Research Interests: Social Psychology and Stratification, Stigma and Status, Group Processes, Disability, Quantitative Methods, Experimental Methods
Dissertation Title: The Effects of Causal Attributions and Previous Status on Expectations
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Jeff Lucas
Research Interests: Gender, Work and Family, Well-being, Reproductive Health, Quantitative Methods
Dissertation Title: Gender-Specific Significance of Family Transitions on Well-being and Work Attitudes
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Feinian Chen
Research Interests: Interests: Social Stratification, Economic Inequality, Family Demography, Gender and Labour Market, Development in Asian countries, Quantitative Methods
Dissertation Title: Income Inequality and Caste in India: Evidence from India Human Development Surveys
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Reeve Vanneman
Research Interests: Race, Environmental Justice, Social Movements, Political Sociology
Dissertation Title: Rural Resistance and Environmental Racism: Understanding How Rural Black Communities Engage in Environmental Justice
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Kris Marsh
Research Interests: Race and Ethnicity, Inequality, Families, Higher Education, Racial and Ethnic Identity, Body and Embodiment, Racial and Gender Socialization, Colorism, Ethnography, and Qualitative Methodology
Dissertation Title: "Black, White, and Everything In Between: Race Talk and Racial Socialization in Black Multiracial Families"
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Rashawn Ray
Research Interests: Social Stratification, Gender Issues, Social Policy, Demography
Dissertation Title: Behind the Backward Castes: Dalit Dreams & Dalit Reality Across a Diverse India
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Sonal Desai
Research Interests: Gender and Sexuality, Technology and Privacy, Digital Labor, Social Theory, Qualitative Methods
Dissertation Title: Camming Performers' Perspectives on Digitally Mediated Sex Work
Dissertation Chair: Dr. George Ritzer
Research Interests: Social inequalities (race, gender & sexuality, and SES) in health and well-being, Parenting, children, and families
Dissertation Title: Social Inequalities in Motherhood: The Consequences on Women’s Well-being and Children’s Outcomes
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Liana Sayer