2006-2007 Graduate Student Honors/Awards, Publications, Presentations, Grants, Employment, & Milestones

Honors and Awards

Armstrong, Natalie received the Florida State University Leslie Wilson Fellowship for 2007-08.
Carreno, Gina received an Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award from Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, 2007.
Conn, Sarrah was awarded the 2006-07 Department of Sociology's Alan-Klar Award for the Best Graduate Student Research Paper.
Eastman, Jason received a Fall 2006 Florida State Office of Research Studies Dissertation Research Grant.
Fisher, Orit received the Florida Israel Institution Scholarship for 2006-07.
Gayman, Matthew received a summer research fellowship from the National Hispanic Science Network on Drug Abuse, funded by the National Institutes on Drug Abuse and the National Institutes of Health.
Gayman, Matthew received the 2007 Medical Sociology Section's Louise Johnson Scholar Award in recognition of his research paper and overall record of academic achievement.
Keller, Ursula was awarded a fellowship to attend a summer short course in Bio-demography at the University of Colorado, Boulder, summer 2007.
Leaf, Margaret received the 2006 Herbert Blumer Award for the Best Graduate Student Paper, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction.
McKelvey, Brandon received a Florida State University Presidential Fellowship, 2006-2007.
Pai, Manacy was named the 2008 recipient of the Florida State University Claude and Mildred Pepper Dissertation Fellowship.
Sawtell, Carolyn received an Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award from the Florida State University Program for Instructional Excellence, 2007.
Sischo, Lacey received a Florida State Office of Research Studies Dissertation Research Grant, 2006.
Tuttle, Annie received third place in the 2006 Midwest Sociologists for Women in Society Paper Competition, “Explaining the Wage Gap between Lesbian and Heterosexual Women.”
Weinberg, Lisa received an Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award from the Florida State University Program for Instructional Excellence 2007 and the Department of Sociology Best Graduate Student Teacher Award for 2006-2007.

Publications

Cislo, Andrew wrote “Observing Quality of Life in Dementia (OQOLD): A New Tool for Improving Dementia Care Practice.” Seniors Housing and Care Journal.
Cislo, Andrew and Mathew Gayman co-wrote “Filmed Images of HIV/AIDS, 2001-2005: An Annotated List of Documentary and Feature Films” in the Teaching of Sociology of HIV/AIDS: Syllabi, Lectures, and Other Resources for Instructors and Students, 3rd ed, American Sociological Association.
Eastman, Jason wrote, “Max Weber’s Authority, Power, and Politics,” pp.155-157 in Innovative Techniques for Teaching Sociological Concepts, 4th Edition. New York: American Sociological Association Press, 2006.
Leaf, Margaret co-wrote the following chapters or articles, “Rape Work: Emotional Dilemmas in Work with Victims in Understanding Emotions at Work, 2007 (ed. by S. Fineman, Blackwell Publishing); “Self-Injury in Correctional Settings: Pathology of Prisons or Prisoners?” Crime and Public Policy 5 (February):1001-1011; and “Self-Injury, Gender, and the Body,” 2007, in Battleground: Women and Gender, Greenwood.
Pai, Manacy co-wrote the article, “Long-term Payoffs of Work? Women’s Past Involvement in Paid Work and Mental Health in Widowhood” 2007, Research on Aging.
Robbins, Cheryl co-wrote the article “The Multiple Sources of Women’s Aging Anxiety and Their Relationship with Psychological Distress,” 2007, forthcoming in Journal of Aging and Health; & "Women’s Health Data Report, 2006," Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, Florida.
Russell, David co-wrote the article,”The Social Antecedents of Anger Proneness in Young Adulthood.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 48(1): 68-83, 2007.
Von Rohr, Carmen 2007, co-authored the book chapter, “Rape Work: Emotional Dilemmas in Work with Victims” in Understanding Emotions at Work (Blackwell, ed. by S. Fineman).

Professional Meeting Presentations

Bishop, Jessica presented a paper, “Racial Difference in Infant Mortality by Cause: Florida, 1980-2000” with Dr. Isaac Eberstein at the Southern Sociological Society Conference, April 2007.
Cislo, Andrew presented two papers, “Ethnic Identity and Self Esteem: Contrasting Cuban and Nicaraguan Youth Adults” and “Depression Among Cuban and Colombian Adults: Considering Acculturation and Ethnic Discrimination” at the meeting of the American Sociological Association, 2006, Montreal, Canada.
Eastman, Jason presented his paper, “Honky-Tonk Night-Time Men.” Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, August 2006.
Fish, Jonathan presented a paper, “The Dual Minority - Identity Formation in African American Men who have Sex with Men” at the Southern Sociological Society meeting in April 2007.
Fisher, Orit presented a paper, “The Overlap between Formal Networks and Informal Networks" at the Southern Sociological Society meeting in April 2007.
Kail, Benjamin presented the paper “Welfare Spending in the U.S. States, 1981-1996.”at the Southern Sociological Society meetings in April 2007.
Ursula Keller co- presented two papers: "Educational Outcomes of Immigrant Youth." Socio-cultural and International Development Education Studies” Colloquium Series in the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Department of the College of Education, Florida State University, 2007; & "Academic Outcomes of Youth in 'Non-Traditional' Two-Parent Families: The Effects of Immigrant Status," poster presentation, annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, New York, New York, 2007.
Laguna, Jason presented a paper, “Co-opting Global Justice: One Guatemalan NGO’s Framing of Victims, Villians, and Heroes,” at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, April 2007.
Lewis, Robyn presented a paper, “Disability and Depression: Age, Race-Ethnic and Gender Contrasts.” and “How Might Race-Ethnicity Matter? Considering the Relationship between Physical Disability and Depression” With R. Jay Turner at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, April 2007, Atlanta, GA.
Lukasik, Greg presented a paper, “Economic Globalization and Violation of Workers Rights - Foreign Direct Investment and Unfair Labor Practices in the Retail Sector in Poland" at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, April 2007.
Moore, Lori presented the paper, "Minority Youth and the Juvenile Justice System: Are All Youths Treated Equally Before the Law?" at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, April 2007.
Pai, Manacy presented a paper, “Work Status and Subjective Age: Do Retired People Feel Older than their Actual Age?” at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Dallas, TX, November 2006.
Shekha, Rusty presented the paper, “Transnational Solidarity, Political Opportunity, and the Global Justice Movement: A Case Study of the Zapatistas, Ya Basta of Italy, and the Landless Peasants Movement of Brazil,” at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, April 2007.
Sischo, Lacey presented a paper, “A Bit of Fear, A Bit of Excitement: Exploring the Emotional Side of Mammoplasty” at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, April 2007.
Stansfield, Joanna presented a paper, “Raves Were Acceptance: Identity Salience in American Rave Culture,” at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, April 2007.
Robbins, Cheryl presented a paper, "The Roots of Racial Disparities in Women's Health, at the Governor's Conference on Women's Health, Orlando, 2006.
Taylor, C. Nicole presented a paper, "Intensive Interactive Parenting: Implications for Measured and Perceived Reading Ability" at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, April 2007.
Weinberg, Lisa presented two papers, “Is the Home a Parent-Friendly Workplace?” and “The Associations Between Place of Work Status and Sense of Personal Control” at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, April 2007.

Job Placement

Emily Boyd accepted a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Sociology position at Minnesota State University—Mankato in the fall of 2007.
Cynthia Davis accepted an Assistant Professor of Sociology position at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) in Tallahassee Florida.
Jason Eastman accepted an Assistant Professor of Sociology position at Coastal Carolina University, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
Henry Eliassen accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Houston in Texas.
Brandy Harris accepted a position as Program/Research Associate at the National Council on Aging.
Cheryl Robbins accepted a position in the Epidemic Intelligence Service at the CDC in Atlanta, GA working in the Women’s Health and Fertility Branch of the National Centers for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Unit.
Dave Russell received a post-doctoral fellowship at the Institute of Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research at Rutgers University.
(Susannah) Ashley Schmidt accepted a position as Program Coordinator of Advocacy for the American Association for Retired Persons (AARP) in Austin, Texas.
Naomi Spence accepted a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in the Carolina Population Center.

Milestones

Melissa Barnett, Gina Carreno, Jason Eastman, and Matthew Gayman successfully defended a dissertation prospectus.
Sammy Rastagh passed his major area exam in Social Psychology.
Andy Cislo completed a Doctoral Review Paper.

Recent Graduates

Fall 2006

Ph. D.: Cynthia Davis, Naomi Spence
MS: Tracy Ayers, Sarrah Conn, Jason Laguna

Spring 2007

Ph. D.: Cheryl Robbins, Dave Russell, Ashley Schmidt
MS: Jordan Brown, Ursula Keller, Joanna Stansfield, Jessica Tice

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	Home News - Latest News - News Archive - Remembering Beth Seidle - Faculty Publications - Recent Ph.D. Graduates Undergrad Grad Prospective Students People Department Contact			2006-2007 Graduate Student Honors/Awards, Publications, Presentations, Grants, Employment, & Milestones Honors and Awards Armstrong, Natalie received the Florida State University Leslie Wilson Fellowship for 2007-08. Carreno, Gina received an Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award from Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, 2007. Conn, Sarrah was awarded the 2006-07 Department of Sociology's Alan-Klar Award for the Best Graduate Student Research Paper. Eastman, Jason received a Fall 2006 Florida State Office of Research Studies Dissertation Research Grant. Fisher, Orit received the Florida Israel Institution Scholarship for 2006-07. Gayman, Matthew received a summer research fellowship from the National Hispanic Science Network on Drug Abuse, funded by the National Institutes on Drug Abuse and the National Institutes of Health. Gayman, Matthew received the 2007 Medical Sociology Section's Louise Johnson Scholar Award in recognition of his research paper and overall record of academic achievement. Keller, Ursula was awarded a fellowship to attend a summer short course in Bio-demography at the University of Colorado, Boulder, summer 2007. Leaf, Margaret received the 2006 Herbert Blumer Award for the Best Graduate Student Paper, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. McKelvey, Brandon received a Florida State University Presidential Fellowship, 2006-2007. Pai, Manacy was named the 2008 recipient of the Florida State University Claude and Mildred Pepper Dissertation Fellowship. Sawtell, Carolyn received an Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award from the Florida State University Program for Instructional Excellence, 2007. Sischo, Lacey received a Florida State Office of Research Studies Dissertation Research Grant, 2006. Tuttle, Annie received third place in the 2006 Midwest Sociologists for Women in Society Paper Competition, “Explaining the Wage Gap between Lesbian and Heterosexual Women.” Weinberg, Lisa received an Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award from the Florida State University Program for Instructional Excellence 2007 and the Department of Sociology Best Graduate Student Teacher Award for 2006-2007. Publications Cislo, Andrew wrote “Observing Quality of Life in Dementia (OQOLD): A New Tool for Improving Dementia Care Practice.” Seniors Housing and Care Journal. Cislo, Andrew and Mathew Gayman co-wrote “Filmed Images of HIV/AIDS, 2001-2005: An Annotated List of Documentary and Feature Films” in the Teaching of Sociology of HIV/AIDS: Syllabi, Lectures, and Other Resources for Instructors and Students, 3rd ed, American Sociological Association. Eastman, Jason wrote, “Max Weber’s Authority, Power, and Politics,” pp.155-157 in Innovative Techniques for Teaching Sociological Concepts, 4th Edition. New York: American Sociological Association Press, 2006. Leaf, Margaret co-wrote the following chapters or articles, “Rape Work: Emotional Dilemmas in Work with Victims in Understanding Emotions at Work, 2007 (ed. by S. Fineman, Blackwell Publishing); “Self-Injury in Correctional Settings: Pathology of Prisons or Prisoners?” Crime and Public Policy 5 (February):1001-1011; and “Self-Injury, Gender, and the Body,” 2007, in Battleground: Women and Gender, Greenwood. Pai, Manacy co-wrote the article, “Long-term Payoffs of Work? Women’s Past Involvement in Paid Work and Mental Health in Widowhood” 2007, Research on Aging. Robbins, Cheryl co-wrote the article “The Multiple Sources of Women’s Aging Anxiety and Their Relationship with Psychological Distress,” 2007, forthcoming in Journal of Aging and Health; & "Women’s Health Data Report, 2006," Florida Department of Health, Tallahassee, Florida. Russell, David co-wrote the article,”The Social Antecedents of Anger Proneness in Young Adulthood.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 48(1): 68-83, 2007. Von Rohr, Carmen 2007, co-authored the book chapter, “Rape Work: Emotional Dilemmas in Work with Victims” in Understanding Emotions at Work (Blackwell, ed. by S. Fineman). Professional Meeting Presentations Bishop, Jessica presented a paper, “Racial Difference in Infant Mortality by Cause: Florida, 1980-2000” with Dr. Isaac Eberstein at the Southern Sociological Society Conference, April 2007. Cislo, Andrew presented two papers, “Ethnic Identity and Self Esteem: Contrasting Cuban and Nicaraguan Youth Adults” and “Depression Among Cuban and Colombian Adults: Considering Acculturation and Ethnic Discrimination” at the meeting of the American Sociological Association, 2006, Montreal, Canada. Eastman, Jason presented his paper, “Honky-Tonk Night-Time Men.” Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, August 2006. Fish, Jonathan presented a paper, “The Dual Minority - Identity Formation in African American Men who have Sex with Men” at the Southern Sociological Society meeting in April 2007. Fisher, Orit presented a paper, “The Overlap between Formal Networks and Informal Networks" at the Southern Sociological Society meeting in April 2007. Kail, Benjamin presented the paper “Welfare Spending in the U.S. States, 1981-1996.”at the Southern Sociological Society meetings in April 2007. Ursula Keller co- presented two papers: "Educational Outcomes of Immigrant Youth." Socio-cultural and International Development Education Studies” Colloquium Series in the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Department of the College of Education, Florida State University, 2007; & "Academic Outcomes of Youth in 'Non-Traditional' Two-Parent Families: The Effects of Immigrant Status," poster presentation, annual Meetings of the Population Association of America, New York, New York, 2007. Laguna, Jason presented a paper, “Co-opting Global Justice: One Guatemalan NGO’s Framing of Victims, Villians, and Heroes,” at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, April 2007. Lewis, Robyn presented a paper, “Disability and Depression: Age, Race-Ethnic and Gender Contrasts.” and “How Might Race-Ethnicity Matter? Considering the Relationship between Physical Disability and Depression” With R. Jay Turner at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, April 2007, Atlanta, GA. Lukasik, Greg presented a paper, “Economic Globalization and Violation of Workers Rights - Foreign Direct Investment and Unfair Labor Practices in the Retail Sector in Poland" at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, April 2007. Moore, Lori presented the paper, "Minority Youth and the Juvenile Justice System: Are All Youths Treated Equally Before the Law?" at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, April 2007. Pai, Manacy presented a paper, “Work Status and Subjective Age: Do Retired People Feel Older than their Actual Age?” at the annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Dallas, TX, November 2006. Shekha, Rusty presented the paper, “Transnational Solidarity, Political Opportunity, and the Global Justice Movement: A Case Study of the Zapatistas, Ya Basta of Italy, and the Landless Peasants Movement of Brazil,” at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, April 2007. Sischo, Lacey presented a paper, “A Bit of Fear, A Bit of Excitement: Exploring the Emotional Side of Mammoplasty” at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, April 2007. Stansfield, Joanna presented a paper, “Raves Were Acceptance: Identity Salience in American Rave Culture,” at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, April 2007. Robbins, Cheryl presented a paper, "The Roots of Racial Disparities in Women's Health, at the Governor's Conference on Women's Health, Orlando, 2006. Taylor, C. Nicole presented a paper, "Intensive Interactive Parenting: Implications for Measured and Perceived Reading Ability" at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, April 2007. Weinberg, Lisa presented two papers, “Is the Home a Parent-Friendly Workplace?” and “The Associations Between Place of Work Status and Sense of Personal Control” at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, April 2007. Job Placement Emily Boyd accepted a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Sociology position at Minnesota State University—Mankato in the fall of 2007. Cynthia Davis accepted an Assistant Professor of Sociology position at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) in Tallahassee Florida. Jason Eastman accepted an Assistant Professor of Sociology position at Coastal Carolina University, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Henry Eliassen accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Houston in Texas. Brandy Harris accepted a position as Program/Research Associate at the National Council on Aging. Cheryl Robbins accepted a position in the Epidemic Intelligence Service at the CDC in Atlanta, GA working in the Women’s Health and Fertility Branch of the National Centers for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Unit. Dave Russell received a post-doctoral fellowship at the Institute of Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research at Rutgers University. (Susannah) Ashley Schmidt accepted a position as Program Coordinator of Advocacy for the American Association for Retired Persons (AARP) in Austin, Texas. Naomi Spence accepted a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill in the Carolina Population Center. Milestones Melissa Barnett, Gina Carreno, Jason Eastman, and Matthew Gayman successfully defended a dissertation prospectus. Sammy Rastagh passed his major area exam in Social Psychology. Andy Cislo completed a Doctoral Review Paper. Recent Graduates Fall 2006 Ph. D.: Cynthia Davis, Naomi Spence MS: Tracy Ayers, Sarrah Conn, Jason Laguna Spring 2007 Ph. D.: Cheryl Robbins, Dave Russell, Ashley Schmidt MS: Jordan Brown, Ursula Keller, Joanna Stansfield, Jessica Tice