Graduate Degrees Awarded
12 students in the Department of Sociology were awarded graduate degrees.
Korleki Ashong, PhD
Dissertation title: “Unpacking Ghana’s Punitiveness: A Narrative Analysis”
Rose Diaz, PhD
Dissertation title: “Whiteness, Imperialism, and Cultural Production: Unveiling U.S. Influence in Post-Dictatorial Chilean Society”
Diego Taboada, PhD
Dissertation title: “Pentrification: Gentrification and the Carceral Geographies of Racial Capitalism”
Álvaro Germán Torres Mora, PhD
Dissertation title: “Cattle Ranching and Deforestation in Colombia: The Impact of Conflict, Land protection, and Uneven Development”
Lexi DeBusk, MA
Thesis title: “News Media Constructions of School Shootings in the Contemporary United States”
Sarah Cooper
Thesis title: “From Coal to Cops: Examining the Transformation of Union Solidarity into Policing in Appalachian Communities”
Fran Gerbic, MA
Thesis title: “Nothing About Us Without Us: The Struggle for Public Education”
Chasidy Harris, MA
Thesis title: “Narratives of Fear and Resistance: LGBTQ+ Visibility and Media Power in Contemporary America”
Shaylee Hodges, MA
Thesis title: “Fallout: Galvanizing Attention Toward Slow Violence and Environmental Injustice”
Tani Islam, MA
Thesis title: “Do Environmental NGOs Matter? Correlations between eNGO Operational Years and CO2 Emissions in U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas”
Dler Awsman, MA
Thesis title: “Democracy in the Margins: The Case of Iraq as an External Critique of Liberal Democracy”
Kimmie Haliburta, MA
Thesis title: “Who Let the Dogs Out? A Study of Rural Gentrification, Roaming Dogs, and Community Conflict”