Students on the Job Market
Jason L. Cummings (e-mail: jascummi@indiana.edu)
Research and Teaching Interests: Medical Sociology, Mental Health, Stratification, Race and Gender, Sociology of Family, and Quantitative Methodology
Dissertation Title: “Untangling Racial and Gender Disparities in Health and Well-Being in the U.S. 1972-2008”
Dissertation Committee: Jane D. McLeod (Chair), Pamela Braboy Jackson, Brian Powell, and Quincy Thomas Stewart
Mari Dagaz (e-mail: mdagaz@indiana.edu)
Research and Teaching Interests: Education, Family, Social Psychology, Race/Class/Gender, Research Methods, Childhood and Adolescence.
Dissertation Title: "In-Step: Identity and Social Consequences of Participation in High School Marching Band."
Dissertation Committee: Donna Eder (Chair), Timothy Hallett, Bradley Levinson, and Pam Walters.
Kyle Dodson (email: kydodson@indiana.edu)
Research and Teaching Interests: Political Sociology, Quantitative Methodology, Social Stratification, Sociology of Religion, Comparative Sociology
Dissertation Title: "Political Behavior in Comparative Context: Understanding Converging Trends"
Dissertation Committee: Clem Brooks (chair), Arthur S. Alderson, Brian Powell, and Brian Steensland
Kristin Geraty (e-mail kgeraty@indiana.edu)
Research and Teaching Interests: Social Movements, Religion, Politics, Research Methods, Culture, Urban Communities, Education
Dissertation Title: "Congregations and Community Organizing: Understanding the Motivations and Contributions of Religious Institutions Engaged in Broad-Based Organizations"
Dissertation Committee: Brian Steensland (Chair), Clem Brooks, Rob Robinson, Pam Walters, Melissa Wilde.
Laura Hamilton (email: lauhamil@indiana.edu)
Research and Teaching Interests: Gender, Sexuality, Family, Education, Culture, Qualitative Methods
Dissertation Title: "Parental Financial Investments in College: Strategies and Outcomes"
Dissertation Committee: Brian Powell and Elizabeth A. Armstrong (co-chairs), Robert V. Robinson, and Eliza K. Pavalko
Evelyn M. Perry (email: eperry@indiana.edu)
Research and Teaching Interests: Urban and Community Sociology, Sociology of Culture, Race/Class/Gender, Criminology, Qualitative Methods, Theory
Dissertation Title: "Race in Place: Evaluating the Promise of Residential Integration"
Dissertation Committee: Robert V. Robinson (Chair), Gerald D. Suttles, Elizabeth A. Armstrong, Bernice A. Pescosolido and Thomas F. Gieryn
Melissa Quintela (email: mkreyes@indiana.edu)
Research and Teaching Interests: Children and Youth, Immigration, Sociology of Education, Research Methods, Race and Ethnicity, Mental Health, Social Psychology, Life Course and Social Justice
Dissertation Title: "The Power of Youth in an Emerging Latino Community."
Dissertation Committee: Donna Eder (Chair), William Corsaro, Jennifer Lee and José Rosario
Rashawn Ray (email: rajray@indiana.edu)
Research and Teaching Interests: Social Psychology, Race, Class, and Gender, Race and Ethnic Relations, Sociology of Family, Sociology of Education, Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
Dissertation Title: "Class Identification in the United States, 1974-2008: Reassessing the Influence of Race, Gender, Age, and Family"
Dissertation Committee: Pamela Braboy Jackson and Brian Powell (Co-Chairs), Donna Eder, Rob Robinson, and Quincy Stewart
