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Home > Graduate Program : Graduate Student Placements

Graduate Student Placements

The University of Minnesota's Department of Sociology is proud of the positions its recent Ph.D. graduates have attained. By clicking below on the names of most former students, a user will be directed to the faculty member's web page at the institution where he or she is currently employed. Please forward all broken/incorrect links to the Webmaster.

2009

Xinxiang Chen (Ph.D. 2009) Research Associate III, The National Strategic Planning & Analysis Research Center, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS

2008

Chika Shinohara (Ph.D. 2008) Tenured Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Momoyama Gakuin University, Osaka, Japan.

Samantha Ammons (Ph.D. 2008) Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Nebraska-Omaha, Omaha, NE

Paul Croll (Ph.D. 2008) Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL

Heather Hlavka (Ph.D. 2008) Assistant Professor, Department of Social and Cultural Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI

Rehema Kilonzo (Ph.D. 2008) Assistant Professor, University of Dodoma, Dodoma, Tanzania

Pao Lee (Ph.D. 2008) Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice, University of Wisconsin - River Falls, River Falls, WI

2007

Joyce Bell (Ph.D. 2007) Assistant Professor, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Brian Dill (Ph.D. 2007) Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne, Urbana, IL

Jun Jin (Ph.D. 2007) Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Sociology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, PRC.

Jennifer Lee (Ph.D. 2007) Assistant Professor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Fortunata Songora Makene (Ph.D. 2007) Assistant Professor, Worcester State College, Worcester, MA

Ana Pereira (Ph.D. 2007) Assistant Professor, California State University, Northridge

Sara Wakefield (Ph.D. 2007) Assistant Professor, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA

2006

Kristin Carbone-Lopez (Ph.D. 2006) Assistant Professor, University of Missouri, St. Louis

Christina D. Falci (Ph.D. 2006) Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Katja Guenther (Ph.D. 2006) Assistant Professor, University of California, Riverside

Andrew Odubote (Ph.D. 2008) Assistant Professor, Bethel University, St. Paul, MN

Melissa Weiner (Ph.D. 2006) Assistant Professor, Quinnipiac University

Darren Wheelock (Ph.D. 2006) Assistant Professor, Marquette University

2005

Timothy Clark (Ph.D. 2006) Assistant Professor, Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida, Gainsville

Murat Ergin (Ph.D. 2004) Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Koc University, Istanbul

Francisco J. Granados (Ph.D. 2005) Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Southern Methodist University

Denise Hesselton (Ph.D. 2007) Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Minnesota-Duluth

Margaret A. Holmes (Ph.D. 2005) Senior Research Analyst, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Washington, D.C.

Ryan King (Ph.D. 2005) Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Albany

Michael Massoglia (Ph.D. 2005) Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Penn State University

Wendy Moore (Ph.D. 2005) Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Texas A&M

Coleman Msoka (Ph.D. 2005) Assistant Professor, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Andrew State (Ph.D. 2005) Associate Professor, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

2004

Switbert Kamazima (Ph.D. 2004) Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health and Social Sciences, Muhimbili University, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Erik Larson (Ph.D. 2004) Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Macalester College

Jeremy Staff (Ph.D. 2004) Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Penn State

Hui Wilcox (Ph.D. 2004) Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, College of St. Catherine

2003

Melissa Thompson (Ph.D. 2003) Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Portland State University

Amy Blackstone (Ph.D. 2003) Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Maine

2002

Peter Hennen (Ph.D. 2002) Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Ohio State University-Newark

Sara Dorow (Ph.D. 2002) Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Alberta

Song Yang (Ph.D. 2002) Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Arkansas-Fayetteville