Publications  

Graduate student Jenna Dole and co-author Shana Judge published an article in Journal of Empirical Legal Studies entitled “Charging sex traffickers under federal law: What dispositions should we expect when applying theories on prosecutorial decision-making?” https://doi.org/10.1111/jels.12326 

 Dan Ragan, graduate student Jenna Dole and their co-authors published an article in Developmental Psychology entitled “Similarity of Friends Versus Nonfriends in Adolescence: Developmental Patterns and Ecological Influences.” https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001359 

 Ranita Ray has been offered a book deal with Sr. Martin’s Press for her book Violent Schools. 

 Grants, Fellowships, and other Supports 

Maricarmen Henandez received a Women in STEM award to support her project “Body Territoriality, a Methodological Analysis of Embodied Experiences of Fieldwork”  

 Awards 

 Recent PhD graduate, Dr. Alena Kuhlemeier, was selected as the winner of the 2022 Best Dissertation Award from the ASA Section on the Sociology of Mental Health for her dissertation, “An Intersectional Mixed-Method Examination of Multi-Level Determinants of Adolescent Sexual Minority Health and Substance Use"  

 Presentations and Workshops, Public Engagement, Public-facing Scholarship, and News Coverage  

 Graduate student Celine Anaya will be an invited guest scholar at NYU for two weeks where she will be lecturing about her work on Afrolatinx experiences of Blackness, meeting local scholars and doing some work in the local Afrolatinx communities. 

 Other News 

Graduate student Cassiy Boe has been elected to serve as the student representative for the Bodies and Embodiment section of ASA this upcoming year. 

 Jessica Goodkind has been promoted to Full Professor. 

 George Weddington will be joining our Department as a one of the Inclusive Excellence Postdoctoral Fellows supported by UNM’s Division for Equity and Inclusion.