Department of Sociology
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| Recent PhD and MA Graduates | |||||
| 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000 |
 Melissa Powell-Williams, Ph.D. "Experiential Commensurability and Identity Correspondence: Examining Deaf Culture Movement Collective Identity in the United States" Currently: Assistant Professor in the department of Sociology, Criminal Justice, and Social Work at Augusta State University Committee Chair: Dr. Robert D. Benford
Committee: Dr. Darren Sherkat, Dr. Jennifer Dunn, Dr. Thomas Calhoun |
| Todd Powell-Williams, Ph.D. Currently: Assistant Professor in the department of Sociology, Criminal Justice, and Social Work at Augusta State University
Committee Chair: Dr. Robert D. Benford Committee: Dr. Darren Sherkat, Dr. Jennifer Dunn, Dr. Thomas Calhoun, and Paul Menkis |
2008 MA Graduates
| Danielle Estes, MA |
| Nicole Gilmore, MA |
| Holly Haywood, MA |
| Ruth A. Chananie-Hill, Ph.D. "Framing and Collective Identities in the Legal Setting: Comparing Interracial Marriage and Same-Sex Marriage." Currently: Visiting Professor, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana
Committee Chair: Dr. Robert D. Benford Committee: Dr. Jennifer Dunn, Dr. Thomas C. Calhoun, Dr. Kathryn Ward, Dr. Alice Noble-Allgire |
| Addrain S. Conyers, Ph.D. "Manifold Deviants: Labeling and Identity Management among Persons Possessing Multiple Spoiled Identities" Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, SUNY Brockport
Committee Chair: Dr. Thomas C.Calhoun Committee: Dr. Rob Benford, Dr. Jennifer Dunn, Dr. Derek Martin, Dr. Martha Henderson |
"The Islamization of Politics in Malaysia: How Religious Politicl Opportunities and Threats Influence Religious Framing and Counterframing" Committee Chair: Dr. Darren Sherkat Committee: Dr. Rob Benford, Dr. William S. Turkley, Dr. Thomas Burger, Dr. Mark Schneider |
2007 MA Graduates
| Jessica Abbott, MA Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, SIUC Committee Chair: Dr. Michelle Miller, Dr. Rachel Whaley |
| Kylan Mattias de Vries, MA "Exclusion/Inclusion in Developing Collective Identity: the Experience of black Transgenders in the Southern U.S."
Committee Chair: Dr. Robert Benford, Dr. Darren Sherkat |
| Kristie Lipford, MA
Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, SIUC Committee Chair: Dr. Darren Sherkat, Dr. Tim Clark |
| LaSheila S. Williams, MA "How Do Women Negotiate Sexual Relationships and Reproduction in the Age of AIDS?" Committee Chair: Dr. Kathryn Ward, Dr. Rob Benford |
| Rifat Akhter, Ph.D. "Global Economy, Gender Equality, And Domestic Violence: A Cross-National Study" Currently: Tenure-track Assistant Professor at the University of Central Arkansas
Committee Chair: Dr. Kathryn Ward Committee: Darren Sherkat, Michelle Miller, Vincent Lacey, and M. Joan McDermott |
Changdeog Huh, Ph.D. "A SPIRAL DYNAMIC BETWEEN MOVEMENT FRAMES AND COUNTER FRAMES WITHIN THE LARGER CULTURAL ENVIORNMENT: A Case Study of the Gunpo Anti-Incinerator Movement in South Korea' Currently: Visiting Professor for Lectures, Department of Sociology, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, South Korea. Committee Chair: Dr. Robert D. Benford Committee: Dr. Darren Sherkat, Dr. Jennifer Dunn, Dr. Mark Schneider, and Dr. Jane Adams |
William E. Lovekamp , Ph.D. "GENDER, RACE, ETHNICITY AND SOCIAL CLASS DIFFERENCES IN DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, RISK AND RECOVERY IN THREE EARTHQUAKE-STRICKEN COMMUNITIES" Currently: Tenure-track Assistant Professor at Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL Committee Chair: Dr. Darren Sherkat Committee: Robert Benford, Thomas Calhoun, Kathryn Ward and Dr. John Snyder |
2006 MA Graduates
Stacia J. Creek, MA "IN THE LORD'S ARMY?: FAITH BASED MOTIVATION IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY" Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, SIUC Committee Chair: Dr. Robert Benford, Dr. Darren Sherkat |
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Jacob Jantzer, MA "ORGANIZATIONS IN TENSION; FRAMING RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT IN COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY WEB PAGES" Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, SIUC Committee Chair: Dr. Jennifer Dunn |
| Shyamal Kumar Das, Ph.D. "The Impact of Economic Reform Programs on Women in Developing Countries:A Test of Four Views" Currently: Assistant Professor, Minot State University Committee Chair: Dr. Mark Schneider |
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Dorothy R. DeBoer, Ph.D. "THE GOOD MOTHER An Examination of Mothers of the Mentally Ill and the Validation of Social Identity" Currently: Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Committee Chair: Dr. Thomas Calhoun |
| Robert B. Jenkot, Ph.D. "An Ethnographic Examination of Women Involved with Methamphetamine" Currently: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Criminal Justice, University of Alabama TuscaloosaCommittee Chair: Dr. Thomas Calhoun |
| Nicole Elizabeth Rader, Ph.D. "Women Doing Fear:Applying the Doing Gender Frame Work To Fear of Crime for Women" Currently: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Mississippi State University Committee Chair: Dr. Michelle Miller |
2005 MA Graduates
| Nadia Amin, MA "Gender, Migration andWork: Experiences of Pakistani Immigrant Women" Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, SIUC Committee Chair: Dr. Robert Benford |
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Stephen Hagan, MA "The Rhetoric of Computer Hacking:A Social Constructionist Analysis of Computer Hacking in the New York Times 1980-1999" Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, SIUC Committee Chair: Dr. Thomas Calhoun |
| Melissa Powell, MA "Role Transformation as Emotion Management:A Qualitative View of Advocacy" Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, SIUC Committee Chair: Dr. Jennifer Dunn |
Jamie Royal, MA "Redneck Woman" Committee Chair: Dr. Michelle Miller |
Fawaz O.F. Alanezi, Ph.D. "Theoretical Explanations for Variations in Religious Participation Among U.S. Immigrants: The Impact of Nativity, Ethnic Community, Family Structure, and Religious Markets" Currently: Teaching at Kuwait University Committee Chair: |
Hakan Arikan, Ph.D. "The Impacts of Domestic and International Dynamics on Turkish National Identity:FP and MHP’s Approach to the European Union" Currently: Teaching in Turkey Committee Chair: Dr. Rob Benford |
| Mary Lee O'Hara, Ph.D. "Let It Fly: The Legacy of Helen Bass Williams" Currently: Associate Professor, John A. Logan College Committee Chair: Dr. Kathryn B. Ward |
2004 MA Graduates
| Reshmi Chowdhury, MA "Resisting Brothel Eviction:Injustice and the Sex Worker’s Movement in Bangladesh"
Committee Chair: Dr. Rob Benford |
| Todd E. Bernhardt, Ph.D. "Mechanisms of Class Reproduction:Parental Acquaintance Network Diversity, Occupational Socialization, and Middle School Students’ Mathematical Performance"
Committee Chair: Dr. Mark Schneider |
Curt Ricky Blakely, Ph.D. "Contemporary Punishment in the Private Prison: Implications of Prisoner and Staff Commodification" Currently: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Political Science and Criminal Justice, University of South Alabama Committee Chair: Dr. Thomas Castellano |
Martha J. Heltsley, Ph.D. "From Lollipops to Lolita: The Making of the Pageant Child" Currently: Criminal Justice Professor, Blackburn College Committee Chair: Dr. Thomas Calhoun |
| Jason J. Leiker, Ph.D. "Fear of Crime in the City:A Multivariate Analysis of Perceptions of Community Safety in Twelve Cities"
Committee Chair: Dr. Diane Taub |
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Ahmet Uysal, Ph.D. "The Framing of Political Inclusion and Exclusion:Media, State, and Islamic Party Interactions in Turkey, 1995-1998" Currently: Teaching in Turkey Committee Chair: Dr. Darren Sherkat |
2003 MA Graduates
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Tim Cullinane, MA "The Drug War as the New Jim Crow" Committee Chair: Dr. Rob Benford |
Addrain Conyers, MA "Dual Deviants: The Balancing Act of Blacks in Graduate School" Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, SIUC Committee Chair: Dr. Thomas Calhoun |
| Gregory Raymond Maddox, MA "Changing the Life of the Law; Social Movement Organizations, Framing Processes, and Amicus Curiae Participation in Homosexual Civil Rights Cases Before the Supreme Court"
Committee Chair: Dr. Rob Benford |
| Suzanne Marie Stoelting, MA "Our Indian:" Personal Accounts Concerning the Use of a Native American High School Mascot
Committee Chair: Dr. Rob Benford |
| Jennifer M. Allen, Ph.D. "The Construction and Transformation of Victim Identity in Victim Impact Panels"
Committee Chair: Dr. James Garofalo |
| Janet S. Armitage, Ph.D. "The Immigration Reform Movement in the Contemporary United States: The Organization of a Movement"
Committee Chair: Dr. Rhys Williams |
John G. Boulahanis, Ph.D. "Mapping Out the Fear: The Spatial Distribution And Social Construction of Juvenile Homicides" Currently: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Southeastern Louisiana University Committee Chair: Dr. Kathryn B. Ward |
| Charles M. Brown, Ph.D. "The Culture of Culture Industries: Art, Commerce, and Faith in the Christian Retailing and Entertainment Industry"
Committee Chair: Dr. Joel Best |
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Jeffrey W. Durbin, Ph.D. "Testing Testing: Cultural Capital and High-Stakes Testing at Jackson High School" Currently: Instructional Specialist/Fellow, Chicago Public Schools/Northwestern University Committee Chair: Dr. Kathryn B. Ward |
| Heather Smith Feldhaus, Ph.D. "Forms of Capital and the Achievement Aspirations of High School Students"
Committee Chair: Dr. Lewellyn Hendrix |
| Christopher D. Rose, Ph.D. "Educational Participation Inside Prison: Who Participates And Why"
Committee Chair: Dr. Kathryn B. Ward |
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David S. Sizemore, Ph.D. "The Dynamics of Ethnic Adaptation and Maintenance: The Process of Hispanic Integration in a Rural Midwestern Community" Currently: Research Coordinator, Texas Lottery Commission Committee Chair: Dr. Thomas Burger |
2002 MA Graduates
| April K. Bartnick, MA "Eco-Terrorism" As A Social Problem: Connecting Rhetorical Strategies And Domain Expansion
Committee Chair: Dr. Rob Benford |
| AKM Saiful Islam, MA "Migration and Empowerment of Women in Bangladesh"
Committee Chair: Dr. Kathryn B. Ward |
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Fahmida Rahman, MA "Garment Workers Female Workforce Empowerment In Bangldesh" Continuing Ph.D. student, Health Education, SIUC Committee Chair: Dr. Kathryn B. Ward |
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Frances Rodriguez, MA "Dominicanos/Americanos: The Formation of a Transnational Identity" Committee Chair: Dr. Kathryn B. Ward |
Michael Todd Tones, MA "High Notoriety Inmates And Identity Management" Certified Licensed Addiction Counselor, Wilderness Treatment Center Committee Chair: Dr. Jennifer Dunn |
Aleta Top Gustavson , MA "Structural Properties of White Supremacy Networks on the Internet" Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, SIUC Committee Chair: Dr. Darren Sherkat |
| Rebecca Donna, Ph.D. "The Effect of Organizational Change on Correctional Officers"
Committee Chair: Dr. Marc Riedel |
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Tim J. Kubal, Ph.D. "Collective Memory and Social Change: Framing Christopher Columbus" Currently: Assistant Professor, Sociology Dept., California State University Committee Chair: Dr. Rhys Williams |
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Charles A. Ubah, Ph.D. "Correctional Education and Recidivism: A Study of the Effects of the Elimination of Pell Grants for Correctional Education Programs" Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Government & Sociology, Georgia College and State University Committee Chair: Dr. Thomas Burger |
2001 MA Graduates
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Fawaz O.F. Alanezi, MA "Structure, Agency, and Structuration Theories: An Analysis of Agency And Human Action From Their Perspectives" Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, SIUC Committee Chair: Dr. Rhys Williams |
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Sara Burge, MA "Racial Profiling And Its Many Historical Faces" Probation Officer, St. Louis, MO Committee Chair: Dr. Kathryn Ward |
Peter D. Collings, MA "Perceptions of Criminal Offenders" Committee Chair: Dr. Diane Taub |
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DaeHoon Han, MA "The Origin of Juvenile Gang Delinquency: Surveying Major Sociological Orientations" Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, University of Missouri-Columbia Committee Chair: Dr. Jennifer Dunn |
Jeong Hun Choi Hinton, MA "Family Values in Korea and America" Continued as a Ph.D. student, Political Science/Sociology, at Northern Il. University, and then joined the military. Committee Chair: Dr. Lewellyn Hendrix |
Patricia Fanflik, MA "The Brady Law and Its Implications for the Occurrence of Domestic Violence" Committee Chair: Dr. Kathryn B. Ward |
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