Recent Graduates & Alumni
Andrew Breidenbach - PhD
2021 Spring
Current Position: PhD Student, University of New Mexico
Dissertation Title: ""
Dissertation Committee: committee
Elise Ferguson - MA
2017 Spring
Dissertation Title: "Race, Socioeconomics, Intelligence, and Criminal Offending: Accounting for Variation in Criminal Justice Outcomes"
Dissertation Committee: Race, Socioeconomics, Intelligence, and Criminal Offending: Accounting for Variation in Criminal Justice Outcomescommittee
Gillian Joyce - MA
2017 Summer
Dissertation Title: "Agricultural and Community Issues in Taos and Local Mobilization Efforts"
Dissertation Committee: Agricultural and Community Issues in Taos and Local Mobilization Effortscommittee
Eric Turner - PhD
2017 Summer
Dissertation Title: "Mobilization and Repression in the Occupy Movement"
Dissertation Committee: Mobilization and Repression in the Occupy Movementcommittee
Cirila Estela Vasquez Guzman - PhD
2017 Summer
Dissertation Title: "A Sociological Analysis of the Cultural Competence Movement: Essays on the Conceptualization, Operationalization, and Implementation of Cultural Competence in the U.S. Medical Profession"
Dissertation Committee: A Sociological Analysis of the Cultural Competence Movement: Essays on the Conceptualization, Operationalization, and Implementation of Cultural Competence in the U.S. Medical Professioncommittee
Billy Ulibarri - PhD
2015 Fall
Dissertation Title: "Human trafficking victims are everywhere and nowhere: A qualitative content analysis of the anti-human trafficking campaign in the United States, 2000-2012"
Dissertation Committee: Human trafficking victims are everywhere and nowhere: A qualitative content analysis of the anti-human trafficking campaign in the United States, 2000-2012committee
Danielle Albright - PhD
2015 Spring
Dissertation Title: "Public Frames and Message Cooptation in Policy Oriented Social Movements"
Dissertation Committee: Public Frames and Message Cooptation in Policy Oriented Social Movementscommittee
Erin Coleman - MA
2015 Spring
Dissertation Title: "The Roles Of Disorder, Attitudes Toward The Legal System, And Neighborhood Satisfaction In The Intervention During Neighborhood Problems"
Dissertation Committee: The Roles Of Disorder, Attitudes Toward The Legal System, And Neighborhood Satisfaction In The Intervention During Neighborhood Problemscommittee
Thomas Maestas - MA
2015 Spring
Dissertation Title: "On the Widening Transfer Aspiration-Achievement Gap: Contextualizing the Transfer Intentions of Community College Students in New Mexico"
Dissertation Committee: On the Widening Transfer Aspiration-Achievement Gap: Contextualizing the Transfer Intentions of Community College Students in New Mexicocommittee
Kelly McCarthy - MA
2015 Spring
Dissertation Title: "Racialized Sexuality: The Sexualization and Racialization of Female Video Game Characters, 1981-2012"
Dissertation Committee: Racialized Sexuality: The Sexualization and Racialization of Female Video Game Characters, 1981-2012committee
Elena Windsong - PhD
2015 Spring
Dissertation Title: "Neighborhood Experiences and the Co-Construction of Neighborhood, Race, and Gender: A Qualitative Study of a Middle-Class Latino-White Albuquerque Neighborhood"
Dissertation Committee: Neighborhood Experiences and the Co-Construction of Neighborhood, Race, and Gender: A Qualitative Study of a Middle-Class Latino-White Albuquerque Neighborhoodcommittee
Michael Muhammad - PhD
2014 Summer
Current Position: Post-Doc/University of Michigan
Dissertation Title: "Stigmatization and the Re-Articulation of Eugenic Ideology: A Study of Coded Racism in Family Planning Policy from the 1920's to the 1990's"
Dissertation Committee: Stigmatization and the Re-Articulation of Eugenic Ideology: A Study of Coded Racism in Family Planning Policy from the 1920's to the 1990'scommittee
Jeffrey Nowacki - PhD
2014 Summer
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University
Dissertation Title: "United States v Booker and Federal Sentencing Outcomes: General, Extra-Legal, and Contextual Policy Effects"
Dissertation Committee: United States v Booker and Federal Sentencing Outcomes: General, Extra-Legal, and Contextual Policy Effectscommittee
Christin Moreland - MA
2013 Fall
Dissertation Title: "Harold Camping and May 21st, 2011: Consequences of a Failed Prophecy"
Dissertation Committee: Harold Camping and May 21st, 2011: Consequences of a Failed Prophecycommittee
Sonia Bettez - PhD
2013 Spring
Current Position: Post Doc, UNM RWJF Center for Health Policy
Dissertation Title: "The Social Transformation of Health Inequities: Understanding the Discourse on Health Disparities in the United States"
Dissertation Committee: The Social Transformation of Health Inequities: Understanding the Discourse on Health Disparities in the United Statescommittee
Beau Thomas Hunsaker - PhD
2013 Spring
Current Position: Thunderbird School of Global Management
Dissertation Title: "Developing Degrees: An Exploratory Analysis of Laureate International Universities, 21st Century Entry in Mexico and Ecuador"
Dissertation Committee: Developing Degrees: An Exploratory Analysis of Laureate International Universities, 21st Century Entry in Mexico and Ecuadorcommittee
Stacy Keogh - PhD
2013 Spring
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Whitworth University
Dissertation Title: "3 Simple Words: We the People: Culture, Identity, and the Contentious Politics of the Contemporary Tea Party Movement in Montana"
Dissertation Committee: 3 Simple Words: We the People: Culture, Identity, and the Contentious Politics of the Contemporary Tea Party Movement in Montanacommittee
Tennille Marley - PhD
2013 Spring
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Arizona State University
Dissertation Title: "Indigenous Knowledge, Land History and Health: The Construction of Diabetes on the White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation"
Dissertation Committee: Indigenous Knowledge, Land History and Health: The Construction of Diabetes on the White Mountain Apache Indian Reservationcommittee
Anwar Ouassini - PhD
2013 Spring
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Purdue University
Dissertation Title: "Between Islamaphobia and the Ummah: How Spanish Moroccans are Negotiating their Identities in Post 3/11 Madrid"
Dissertation Committee: Between Islamaphobia and the Ummah: How Spanish Moroccans are Negotiating their Identities in Post 3/11 Madridcommittee
Benjamin Waddell - PhD
2013 Spring
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Fort Lewis College
Dissertation Title: "The Political Economy of Remittance-Led Development in Guanajuato, Mexico"
Dissertation Committee: The Political Economy of Remittance-Led Development in Guanajuato, Mexicocommittee
Mozafar Banihashemi - PhD
2012 Fall
Current Position: Part-Time Instructor, University of New Mexico
Dissertation Title: "Shi'ite reformism versus shi'ite fundamentalism: A comparative study of shi'ite discursive practices in 20th century Iran: The cases of Khomeini and Hakamizadeh"
Dissertation Committee: Shi'ite reformism versus shi'ite fundamentalism: A comparative study of shi'ite discursive practices in 20th century Iran: The cases of Khomeini and Hakamizadehcommittee
Jessica Garrick - MA
2012 Fall
Dissertation Title: "Transforming the Labor Movement: Immigrant Workers and the Repurposing of the National Labor Relations Act"
Dissertation Committee: Transforming the Labor Movement: Immigrant Workers and the Repurposing of the National Labor Relations Actcommittee
Kathryn Overton - MA
2012 Fall
Dissertation Title: "Whither the World Polity? A Contribution to the Study of International Organizations through Survival Analysis of OECD Accession Rates"
Dissertation Committee: Whither the World Polity? A Contribution to the Study of International Organizations through Survival Analysis of OECD Accession Ratescommittee
Ryan Goodman - PhD
2012 Spring
Current Position: Lecturer III, UNM West
Dissertation Title: "How We Fight: Strategies at Emergence among Animal Rights and LGBTQ Rights Organizations"
Dissertation Committee: How We Fight: Strategies at Emergence among Animal Rights and LGBTQ Rights Organizationscommittee
Warren Thompson - MA
2012 Spring
Dissertation Title: "Evangelizing the State"
Dissertation Committee: Evangelizing the Statecommittee
Rebeca Jasso-Aguilar - PhD
2012 Summer
Current Position: Part-Time Instructor, University of New Mexico
Dissertation Title: "How Common Citizens Transform Politics: The Cases of Mexico and Bolivia"
Dissertation Committee: How Common Citizens Transform Politics: The Cases of Mexico and Boliviacommittee
Dale Willits - PhD
2012 Summer
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Sociology, California State University-Bakersfield
Dissertation Title: "Situational and Individual Predictors of Violent Intentions: A Factorial Survey Approach"
Dissertation Committee: Situational and Individual Predictors of Violent Intentions: A Factorial Survey Approachcommittee
Peter Catron - MA
2011 Fall
Dissertation Title: "NO SE PUEDE!: The Decline of Immigrant Unionization Through the Great Recession of 2008"
Dissertation Committee: NO SE PUEDE!: The Decline of Immigrant Unionization Through the Great Recession of 2008committee
Nancy Halbgewachs - PhD
2011 Fall
Dissertation Title: "Censorship and Holocaust Film in the Hollywood Studio System"
Dissertation Committee: Censorship and Holocaust Film in the Hollywood Studio Systemcommittee
Lynzie Rowland - MA
2011 Fall
Dissertation Title: "The Influence of Women's Status on Economic Development: A Pooled Time Series Cross-Sectionl Analysis of 126 Countries, 1980-2005"
Dissertation Committee: The Influence of Women's Status on Economic Development: A Pooled Time Series Cross-Sectionl Analysis of 126 Countries, 1980-2005committee
Saundra Trujillo - MA
2011 Fall
Dissertation Title: "Jail Incarceration and Violent Crime Rates: A cross-sectional exploratory analysis in Albuquerque, New Mexico"
Dissertation Committee: Jail Incarceration and Violent Crime Rates: A cross-sectional exploratory analysis in Albuquerque, New Mexicocommittee
Kerry Edwards - PhD
2011 Spring
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Slippery Rock University
Dissertation Title: "Male offenders' work experiences pre-prison, in-prison, and upon reentry: Interactions between work and crime"
Dissertation Committee: Male offenders' work experiences pre-prison, in-prison, and upon reentry: Interactions between work and crimecommittee
Jessica Carlisle - MA
2011 Summer
Dissertation Title: "Gender, Jobs and Labor: Understanding the Gendered Division of Household Labor in Dual Earner, Middle Class Families Based on Job Dynamics"
Dissertation Committee: Gender, Jobs and Labor: Understanding the Gendered Division of Household Labor in Dual Earner, Middle Class Families Based on Job Dynamicscommittee
Erin Kleymann - MA
2010 Fall
Dissertation Title: "Motherhood and Desistance: The Influence of Children in Women's Offending"
Dissertation Committee: Motherhood and Desistance: The Influence of Children in Women's Offendingcommittee
Kimberly Pitts - PhD
2010 Fall
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Campbellsville University
Dissertation Title: "Latina Immigrant Women and Domestic Violence: Likelihood of Reporting to Mid-South Police"
Dissertation Committee: Latina Immigrant Women and Domestic Violence: Likelihood of Reporting to Mid-South Policecommittee
Nafisa Halim - PhD
2010 Summer
Current Position: Research Assistant Professor, Boston University
Dissertation Title: "Human Development in Poor Countries: Bangladesh in Comparative Perspective"
Dissertation Committee: Human Development in Poor Countries: Bangladesh in Comparative Perspectivecommittee
Chalane E. Lechuga - PhD
2010 Summer
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Metropolitan State University of Denver
Dissertation Title: ""They'll expect more bad things from us.": Latino/a Youth Constructing Identities in a Racialized High School in New Mexico"
Dissertation Committee: "They'll expect more bad things from us.": Latino/a Youth Constructing Identities in a Racialized High School in New Mexicocommittee
W. Azul La Luz B. - PhD
2009 Fall
Current Position: Director or the Health and Human Services for the Pueblo of Ildefonso
Dissertation Title: "Hispanos in the Valley of Death: Street-Level Trauma, Cultural-PTSD, Overdoses, and Suicides in North Central New Mexico"
Dissertation Committee: Hispanos in the Valley of Death: Street-Level Trauma, Cultural-PTSD, Overdoses, and Suicides in North Central New Mexicocommittee
Kevin LaPoint - PhD
2009 Fall
Dissertation Title: "Liberal and Devout: the Sources of Enthusiasm and Organizational Commitment Within the Liberal Religious Niche"
Dissertation Committee: Liberal and Devout: the Sources of Enthusiasm and Organizational Commitment Within the Liberal Religious Nichecommittee
Yossef Ben-Meir - PhD
2009 Spring
Current Position: President of Operations, High Atlas Foundation
Dissertation Title: "Participatory development and its emergence in the fields of community and international development"
Dissertation Committee: Participatory development and its emergence in the fields of community and international developmentcommittee
Aaron N. Diaz - MA
2009 Summer
Dissertation Title: "The impact of Indian gaming on educational attainment & poverty among native American tribes"
Dissertation Committee: The impact of Indian gaming on educational attainment & poverty among native American tribescommittee
Marjorie S. McConnell - PhD
2009 Summer
Current Position: Director of Core Services, Long Term Ecological Research Network (LTER)
Dissertation Title: "Comparing the effectiveness of Hantavirus outreach in NW New Mexico, Panama, and Chile"
Dissertation Committee: Comparing the effectiveness of Hantavirus outreach in NW New Mexico, Panama, and Chilecommittee
Chris D. Volke - MA
2008 Fall
Dissertation Title: "An assessment of four Christian denominations' ideology toward homosexuality"
Dissertation Committee: An assessment of four Christian denominations' ideology toward homosexualitycommittee
