Doctoral Student Profiles
Graduates of the Doctoral Program are listed here.
| All - Anthropology - Economics - Pol. Science - Psychology - Sociology - Graduates |
| Jeffrey Albanese - Anthropology |
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| Research Interests: Socio-cultural anthropology; charity and charitable exchange; anthropology of the state; visual culture and media |
| Adriana Aldana - Psychology - Developmental Candidate |
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| Research Interests: a social justice model of youth development; ethnic-racial consciousness development; youth empowerment theory and practice; critical multicultural education; intergroup relations; and the role of segregated context in youth development and socialization |
| Elizabeth Armstrong - Sociology Candidate |
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| Research Interests: social structural dimensions of violence against women; advocates and advocacy organizations; processes of social change |
| Anne Bain-Nordberg - Anthropology Candidate |
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| Research Interests: mental health of Rwandan diaspora population, medical anthropology, mixed methods research, practices of memory and healing, international networks of violence |
| Dissertation Title: The Impact of Theraputic Jurisprudence: A Critical Study of Toronto's Mental Health Court |
| Jean Balestrery - Anthropology Candidate |
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| Research Interests: Aging: social support, intergenerational theory/programming and minority groups including LGBTQ and Alaska Natives; social work practice and mental health; cross-cultural communication and collaboration |
| Dissertation Title: The High Stakes of Service Delivery: A Multi-sited Ethnographic Study Exploring with Alaska Native Elders the Culture-Communication Nexus in Alaska's Community Based Conventional Health and Social Services |
| Emily Bosk - Sociology Candidate |
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| Research Interests: Domestic violence, sociology of childhood, preventative intervention and socio-legal processes |
| Elizabeth Bringewatt - Sociology Candidate |
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| Research Interests: Children's mental health; poverty and inequality; child and family well-being; sociology of childhood; sociology of mental health |
| Dissertation Title: Making Sense of the Label: What Emerging Adults Can Tell Us About Growing Up with a Mental Health Diagnosis. |
| Viktor Burlaka - Psychology - Clinical Candidate |
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| Research Interests: Risk and protective factors for youth; family therapy and social systems; child welfare |
| Rachel Burrage - Psychology - Clinical |
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| Research Interests: Mental health interventions for indigenous groups and in Latin America |
| Matthew Chin - Anthropology Candidate |
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| Research Interests: Socio-cultural anthropology; people of race and mental health; participatory research; political theater |
| Sara Crider - Sociology Candidate |
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| Research Interests: Social psychology; social identities; social inequalities; efficacy of different techniques for sensitivity training; sexualized violence; survivor status as a social identity |
| Mary Catherine Dennis - Sociology Candidate |
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| Research Interests: Issues of race, gender, ethnicity and ability found within American Indian people and tribes; quality of life and health of Native American elders, both in urban areas and on reservations; urban Native elder culture and well-being
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| Dissertation Title: Health Insights of Oglala Lakota Elders: From Wellness to Illness |
| John Doering-White - Anthropology |
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| Research Interests: Transnational migration of indigenous Mexican populations |
| Jonah Douglas-Siegel - Sociology Candidate |
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| Research Interests: Deviance and punishment, criminal justice, community effects of mass incarceration, spatial distribution of crime, felon disenfranchisement, poverty and social welfare policy |
| Elizabeth Dunbar - Psychology - Developmental |
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| Research Interests: Stigma and barriers to mental health services for older adults; geriatric mental health; African American communities |
| Kristen Elmore - Psychology - Social Candidate |
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| Nicolaus Espitia - Sociology |
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| Research Interests: Impact of race and ethnicity on health disparities and social policy |
| Vincent Fusaro - Political Science |
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| Research Interests: Economic inequality, American anti-poverty policy, effect of recession on poverty programs, evaluation of social welfare policy outcomes |
| Adrian Gale - Psychology |
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| Research Interests: Impact of family, neighborhood, and peer influence on children?s academic development |
| Alix Gould-Werth - Sociology Candidate |
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| Research Interests: Job loss, Unemployment Insurance, Economic mobility in poor communities, Policy Evaluation |
| Charles Graham - Psychology Candidate |
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| Claudette Grinnell-Davis - Psychology - Personality Candidate |
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| Research Interests: child welfare assessment and intervention with parents; ecological systems modeling of parental neglectful behavior; community capital, pervasive poverty, and child neglect (both domestic and cross-national); personal spirituality as risk and resilience factor; uses of latent variable modeling in child maltreatment research |
| Ashley Hajski - Psychology |
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| Research Interests: Risk and resilience in the context of poverty, parenting and family, marginalized groups and identities, the role of social support, the effect of stigma on functioning |
| Samantha Hallman - Psychology - Personality Candidate |
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| Jaclynn Hawkins - Sociology Candidate |
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| Research Interests: Racial and economic health disparities, particularly diabetes; health care coverage; culture, social networks and health |
| Elise Hernandez - Psychology - Developmental |
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| Charity Hoffman - Sociology |
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| Research Interests: oral history; youth empowerment through creative expression; intergroup dialogue; race & ethnicity; photography as a sociological tool |
| Babe Kawaii-Bogue - Psychology - Personality |
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| Research Interests: Influence of culture on human development, how psychosocial factors (e.g., ethnic pride, exposure to community violence) influence the achievements, resilience, and mental health of ethnic minorities |
| Hui Yun Kim - Sociology |
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| Research Interests: Urban poverty, crime and punishment, spatial stratification and residential mobility |
| Hyun Jee Kim - Economics Candidate |
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| Research Interests: Long-term care and aging; health care policy; health economics |
| Dissertation Title: Health Care Provider's Behaviors Responding to Payment Incentives: Evidence from Medicare Home Health Care |
| Min Hee Kim - Sociology |
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| Antonette King - Psychology - Personality Candidate |
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| Research Interests: Strategies of prevention, intervention, and remidiations to help underrepresented minorities develop effective coping skills and responses to their environment; mental health disparities that affect the African American population and how these discrepancies may be eliminated by research strategems for program development and evaluation |
| Athena Kolbe - Political Science Candidate |
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| Research Interests: International Social Work, human rights, displaced populations, war and natural disasters, insurgency, locus of control, post traumatic stress disorder |
| Elizabeth Koomson - Anthropology |
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| Research Interests: Capacity building in Ghana; rural development, social welfare programs for Ghanaians |
| Amy Krings - Political Science Candidate |
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| Research Interests: urban politics, race and politics, community organization, social movements, and multicultural education |
| Min Young Kwak - Sociology Candidate |
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| Research Interests: Developmental disabilities; interpersonal violence; family caregiving; long-term care |
| Dissertation Title: The Receipt of Care and Depressive Symptoms in Later Life |
| Ha Yeon Lee - Anthropology |
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| Na Na Lee - Sociology Candidate |
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| Research Interests: Comparative welfare states; labor market policy and social welfare policy; public assistance; social policy focusing on the issues of family and women; social welfare system in which women's participation work activities and child caring can be compatible; improving well-being of children with working parents; approaching these issues with an international perspective. |
| Dissertation Title: Women's employment and childcare leave policy in Korea |
| Na Youn Lee - Political Science Candidate |
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| Research Interests: Child welfare policy; human rights; poverty and family well-being |
| L. Taylor Long - Political Science |
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| Research Interests: International development, poverty and social welfare, ideas and beliefs, childhood, survey research, the Middle East, borders, refugees, safety, political violence and international social work |
| Kristina Lopez - Psychology - Developmental Candidate |
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| Research Interests: Ecological and socio-cultural perspectives on developmental disabilities; racial and ethnic disparities in child mental health |
| Dissertation Title: Sociocultural Perspectives of Latino Children with Autism and their Families |
| John Mathias - Anthropology Candidate |
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| Research Interests: Construction and employment of notions of altruism in advocacy for and against neoliberal reform in Kerala, India; participatory research on the strategy of activists from Kerala's new social movements; documentary filmmaking |
| Patrick Meehan - Political Science |
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| Research Interests: Policies and programs on educational attainments for low income children |
| Lamia Moghnie - Anthropology Candidate |
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| Research Interests: Formal and informal community mental health services for underserved populations; impact of war related stress on mental health |
| Orion Mowbray - Psychology Candidate |
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| Research Interests: Co-occurring mental health and substance use; Mental health service use; Intergroup relations; Social interactions and social networks; Sustaining evidence-based practices Website:
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| Dissertation Title: Factors that promote treatment entry and reduced alcohol use following treatment completion: Social network ties of individuals with alcohol use disorders and goal formation in early treatment for alcohol dependence |
| Sandhya Narayanan - Anthropology |
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| Research Interests: Effects of language on social network in multi-lingual communities |
| Tova Neugut - Psychology - Clinical Candidate |
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| Research Interests: *Promotion of positive parenting and positive partnering *Infant mental health *Impact of and prevention of abuse during pregnancy *Prevention of child abuse and neglect *Prevention of intimate partner violence *Family support and child development programs
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| Ann Nguyen - Psychology |
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| Research Interests: Understanding how individuals are shaped by social factors and contexts; development of interventions at individual, family and community levels |
| Kerri Nicoll - Political Science Candidate |
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| Research Interests: participation in U.S. anti-poverty programs, the politics of U.S. poverty, public opinion about poverty, legal/rights consciousness of those living in poverty |
| Lisa O'Donnell - Psychology |
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| Research Interests: Development of mental health interventions for under-served populations |
| Sojung Park - Psychology - Developmental |
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| Research Interests: Long term care for the elderly; program development |
| Jessuina Perez-Teran - Political Science Candidate |
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| Research Interests: Community building, empowerment and systematic change through mulitcultural organization |
| Lauren Reed - Psychology Candidate |
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| Research Interests: adolescent romantic relationships and sexual socialization; dating violence; the role of media in adolescent sexuality and dating violence; intimate partner violence and family violence; parenting and family systems; intimate partner violence prevention and intervention |
| Katharine Rendle - Anthropology Candidate |
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| Research Interests: Medical Anthropology; Health Social Movements; Feminist Ethnography; Women's Health |
| Elizabeth Rhodes - Political Science Candidate |
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| Research Interests: Social policy, international social welfare, community development; policies affecting women and their effects on children, families, communities, and social development indicators |
| Richard Rodems - Sociology |
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| Marcy Safyer - Psychology Candidate |
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| Paige Safyer - Psychology - Developmental |
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| Research Interests: Parent-infant attachment, family relationships, trauma, and social-emotional development |
| Ninive Sanchez - Psychology - Personality Candidate |
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| Research Interests: Interactions of identity; social environment and behavior; racial discrimination and psycho social functioning; gender and culture |
| Guillermo Sanhueza - Sociology Candidate |
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| Research Interests: Substance abuse; juvenile delinquency; criminology; community leadership |
| Elizabeth Thomason - Psychology - Developmental Candidate |
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| Research Interests: Women and depression; infant mental health |
| Dissertation Title: Maternal Cognitions and Depression during Pregnancy and Postpartum |
| Heather Tidrick - Anthropology Candidate |
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| Research Interests: Influence on shifting state policies on individuals and ethnic communities; Romani education and assimilation/integration issues in Hungary; Hungarian child welfare policy and the development of Romani children in state institutions |
| Amanda Tillotson - Political Science Candidate |
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| Research Interests: the role of race and gender in social policy formulation and implementation; social understandings about poverty; nonprofit administration and management; social policy history; durable disparities in advanced industrial societies; and the intersection of law and social policy |
| Michelangelo Trujillo - Sociology |
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| Research Interests: Historical development of the state; community responses to violence; individual and community narratives |
| Jennifer Tucker - Anthropology Candidate |
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| Maria Wathen - Sociology Candidate |
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| Amy Westmoreland - Psychology - Personality |
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| Research Interests: Bicultural identity, experiences of discrimination among marginalized populations |
| Jessica Wiederspan - Sociology - Social Candidate |
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| Research Interests: Poverty, race, social welfare programs, program evaluation, and how people make sense of economic opportunity and the "American Dream." |
| Abigail Williams - Psychology - Developmental |
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| Research Interests: juvenile justice systems, access of youth with multisystem involvement to mental health and substance abuse services |
| Irene Yeh - Psychology - Social |
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| Research Interests: Intergroup dialogue models and processes; social contexts of privilege and oppression; collaborative action for social justice |
