Medicine, Gender, Science and Knowledge

Qualitative Methods

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Lisa Broidy

Crime, Law, and Social Control, Gender, Criminology

Criminological Theory, Female Offending, Developmental Criminology, Collateral Consequences of Incarceration, Domestic Violence

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Georgiann Davis

Sociology of Health and Medicine, Gender, Inequality

Sociology of the Body, Intersectionality

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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

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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

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Christopher J. Lyons

Crime, Law, and Social Control, Race and Ethnicity, Deviance and Social Control

Urban and Community Sociology, Hate Crime

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Kayla Martensen

Carceral Reform, Abolition Feminism, Youth Justice, Punishment, Law and Society

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Sharan Kaur Mehta

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

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Sharon Erickson Nepstad

Social Movements, Political Sociology, Sociology of Religion, Peace Studies

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Colin Olson

Crime, Law, and Social Control, Social Networks, Deviance and Social Control

Mass Media, Political Culture, Social Theory

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Kiwoong Park

Sociology of Health and Medicine, Quantitative Methods, Social Stratification

Life Course Perspective

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Daniel Ragan

Crime, Law, and Social Control, Quantitative Methods, Social Networks

Adolescent Delinquency and Drug Use, Life Course Criminology

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Ranita Ray

Race and Ethnicity, Education, Gender, Inequality

Children and Youth

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Amaury J. Rijo Sánchez

Transnational Feminist Movements, Queer Nightlife, Qualitative Methods, Latinx Populations, LGBTQ+ Violence

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Andrea Román Alfaro

Sociology of Violence, Criminalization, Gender & Race, Political Sociology, Qualitative Methods, Participatory Action Research

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Reuben (Jack) Thomas

Gender, Social Networks

Interpersonal Relationships, Homophily/Segregation/ Boundaries

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George Weddington

Race and Ethnicity, Social Movements

Race, Antiblackness, Social Movements, Organizational Sociology

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Owen Whooley

Sociology of Health and Medicine, Social Movements, Science and Knowledge

Sociology of Mental Health , Sociology of Ignorance

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Eli Wilson

Work and Organizations, Race and Ethnicity, Social Inequality, Culture, Ethnography

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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