Graduate Student Placements

Doctors Kristin Carbone Lopez, Melissa Weiner, and Christina Falci

Sociology Graduates (L to R), Doctors Kristin Carbone Lopez, Melissa Weiner, and Christina Falci.

  • 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

     January 30th, 2008

  • 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

     October 11th, 2007

  • 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

    June 2nd, 2006

  • 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

     June 1st, 2006

  • 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

     June 1st, 2006

  • 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

     June 1st, 2006

  • 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

     June 1st, 2006

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