Graduate Students
First Year
Tyler Burgese
Research Interests
Social Media, Online Identity, Communication, and Sexuality
Andrew Chelius
Research Interests
Urban sociology, public health, race, gender
Alexis Carrion
Research Interests
Education, Social Inequality, Families, Criminalization in schools, Racial Socialization, Parental Socialization, Housing Segregation
Victoria Vazquez
Research Interests
Mental Health, Higher Education
Genesis Arteta
Research Interests
Sociology of Education, Hispanic Serving Institutions, Immigration, Race and Ethnicity, Quantitative Methods
Nicole Cochran
Research Interests
Gender and Labor
Hana Gebremariam
Research Interests
Social inequalities in health; mental health; higher education
Gina Heller
Research Interests
Gender, Domestic Violence, Race
Second Year
Third Year
Ewa Protasiuk
Research Interests
Work, social inequality, urban sociology, and public policy
Fourth Year and Above
Tariem Burroughs
Research Interests
Medical Education, Community Engagement, Service Learning, Vulnerable Populations
Stanley Collins
Research Interests
Urban Sociology, Race, Political Economy, and Popular Culture
Brandon Fairchild
Research Interests
Homelessness; Poverty; Colonialism; Community
Darion McKinley
Research Interests
International, Survival Sex, Incels
Bethany Kosmicki
Research Interests
Gender & Sexuality; Feminist Theory; Reproduction; Social Movements
Cody Spence
Research Interests
International migration, immigration policy in the United States, quantitative methods
Rachel Wildfeuer
Research Interests
Inequality, Opportunity, Youth, Families