Recent Graduates
All UT Sociology Theses and Dissertations, as well as undergrad honor's theses, are now deposited electronically in TRACE and are available at: http://trace.tennessee.edu/socioetds/. Information on our graduates is divided into sections for PhD students and MA students.
Ph.D. Graduates
| Name (Year) | Dissertation | Committee Chair | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Bradford (2010) |
Systems, Social Order, and the Global Debt Crisis | Dr. Harry F. Dahms | University of Alabama, Huntsville Dept. of Sociology |
| Meghan Conley (2013) |
Immigrant Rights in the Nuevo South: Enforcement and Resistance at the Borderlands of Illegality | Dr. Stephanie Bohon | James Farmer Postdoctoral Fellow in Human Rights, University of Mary Washington |
| Lauren Copley (2014) |
Uncovering Latino Sex Trafficking in a New Destination Area: A Case Study | Dr. Michelle Brown | Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Arkansas-Fayetteville |
| Wanjun Cui (2011) |
The Effect of Race on Crime: A Multilevel Analysis | Dr. Stephanie Bohon | Postdoctoral Fellowship (from ORISE) Center for Disease Control (CDC) |
| Kimberly Davis (2011) |
The Role of "Sense of Place": A Theoretical Framework to Aid Urban Forest Policy Decision-Making | Dr. Robert (Bobby) E. Jones | Postdoctoral Research Associate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| Beth Easterling (2012) |
Parenting from Prison: A Qualitative Study of Incarcerated Mothers in Kentucky | Dr. Lois Presser | Assistant Professor Department of Sociology Gallaudet University |
| Andrew Gunnoe (2011) |
Financial Forests: A Financial Political Economy of the US Forest Products Industry, 1945 to the Present | Dr. Paul K. Gellert | Assistant Professor of Sociology, Maryville College |
| Sarah Hendricks (2013) |
Mobility and Isolation: Latino Immigrant Adjustment in Atlanta, Georgia | Dr. Stephanie Bohon | Adjunct Instructor, Department of Sociology, Drake University |
| Robert Keeton (2012) |
"To Preserve This Much-Injured Race": Techniques of Neutralization and Indian Removal, 1829-1831 | Dr. Lois Presser | Assistant Professor and Program Director Department of Criminal Justice Lincoln Memorial University |
| James Maples (2012) |
Changes in US Ethnic Niches, 2005-2010 | Dr. Stephanie Bohon | Assistant Professor, Eastern Kentucky University |
| Carmel Price (2011) |
Women and the Environment: Mediating and Moderating Effects of Gender and Demographic Characteristics of Environmental Concern | Dr. Stephanie Bohon | Assistant Professor, University of Michigan-Dearborn |
| Aaron Routhe (2013) |
Religion's Influence on Environmental Concern: U. S. Evangelicals' Construction of Climate Change Perceptions | Dr. Sherry Cable | |
| Aaron Rowland (2013) |
How Left a Turn? Legacies of the Neoliberal State in Latin America | Dr. Jon Shefner | Assistant Professor of Sociology Department of Behavioral Sciences The University of Tennessee, Martin |
| Dima Sarbo | Contested Legitimacy: Coercion and the State in Ethiopia | Dr. Jon Shefner | Oxford-Princeton Global Leaders Fellowship |
| Jennifer L. Schally (2014) |
Agent of Harm or Good Corporate Citizen?: The Case of Tyson Foods | Dr. Lois Presser | Lecturer, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg |
| Jennifer Scroggins (2012) |
Gender, Social Ties, and Prisoners' Reentry Experiences | Dr. Hoan Bui |
Assistant Professor |
| Alex Stoner (2013) |
Sociobiophysicality, Cold War, and Critical Theory: Human-Ecological Transformation and Contemporary Ecological Subjectivity | Dr. Harry F. Dahms | Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Salisbury University, Maryland |
| Stacy Tucker (2011) |
Unto the Least of These: The Pentecostal Church and Social Ministry | Dr. Asafa Jalata | Director of Institutional Research and Assessment, Lee University |
| Tobin Walton (2014) |
Self, Society, & Environment in the 21st Century: The Development and Assessment of an Ecological Identity Scale | Dr. Robert E. Jones | Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville |
| Sarah Whiteford (2010) |
Adolescent Female Substance Use: An Examination of Male Peer Influences and Parental Control | Dr. Suzanne Kurth |
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Hartwick College |
M.A. Graduates
| Name (Year) | Thesis | Committee Chair |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth East (2012) |
The Politics of Protection and Promotion: The Case of the Coal Industry in Environmental Politics | Dr. Robert (Bobby) Jones |
| George Gondo (2011) |
Mediating Justice: Toward A Critical-Reflexive Sociology | Dr. Harry F. Dahms |
| Liam Hysjulien (2012) |
Growing a Local Movement: New Social Movements, Food, and Activism | Dr. Jon Shefner |
| Jenna Lamphere (2012) |
Understanding Biotechnology: Conceptualizing and Measuring US Public | Dr. Robert (Bobby) Jones |
| Larry Long (2011) |
Education & Crime: A Study in Student Perceptions of Culpability | Dr. Stephanie A. Bohon |
| Rahim Manji (2011) |
Looking at Bystanding Through the Lens of Criminological Theory | Dr. Lois Presser |
| Zach McKenney (2013) |
Who Supports Labor? The Intersection of Race and Skill in Union Campaigns | Dr. Jon Shefner |
| Steven Panageotou (2012) |
The Global Debt Minotaur: An Analysis of the Greek Financial Crisis | Dr. Jon Shefner |
| Kayla Stover (2013) |
I am Working for the Good Guys:" Street-Level Enforcement of the Clean Water Act in East Tennessee | Dr. Sherry Cable |
| William V. Taylor (2012) |
Short-Term Missions: Reinforcing Beliefs and Legitimating Poverty | Dr. Stephanie A. Bohon |
| Shane Willson (2011) |
The Financial Crisis as an Expression of Macrohistorical Trends: World Hegemony, Neoliberal Globalization, and Financialization in 21st Century Capitalism | Dr. Jon Shefner |
| Nicholas Zeller (2012) |
New Means, Old Ends? World Bank Governmentality in Thailand and Lao People's Democratic Republic | Dr. Paul K. Gellert |