Students on the Market
Mark Pawson
Ph.D.: 2019 (CUNY Graduate Center)
Dissertation Title: Illicit Psychoactive Medication Use: Experiences of Medicalization and Drug Normalization
Postdoc Advisor: Brian Kelly
Research Interests: Substance Use, HIV/AIDS, Medicalization, Drug Legalization, Youth Cultures
Teaching Interests: Medical Sociology, Criminology, Social Problems, Research Methods, Juvenile Delinquency, Drugs and Society
Amy Petts
Ph.D. Expected: 2021
Dissertation Title: Causes and Consequences of Racialized College Admission Practices
Dissertation Committee: Linda Renzulli (Chair), Robin Stryker, Scott Feld, Trenton Mize, Rachel Dwyer (OSU)
Research Interests: Racial Inequality, Racial Identity Formation, Higher Education, Educational Inequality, Neighborhood Segregation, Demographic Transitions, Organizations
Teaching Interests: Race and Ethnicity, Statistical Methods, Sociology of Education, Organizations, Law and Society, Data Visualization and Organization, Survey Design, Inequality, Demography
Elle Rochford
Ph.D. Expected: 2021
Dissertation Title: Troubled Pasts and Filtered Futures: Framing Solidarity, Rights, and Threats across Racial Lines in the Reproductive Justice Movement
Dissertation Committee: Rachel Einwohner (Chair), Robin Stryker, Trenton Mize, Jean Beaman (UCSB)
Research Interests: Social Movements, Race/Ethnicity, Law & Society, Digital Sociology
Teaching Interests: Introduction to Sociology, Social Problems, Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Deviance and Social Control
Marissa Rurka
Ph.D. Expected: 2021
Dissertation Title: The Caregiver Identity in Context: The Consequences of Identity Challenge from Siblings
Dissertation Committee: Jill Suitor (chair), Shawn Bauldry, Kenneth Ferraro, Megan Gilligan, Robin Stryker
Research Interests: Aging and the Life Course, Family Caregiving, Family Relationships and Health, Long-Term Case, Person-and Family-Centered Care, Identity
Teaching Interests: Social Gerontology, Social Science Research Methods, Sociology of Marriage and Family, Medical Sociology, Social Problems
Stephanie Wilson
Ph.D. Expected: 2021
Dissertation Title: "Gender, Race, Class and the Normalization of Women's Pelvic Pain"
Dissertation Committee: Brian Kelly (Chair), Christie Sennott, Trenton Mize, Andrea DeMaria
Research Interests: Medical Sociology, Gender and Intersectionality, Applied Sociology, Provider-Patient Interactions, Medical Decision-Making, Stigma
Teaching Interests: Social Problems, Medical Sociology/Health and Illness, Gender and Society, Race & Ethnicity, Research Methods
