New Ph.D. Graduates
Click here to see all recent sociology dissertations.
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Chardie Baird Chardie Baird has been hired an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Texas at Arlington. Her dissertation study was entitled "Women’s Early Career Goals and Attainments at Midlife." • Curriculum Vitae |
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Emily Boyd Date completed PHD: Summer 2007 |
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Stephanie Woodham Burge Stephanie Woodham Burge will assume a faculty position in the Department of Sociology, University of Oklahoma (Norman), in Fall 2006. Her dissertation was entitled "Gendered Pathways in Higher Education in the 1970s and 1990s: Change and Stability in the Pursuit of a Science Degree." |
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Cynthia Davis Cynthia Davis completed her dissertation entitled "Welfare Reforms' Misdiagnosis of What Ails the Poor: The Consequences for Income, Employment and Family Structure." She is on faculty in the Department of Social Work at Florida A&M University. |
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Jason Eastman Date completed PHD: Summer 2007 |
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Henry Eliassen Henry Eliasson is now an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Houston - Downtown. His dissertation study was entitled "Religiosity, Physical Disability, and the Social Distribution of Problematic Drinking in an Aging Population." • Curriculum Vitae |
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Brandy Harris Brandy Harris defended her dissertation this summer entitled "Determinants of Resident Mental Health in Florida's Assisted Living Communities." Brandy Harris is now a Program and Research Associate with the National Council on Aging in Washington, DC. |
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Rachel LaCroix Date completed PHD: Fall 2007 |
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Azizah Linjawi Azizah Linjawi is currently an Assistant Professor of Sociology at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah Saudia Arabia. Her dissertation study was entitled "Exploring Reproductive Roles and Attitudes in Saudi Arabia." |
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Ryan MacDonald Ryan MacDonald will assume a postdoctoral fellowship position at Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University in Fall 2006. His dissertation study was called "Social Context and Mental Health: The Role and Significance of Neighborhood and Family Context." |
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Trent Moore Trent Moore assumed a Scientific Data Analyst position at Northrop Grumman/CDC in Atlanta, beginning in May 2006. His dissertation study was entitled "A Construct Validation of Partner Awareness Risk among Seronegative Heterosexual Couples." • Curriculum Vitae |
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Cheryl Robbins Cheryl Robbins has accepted a position with the Epidemic Intelligence Service as an Epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, effective July 2007. Her dissertation was entitled "Cultural and Structural Explanations of Racial and Ethnic Differences in Women's Health Care." |
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David Russell David Russell will assume a post-doctoral fellowship at the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research at Rutgers University in Fall 2007. His dissertation study was called "Household Composition and Psychological Well-Being." |
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Ashley Schmidt Ashley Schmidt completed her dissertation entitled "Making Assisted Living a Home: Relocation, Social Support, and the Mental Well-Being of Residents in Assisted Living." Ashley has been hired as a Program Coordinator of Advocacy for AARP in Austin, Texas. |
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Naomi Spence Naomi is now a postdoctoral scholar at the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Her dissertation was entitled "Reproductive Patterns and Women's Later Life Well-Being." |
