On the Market Graduate Students

Below you will find information about current UMN Ph.D. candidates now on the job market.

Arturo Baiocchi

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Advisor: Douglas Hartmann and Christopher Uggen
Research Interests: Mental Health and Vulnerable Populations, Race Relations, Life Course and Health Disparities
Dissertation Title: Aging out of Care: Former Foster Youth and the New Culture of Mental Health

Yu-Ju Chien

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Advisor: Joachim Savelsberg
Research Interests: Sociology of Knowledge, Sociological Theory, Science and Technology Studies, Environmental Sociology, Organization Studies, Animal and Human Relationships, Globalization, and Gender Studies
Dissertation Title: Constructing Scientific Knowledge and Policies on Avian Influenza: International Organizations and Global Authoritative Knowledge

Maureen Clark

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Advisor: Penny Edgell
Research Interests: Race/Ethnicity, Culture, Qualitative Methods, Urban Sociology
Dissertation Title: The Social Construction of Urban American Indian Teen Identity in Minneapolis, MN

Keith Cunnien

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Advisor: Joseph Gerteis
Research Interests: Democracy, Political Sociology, Social Movements, Inequality, Family, Work, Efficacy, and Decision-Making
Dissertation Title: The Meaning of Everyday Democracy in Civic, Family, and Work Spheres: A Mixed Methods Study

Shannon Golden

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Advisor: Elizabeth Heger Boyle
Research Interests: Sociology of Law, Peace, war & social conflict, Migration & displacement, Methods, Religion, Race & ethnicity.
Dissertation Title: After Atrocity: Community Reconstruction in Northern Uganda

Timothy Ortyl

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Advisor: Kathleen Hull
Research Interests: Research Interests: Families, Sex and Gender, Sexualities, Race and Ethnicity, Social Stratification, Social Movements
Dissertation Title: Social Marginalization and Patterns of Family Formation

Christopher J. Pappas

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Advisor: Joachim Savelsberg
Research Interests: Culture, Race/Ethnicity, Sexualities, Knowledge, Theory, Qualitative Methods
Dissertation Title: How Hip Hop Became White: Race and Culture in the Twin Cities Hip Hop Scene

Sadie Pendaz

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Advisors: Elizabeth Heger Boyle and Douglas Hartmann
Research Interests: Race/Ethnicity, Immigration, Identity Formation, Civil Law and Social Policy, Social Theory, Culture
Dissertation Title: Cultural Boundaries and African Americans' View towards African Immigrant Entitlements

Raphi Rechitsky

Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Advisor: Ronald Aminzade
Research Interests: Sociology of Migration, Social Movements, Race and Ethnicity, Transnational Sociology, Political Sociology, Qualitative Methods
Dissertation Title: Global Migration, Governance, and Social Exclusion in the Borderlands: The Case of Asylum Seekers in Ukraine