Lauren Ballback

B.S. Political Science/Economics, Providence College - RI, 2011

Matthew Braswell

M.A., Sociology, University of Virginia, 2011
B.A., Sociology/Political Science, UNC - Chapel Hill, 2008

Research Interests:
Gender, Family, Stratification

Daniel Burner

B.A., Sociology, Boston University, 2009

Mary Caler

M.A., Sociology, University of Virginia, 2006
B.A., Sociology, Grove City College - Pennsylvania, 2004

Anne Castelvecchi

M.A., Sociology, University of Virginia, 2010
B.A., Psychology, Roanoke College - Salem, VA, 2008

Michele Darling

M.A., Sociology, California State University - Sacramento, 2004
M.B.A., Marketing, St. Mary's College - Moraga, CA, 1999
B.A., Sociology-Organizational Studies, University of California - Davis, 1994

Research Interests:
Culture, Comparative-Historical, and Economic Sociology

Denise Deutschlander

M.A., Sociology, University of Vienna, 2008
B.A., Sociology, University of Puget Sound - WA, 2005

Kara Dewhurst

M.A., Sociology, University of Virginia, 2012
B.A., Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, 2007

Research Interests:
Education

Yuliya Dudaronak

M.A., Sociology, University of Virginia, 2009
B.A., Sociology, Elon University - NC, 2006

Daniel Finn

M.A., Sociology, Illinois State University, 2008
B.A., Sociology, Augustana College - Rock Island, IL, 2004

Research Interests:
Culture, Science, Media

Kara Fitzgibbon

B.A., Sociology/Religion, Washington and Lee University - Lexington, VA, 2011

Joris Gjata

M.A., Sociology, University of Virginia, 2012
M.A., International Political Economics,
London School of Economics, 2009
B.S., International Relations, Middle East
Technical University - Ankara, Turkey, 2008

Research Interests:
Economic Sociology and International Political Economy,
Political Sociology, Comparative-Historical Sociology, Sociology of Ideas, Organizations, Social Change Theories

Tonie Gordon

M.A., Sociology, University of Virginia, 2010
B.A., Pro. Writing & Ed., Youngstown State University - OH, 2008

Jonas Hart

M.A., Religious Studies, University of Colorado -Boulder, 2002
B.A., Religious Studies/French, St. Lawrence University - Canton, NY, 1998

Research engages the intersection of the sociology of religion and political sociology, particularly regarding state policy, secularization and religious minorities. Focus on how Muslim individuals and communities in non-Muslim states (the U.S., Canada, France) negotiate their places in liberal democracies and how states account for their equal life chances.

Jaime Hartless

M.A., Sociology, University of Virginia, 2012
M.Sc., Sociology, University of Oxford - UK, 2010
B.A., Sociology/Anthropology, Randolph-Macon Woman's College - Lynchburg, VA, 2009

Research Interests:
Religion, American Fundamentalism, Gender and Sexuality

Fauzia Husain

M.A., Media & Public Affairs, George Washington University, 2009
B.A., Fine Art, Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture - Karachi, 2001

Da-Wei "David" Hsu

M.A., Sociology, National Taiwan University, 2005
B.A., Psychology, National Taiwan University, 2002

Research Interests:
Culture, Science and Knowledge, Comparative-Historical Sociology, Theory

Seung Bong Jeon

M.A., Sociology, Sogang University - Seoul, Korea, 2006
B.A., Literature, Sogang University - Seoul, Korea, 2003

Mili Kalia

M.Sc., Sociology, University of Oxford - UK, 2007
M.A., Sociology, Christ College - Bangalore, India, 2004
B.A., Sociology/Psychology/Economics, Mt. Carmel College - Bangalore, India, 2002

Research Interests:
Family, Gender, Immigration, Self/Identity,
Modernity and Globalization, Phenomenology

Ahrum Lee

M.A., Sociology, University of Virginia, 2009
B.A., Sociology, Vassar College -
Poughkeepsie, NY, 2004

Andrew Lynn

M.A., Sociology, University of Virginia, 2012
B.A., Political Science, Notre Dame University, 2007

Research Interests:
Religion, Culture, Institutions

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Fan Mai

M.A., Sociology, University of Virginia, 2009
B.A., Sociology, Wuhan University - China, 2007

Claire Maiers

M.A., Sociology, University of Virginia, 2012
M.A., Musicology, Tufts University - Medford, MA, 2009
B.A., Music, Colorado College - Colorado Springs, CO, 2005

Research Interests:
Culture, Institutions, Organizations

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Charles Allan McCoy

M.A., Sociology, University of Virginia, 2008
B.A., Philosophy, McGill University - Montreal, Cananda, 1999

Research Interests:
Comparative-Historical Sociology, Culture,
Sociology of Knowledge and Science

Brice McKeever

M.A., Sociology, University of Virginia, 2010
B.A., Cultural Studies, William & Mary College -
Williamsburg, VA, 2006

David Morris

M.A., Sociology, University of Virginia, 2008
B.S., Education, Miami University - Oxford, OH, 1999

Research Interests:
Education, Family, Inequality

Matthew Morrison

M.A., Sociology, University of Virginia, 2008
B.A., French, Augusta State University - GA, 2004

Research Interests:
Culture, Gender and Sexuality, Intimacy and Inequality

Sarah Mosseri

M.A., Sociology, University of Virginia, 2012
B.A., Advertising, University of Georgia - Athens, GA, 2006

Research Interests:
Work, Organizations and Occupations, Gender, Popular Culture

Licheng Qian

M.A., Sociology, University of Virginia, 2012
M.A., Sociology, Nanjing University - China, 2010
B.A., Sociology, Nanjing University -China, 2007

Sarah Rankin

B.A., Social Relations and Policy/English,
Michigan State University - 2010

Eric Reed

M.A., Sociology, University of Kentucky - Lexington, 2010
B.A., Sociology, Transylvania University - Lexington, KY, 2008

Research Interests:
Media Representations of Masculinity,
Electronic Media and Social Relationships

Samuel Richardson

M.A., Sociology, University of Connecticut - Storrs, CT, 2007
M.A., Old Testament, Denver Seminary - Littleton, CO, 1994
B.A., International Relations, USC, 1988

Research Interests:
Non-traditional Religious Identity, Jewish Demographics,
Homeschooling in Public Education

Paul Rosenstein

M.A., Sociology, University of Virginia, 2012
M.S.S., Social Service, Bryn Mawr College - PA, 2010
B.A., Religious Studies, Macalester College - St. Paul, MN, 2002

Research Interests:
Identity Formation, Culture, Addiction

Madison Sandy

M.A., Sociology, University of Virginia, 2009
B.A., Sociology/American Studies, University of Richmond, 2007

Research Interests:
Political Sociology, Comparative-Historical Sociology, Empires and Nations

Roscoe Scarborough

M.A., Sociology, University of Virginia, 2009
B.S., Sociology/Criminal Justice, Old Dominion University -
Norfolk, VA, 2007

Research Interests:
Culture, Micro-Macro Linkages in Stratification and Inequality,
Sociology of Music, Symbolic Interactionism

Julia Schroeder

M.A., Sociology, University of Virginia, 2011
B.A., Sociology, Wellesley College - MA, 2009

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Niva Shooshy

M.A., Sociology, Hebrew University - Jerusalem, 2008
B.A., Sociology, Hebrew University- Jerusalem, 2004

Christina Simko

M.A., Sociology, University of Virginia, 2007
B.A., Sociology, Bridgewater College - VA, 2005

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Gabriella Smith

M.A., Sociology, University of Kansas, 2009
B.A., Sociology, University of Missouri - Kansas City, 2004

Benjamin Snyder

M.A., Sociology, University of Virginia, 2007
B.A., Anthropology, Haverford College - PA, 2003

Research Interests:
Culture, Time, Emotions, Memory

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Megan Juelfs-Swanson

M.A., Sociology, University of Virginia, 2009
B.A., Sociology, Seattle Pacific University, 2007
B.A., Communication, Seattle Pacific University, 1999

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Tara Tober

M.A., Sociology, University of Virginia, 2007
B.A., Sociology, State University New York College - Geneseo, 2003

Research Interests:
Collective Memory, Culture, Comparative-Historical Sociology

Francesca Tripodi

M.A., Sociology, University of Virginia, 2012
M.A., Communication, Culture, Technology,
Georgetown University, 2010
B.A., Communication, USC, 2003

Research Interests:
Media Representations of Gender, Rural America and Development,
Science and Technology

Catalina Vallejo

M.A., Cultural Studies, Universidad de los Andes - Columbia, 2011
B.S., Sociology, Universidad Nacional de Columbia, 2009

Katrina Van Blaircum

B.S., Sociology, Michigan State University

Julia Wartenberg

M.A., Sociology, American University - DC, 2006
B.A., Sociology, Fairfield University - CT, 2004

Xiaochu Yu

M.Sc., Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, 2011
B.S., Economics/Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2010

Hexuan Zhang

B.A., Sociology, Peking University, 2010