Department of Sociology

Geri Hendrix, Ph.D.

Committee Chair: 

Committee:

Shelly McGrath, Ph.D.

Currently: 

Committee Chair: Dr. Michelle Miller

Committee:

Melissa Powell-Williams, Ph.D.

"Experiential Commensurability and Identity Correspondence: Examining Deaf Culture Movement Collective Identity in the United States"

Currently: Assistant Professor in the department of Sociology, Criminal Justice, and Social Work at Augusta State University

Committee Chair: Dr. Robert D. Benford

Committee: Dr. Darren Sherkat, Dr. Jennifer Dunn, Dr. Thomas Calhoun,

Todd Powell-Williams, Ph.D.

Currently: Assistant Professor in the department of Sociology, Criminal Justice, and Social Work at Augusta State University

Committee Chair: Dr. Robert D. Benford

Committee: Dr. Darren Sherkat, Dr. Jennifer Dunn, Dr. Thomas Calhoun, and Paul Menkis

Danielle Estes, MA

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Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, SIUC

Nicole Gilmore, MA

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Holly Haywood, MA

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Ruth A. Chananie-Hill, Ph.D.

"Framing and Collective Identities in the Legal Setting: Comparing Interracial Marriage and Same-Sex Marriage."

Currently:  Visiting Professor, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana

Committee Chair: Dr. Robert D. Benford

Committee: Dr. Jennifer Dunn, Dr. Thomas C. Calhoun, Dr. Kathryn Ward, Dr. Alice Noble-Allgire

Addrain S. Conyers, Ph.D.

"Manifold Deviants: Labeling and Identity Management among Persons Possessing Multiple Spoiled Identities"

Currently:  Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, SUNY Brockport

Committee Chair: Dr. Thomas C.Calhoun

Committee: Dr. Rob Benford, Dr. Jennifer Dunn, Dr. Derek Martin, Dr. Martha Henderson

Wan Kamal WanNapi, Ph.D.

"The Islamization of Politics in Malaysia: How Religious Politicl Opportunities and Threats Influence Religious Framing and Counterframing"

Committee Chair: Dr. Darren Sherkat

Committee: Dr. Rob Benford, Dr. William S. Turkley, Dr. Thomas Burger, Dr. Mark Schneider

Jessica Abbott, MA

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Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, SIUC

Kylan Mattias de Vries, MA

"Exclusion/Inclusion in Developing Collective Identity: the Experience of black Transgenders in the Southern U.S."

Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, SIUC

Kristie Lipford, MA

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Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, SIUC

LaSheila S. Williams, MA

"How Do Women Negotiate Sexual Relationships and Reproduction in the Age of AIDS?"

Rifat Akhter, Ph.D.

"Global Economy, Gender Equality, And Domestic Violence: A Cross-National Study"

Currently:  Tenure-track Assistant Professor at the University of Central Arkansas

Committee Chair: Dr. Kathryn Ward

Committee: Darren Sherkat, Michelle Miller, Vincent Lacey, and M. Joan McDermott

Stacia J. Creek, MA

"IN THE LORD'S ARMY?: FAITH BASED MOTIVATION IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY"

Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, SIUC

Jacob Jantzer, MA

"ORGANIZATIONS IN TENSION; FRAMING RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT IN COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY WEB PAGES"

Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, SIUC

Shyamal Kumar Das, Ph.D.

"The Impact of Economic Reform Programs on Women in Developing Countries:A Test of Four Views"

Currently:  Assistant Professor, Minot State University

Dorothy R. DeBoer, Ph.D.

"THE GOOD MOTHER An Examination of Mothers of the Mentally Ill and the Validation of Social Identity"

Currently:  Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

Robert B. Jenkot, Ph.D.

"An Ethnographic Examination of Women Involved with Methamphetamine"

Currently:  Assistant Professor, Dept. of Criminal Justice, University of Alabama Tuscaloosa

Nicole Elizabeth Rader, Ph.D.

"Women Doing Fear:Applying the Doing Gender Frame Work To Fear of Crime for Women"

Currently:  Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Mississippi State University

Nadia Amin, MA

"Gender, Migration andWork: Experiences of Pakistani Immigrant Women"

Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, SIUC

Stephen Hagan, MA

"The Rhetoric of Computer Hacking:A Social Constructionist Analysis of Computer Hacking in the New York Times 1980-1999"

Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, SIUC

Melissa Powell, MA

"Role Transformation as Emotion Management:A Qualitative View of Advocacy"

Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, SIUC

Jamie Royal, MA

"Redneck Woman"

Hakan Arikan, Ph.D.

"The Impacts of Domestic and International Dynamics on Turkish National Identity:FP and MHP’s Approach to the European Union"

Currently:  Teaching in Turkey

Mary Lee O'Hara, Ph.D.

"Let It Fly: The Legacy of Helen Bass Williams"

Currently:  Associate Professor, John A. Logan College

Reshmi Chowdhury, MA

"Resisting Brothel Eviction:Injustice and the Sex Worker’s Movement in Bangladesh"

Continuing education in Louisiana

Todd E. Bernhardt, Ph.D.

"Mechanisms of Class Reproduction:Parental Acquaintance Network Diversity, Occupational Socialization, and Middle School Students’ Mathematical Performance"

Currently:  Assistant Professor, Broward Community College

Curt Ricky Blakely, Ph.D.

"Contemporary Punishment in the Private Prison: Implications of Prisoner and Staff Commodification"

Currently:  Assistant Professor, Dept. of Political Science and Criminal Justice, University of South Alabama

Martha J. Heltsley, Ph.D.

"From Lollipops to Lolita: The Making of the Pageant Child"

Currently:  Criminal Justice Professor, Blackburn College

Jason J. Leiker, Ph.D.

"Fear of Crime in the City:A Multivariate Analysis of Perceptions of Community Safety in Twelve Cities"

Currently:  Lecturer, Dept. of Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology, Utah State University

Ahmet Uysal, Ph.D.

"The Framing of Political Inclusion and Exclusion:Media, State, and Islamic Party Interactions in Turkey, 1995-1998"

Currently: Teaching in Turkey

Tim Cullinane, MA

"The Drug War as the New Jim Crow"

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Addrain Conyers, MA

"Dual Deviants: The Balancing Act of Blacks in Graduate School"

Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, SIUC

Gregory Raymond Maddox, MA

"Changing the Life of the Law; Social Movement Organizations, Framing Processes, and Amicus Curiae Participation in Homosexual Civil Rights Cases Before the Supreme Court"

Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, SIUC

Suzanne Marie Stoelting, MA

"Our Indian:" Personal Accounts Concerning the Use of a Native American High School Mascot

Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, SIUC

Jennifer M. Allen, Ph.D.

"The Construction and Transformation of Victim Identity in Victim Impact Panels"

Currently:  Assoc. Professor, Western Il Univ., Dept. of Law Enforcement, Admin. Justice

Janet S. Armitage, Ph.D.

"The Immigration Reform Movement in the Contemporary United States: The Organization of a Movement"

Currently:  Associate Professor, St. Mary’s University

John G. Boulahanis, Ph.D.

"Mapping Out the Fear: The Spatial Distribution And Social Construction of Juvenile Homicides"

Currently:  Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Southeastern Louisiana University

Charles M. Brown, Ph.D.

"The Culture of Culture Industries: Art, Commerce, and Faith in the Christian Retailing and Entertainment Industry"

Currently:  Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Albright College

Jeffrey W. Durbin, Ph.D.

"Testing Testing: Cultural Capital and High-Stakes Testing at Jackson High School"

Currently:  Instructional Specialist/Fellow, Chicago Public Schools/Northwestern University

Heather Smith Feldhaus, Ph.D.

"Forms of Capital and the Achievement Aspirations of High School Students"

Currently:  Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology, Social Work, and Criminal Justice, Center for Human Services, Bloomsburg University

Christopher D. Rose, Ph.D.

"Educational Participation Inside Prison: Who Participates And Why"

Currently:  Assistant Professor, Criminal Justice Program, Public Affairs Dept., University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

David S. Sizemore, Ph.D.

"The Dynamics of Ethnic Adaptation and Maintenance: The Process of Hispanic Integration in a Rural Midwestern Community"

Currently:  Research Coordinator, Texas Lottery Commission

April K. Bartnick, MA

"Eco-Terrorism" As A Social Problem: Connecting Rhetorical Strategies And Domain Expansion

Employed by a law firm in Carbondale, IL

AKM Saiful Islam, MA

"Migration and Empowerment of Women in Bangladesh"

Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, SIUC

Fahmida Rahman, MA

"Garment Workers Female Workforce Empowerment In Bangldesh"

Continuing Ph.D. student, Health Education, SIUC

Frances Rodriguez, MA

"Dominicanos/Americanos: The Formation of a Transnational Identity"

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Michael Todd Tones, MA

"High Notoriety Inmates And Identity Management"

Certified Licensed Addiction Counselor, Wilderness Treatment Center

Aleta Top Gustavson , MA

"Structural Properties of White Supremacy Networks on the Internet"

Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, SIUC

Rebecca Donna, Ph.D.

"The Effect of Organizational Change on Correctional Officers"

Currently:  Director, Criminal Justice, Illinois Valley Community College, Ogelsby, Il

Tim J. Kubal, Ph.D.

"Collective Memory and Social Change: Framing Christopher Columbus"

Currently:  Assistant Professor, Sociology Dept., California State University

Charles A. Ubah, Ph.D.

"Correctional Education and Recidivism: A Study of the Effects of the Elimination of Pell Grants for Correctional Education Programs"

Currently:  Assistant Professor, Department of Government & Sociology, Georgia College and State University

Fawaz O.F. Alanezi, MA

"Structure, Agency, and Structuration Theories: An Analysis of Agency And Human Action From Their Perspectives"

Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, SIUC

Sara Burge, MA