Department of Sociology
Current Students
Angie Andriot (self & identity, gender and science, sociology of education)
Megan Gilligan (intergenerational ambivalence, parental favoritism, adult sibling relations)
Kimber Hendrix (adolescent obesity)
Jordana Hoegh (transition to parenthood, self and identity, work and family)
Abigail Howard (parent-adult child relations, family caregiving, and social networks)
Soyoung Kwon (work and wellness, orientation toward work)
Lauren Parker (race and health disparities; Black feminism)
Mari Plikuhn (intergenerational transmission of educational values; socialization across the life course; life-long learning)
Karis Pressler (disability and use of assistive technology)
Lindsay Rinaldo (health inequalities and the work-health relationship)
Markus Schafer (social networks in later life, age identity, health inequalities, obesity)
Michael Steinhour (fatherhood in later life, intergenerational exchange)
Elizabeth Sternke (women's infertility, assisted reproductive technologies, embodied identities)
Nicholas Vargas (parent-adult child relations, social networks)
Minle Xu (infertility, marital quality, parent-adult child relations)