Students on the Job Market
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Kara Cebulko (e-mail kcebulko@indiana.edu)
Research and Teaching Interests: Immigration, Social Stratification, Intergenerational Dynamics, Research Methods, Sociology of Education, Race and Ethnicity, Globalization and Development, Urban Sociology
Dissertation Title: "Undocumented, Documented and Liminal Legality: The Incorporation of Children of Brazilian Immigrants in Young Adulthood."
Dissertation Committee: Leah VanWey (Chair), Brian Powell, Eliza Pavalko, and Donna Eder.
Jennifer L. Christian (email: jenlchri@indiana.edu)
Research and Teaching Interests: Political Sociology, Public Policy, Public Opinion, Criminology, Research Methods, Media, Law & Society, Criminal Justice, and Inequality
Dissertation Title: “Understanding the Intersection of Public Opinion, Media, and Elite Discourse on Policy Change"
Dissertation Committee: Clem Brooks (Chair), Brian Steensland, Robert V. Robinson and Arthur S. Alderson
Suzanna Crage (email: scrage@indiana.edu)
Research and Teaching Interests: Political Sociology, Sociology of Culture, Immigration, Nationalism, Globalization, Research Methods
Dissertation Title: "The Development of Refugee Policy in Berlin and Munich: Local Responses to a Global Process"
Dissertation Committee: Elizabeth A. Armstrong (Chair), Thomas Gieryn, Patricia A. McManus, Arthur S. Alderson, Brian Steensland
Jeffrey C. Dixon (email: jdixon@ku.edu.tr)
Research and Teaching Interests: Race/Ethnicity, Social Stratification, Comparative/Historical Sociology, Political Sociology, Research Methods (Quantitative), Introductory Sociology
Dissertation Title: "Where Does Turkey Belong? Examining Europeans’ Attitudes and Liberal-Democratic Values in Turkey, the European Union, and the Muslim World"
Dissertation Committee: Robert V. Robinson (Chair), Arthur Alderson, Çiğdem Balım, and Quincy Stewart
Judson Everitt (email: jeveritt@indiana.edu)
Research and Teaching Interests: Sociology of Education, Social Organizations, Sociology of Work and Occupations, Youth, Aging, and the Life Course, Immigration, Stratification and Mobility, Research Methods.
Dissertation Title: "Preparing for the Work of Teaching: Professional Socialization and the Construction of Work Perspectives among Pre-service Teachers."
Dissertation Committee: William A. Corsaro (Chair), Pamela Barnhouse Walters, Maurice Garnier, and Bradley A. U. Levinson.
Claudia Geist (email: cgeist@indiana.edu)
Research and Teaching Interests: Family, Social Stratification, Gender, Comparative Sociology, Quantitative Methods
Dissertation Title: “The Marriage Economy: Examining the Economic Impact and the Context of Marriage in Comparative Perspective”
Dissertation Committee: Patricia A. McManus (chair), Arthur S. Alderson, Eliza K. Pavalko, and Brian Powell
Brent Harger (email: bharger@indiana.edu)
Research and Teaching Interests: Social Psychology, Childhood and Adolescence, Sociology of Education, Research Methods (Qualitative, Quantitative, and Community-Based), Social Theory, Race, Class, and Gender, Social Stratification, Sociology of Culture, and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Dissertation Title: “Interpretations of Bullying: How Students, Teachers, and Principals Perceive Negative Peer Interactions in Elementary Schools”
Dissertation Committee: Donna Eder (Chair), William A. Corsaro, Tim Hallett, and Bradley A. U. Levinson
Nikole Hotchkiss (email: nhotchki@indiana.edu)
Research and Teaching Interests: Political Sociology, Sociology of Culture, Comparative-Historical Sociology, Race and Ethnicity, Social Theory, Media, Sociology of Gender
Dissertation Title: “Taking Aim: The Construction of Target Groups for Counter-Terrorism and Immigration Policy in France and the United States.”
Dissertation Committee: Clem Brooks (chair), Maurice Garnier, Rob Robinson, Brian Steensland
Azamat Junisbai (email: ajunisbai@indiana.edu)
Research and Teaching Interests: Social Stratification, Race and Class, Quantitative Research Methods, and Statistics.
Dissertation Title: " Who Should Get What and Why: Norms of Distributive Justice and Welfare State Attitudes in post-Soviet Central Asia"
Dissertation Committee: Arthur Alderson (chair), Robert Robinson, Clem Brooks, and William Fierman.
Bradley A. Koch (email: brkoch@indiana.edu) (http://www.bradleykoch.com)
Research and Teaching Interests: Sociology of Religion, Social Stratification, Methods and Statistics, Social Theory, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Sexuality & Gender, Sociology of Culture, Social Psychology, Sociology of Music, and Social Problems
Dissertation Title: “The Prosperity Gospel and Economic Prosperity”
Dissertation Committee: Robert V. Robinson (Chair), William Corsaro, Constance Furey, and Brian Steensland
Christopher M. Whitsel (email: cwhitsel@indiana.edu)
Research and Teaching Interests: Sociology of Education, Global Stratification, Research Methods (Quantitative, Qualitative), Development, Democracy, Globalization, Islam, Central Eurasia & Afghanistan, and Post-Soviet Transition
Dissertation Title: “Growing Inequality: Post-Soviet Transition and Educational Participation in Tajikistan”
Dissertation Committee: Maurice Garnier (Chair), Pamela Barnhouse-Walters, Ethan Michelson, William Fierman
