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Current Graduate Students

Our New Graduate Students in 2007

Top, from left to right : Caitlin Wilcox, Nyaunu Stevens, Daniel Lennox, Nikki McGary , and Annie Wisnesky
Bottom, from left to right :   Dinur Blum, Ranita Ray, Nicholas Koenig, and Chandra Waring .
Not in the picture
: Ade Oshodi and Barbara Gurr .

 

Name

Education

Interest

Acosta, Katie

5th year

212 Manchester Hall

Katie.acosta@uconn.edu

860-486-4428

MA, University of Connecticut
BA, CUNY Hunter College

Immigration, Sexuality,

Gender, Racism

Barnes, Medora

6th year

10B Manchester Hall

Medora.barnes@uconn.edu

860-486-4073

MA, University of Connecticut
BA, Trinity College

Family and Work, Gender,

Culture, Qualitative

Methods

Beeman , Angie

7th year

324 Manchester Hall

angie.beeman@uconn.edu

860-486-3882

MA, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
BA, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Race, Gender, Media, Social

Movements

Bledsoe, Ayanna

3rd year

1G Manchester Hall

ayanna.bledsoe@uconn.edu

860-486-3379

Blum, Dinur

1st year

1H Manchester Hall

dinur.blum@gmail.com

860-486-3105

BA, University of California , Davis

Law, Criminology, Delinquency,

Deviance, Sports, Media

Bogardus , Lisa

2nd year

1A Manchester Hall

lisa.bogardus@uconn.edu

860-486-1422

JD, Columbia University School of Law

BA, Indiana University

Gender, Sexuality, Information and Communication

Technology

Brown, Krysten

2nd year

212 Manchester Hall

krysten.brown@uconn.edu

860-486-4428

BA, Hunter College City University of New York

Medical Sociology, Social

Inequality, Racism

Burke, Mary

7th year

124 Manchester Hall

mary.burke@uconn.edu

860-486-3867

MA, University of Connecticut

BA, Western Connecticut State University

Gender, Sexuality, Social

Movements, Queer and

Feminist Theory, Sociology of Medicine and Mental Health

Gauchat , Gordon

5th year

9 Manchester Hall

Gordon.gauchat@uconn.edu

860-486-5332

http://gordongauchat.blogspot.com/

BA, University of Connecticut , 2003
MA, University of Connecticut , 2006

Economic Sociology, Political

Sociology, Public Opinion/

Public Understanding

of Science, Sociological

Theory

Gill, Jungyun

5th year

1G Manchester Hall

jungyungill@hotmail.com

860-486-3379

MA, Korea University

BA, Dongguk University

Sociology of the Family,

Gender, Intersectionality ,

Social Movements

Giovanelli , Dina

4th year

124 Manchester Hall

dinagiovanelli@sbcglobal.net

860-486-3867

MS, Southern Connecticut State University
BS, Southern Connecticut State University

Fat Studies, Sociology of

the Body, Gender, Social

Inequality, Intersectionality ,

Sexuality, Feminist Theory,

Institutional Ethnography

Gurbuz , Mustafa

3rd year

317 Manchester Hall

mustafa.gurbuz@uconn.edu

860-486-9398

MA, Bilkent University, 2004, Ankara , Turkey
BA, Bilkent University, 2002, Ankara , Turkey

Political Sociology,

Identity and Discourse,

Symbolic Politics,

and Social Movements

Gurr , Barbara

1st year

10A Manchester Hall

Barbara.gurr@uconn.edu

860-486-8436

MS, English Education, Southern Connecticut State University

MA, Women's Studies, SCSU

Secondary Certification, English and Social Studies, SCSU

BA, University of Connecticut

Gender, Feminist Theory

and Methods, Race/Ethnicity,

Violence, Religion

Gusrang , Jamie

3rd year

1B Manchester Hall

Jamie.gusrang@uconn.edu

860-486-5445

MA, University of Connecticut

BS, The College of New Jersey

Gender, Sexuality, Social Psychology, and

Quantitative Methods

Hochschild Jr., Thomas

4th year

9 Manchester Hall

Thomas.hochschild_jr@uconn.edu

860-486-5332

MA, Cleveland State University
BA, Cleveland State University

Social Psychology,

Community and Urban

Sociology, Social

Control and Deviance

Iwata, Miho

2nd year

8A Manchester Hall

miho.iwata@uconn.edu

860-486-5768

Kelly, Maura

3rd year

1E Manchester Hall

maura.kelly@uconn.edu

860-486-4105

MA, University of New Hampshire
BA, Bates College

Gender, Social Inequality,

Sexualities, Media

Koenig, Nicholas

1st year

10A Manchester Hall

nicholas.koenig@uconn.edu

860-486-8436

Kremelberg , David

2nd year

317 Manchester Hall

david.kremelberg@uconn.edu

860-486-9398

MA, University of Miami
BA, Binghamton University

Sexuality, Deviance,

Quantitative Methods, Culture,

Social Psychology,

and Moral Panics

Lavin , Melissa

2nd year

213 Manchester Hall

Melissa.lavin@uconn.edu

860-486-3364

MS, Southern Connecticut State University , 2006
BA, University of Colorado Boulder , 2003

Deviance, Medicalization , Qualitative Methods,

Social Theory,

Gender and the Body

Lennox, Daniel

1st year

10A Manchester Hall

Daniel.lennox@uconn.edu

860-486-8436

BS, Northeastern University, 2007

Social Theory, Class,

Gender, and Race,

Sociology of Culture

Leventhal -Weiner, Rachel

2nd year

331 Manchester Hall

Rachel.leventhal@uconn.edu

860-486-6410

MA, Teachers College/Columbia University, 2003

BA, Rutgers College , Rutgers University , 2000

Sociology of education,

families, communities,

stratification

Lowe, Travis

2nd year

331 Manchester Hall

travis.lowe@uconn.edu

860-486-6410

BA, University of Maine at Farmington , 2006

Inequality, Social Mobility, Sociological Theory, Urban Sociology

Majumdar , Shweta

3rd year

8A Manchester Hall

sweta_majumdar@yahoo.com

860-486-5768

MA, International Development, University of Pittsburgh

MA, Jawaharlal Nehru University , India

BA, Lady Shri Ram College , India

Gender, Human Rights,

Social Movements,

Development and 

International Relations

McFarland, Michael

2nd year

1B Manchester Hall

mjm3454@hotmail.com

860-486-5445

BA, Arizona State University

Fertility, Economy,

Demography, and Religion

McGary , Nikki

1st year

10B Manchester Hall

nikkimcgary@gmail.com

860-486-4073

Medina, Sarah

2nd year

1F Manchester Hall

sarah.medina@uconn.edu

860-486-3084

BA, Saint Mary's College (IN)

Sexuality, Gender, Inequality

Missari , Stacy

3rd year

316 Manchester Hall

stacy.missari@uconn.edu

860-486-2805

MA, University of Connecticut

BA, Pennsylvania State University

Gender, Violence against

Women, Feminist Theory,

Qualitative Methods,

Politics of Reproduction

Moonzwe , Lwendo

2nd year

1F Manchester Hall

lmoonzwe@yahoo.com

860-486-3084

Nielsen, Latisha

2nd year

1A Manchester Hall

latisha.nielsen@uconn.edu

860-486-1422

Gender and Sexuality,

Race and Class

Olsen, Kristine

5th year

312 Manchester Hall

kannolsen@aol.com

860-486-3767

MA, University of Connecticut
BA, Eastern Connecticut State University
AS , Three Rivers Community College

Gender, Social Movements

Oshodi , Ade

1st year

1H Manchester Hall

oshodiade@hotmail.com

860-486-3105

Ostertag , Stephen

8th year

323 Manchester Hall

Stephen.ostertag@uconn.edu

860-486-9156

Website : http://homepages.uconn.edu/~sfo00001 /index.html

MA, University of Connecticut
BA, Central Connecticut State University

AA, Castelton State College

Deviant Behavior;

Mass Culture, Media

Peluso , Natalie

5th year

312 Manchester Hall

Natalie_peluso@yahoo.com

860-486-3767

MA, University of Connecticut
BA, University of Connecticut

Sociology of Culture, Queer and Feminist Theory,

Sexuality, Gender,

Sociology of the Body

Ray, Ranita

1st year

1G Manchester Hall

ranita.ray@uconn.edu

860-486-3379

Ross, Lauren Sardi

4th year

316 Manchester Hall

lauren.ross@uconn.edu

860-486-2805

MA, University of Connecticut

BA, Stonehill College

Gender, Sexuality,

Masculinities, Social Psychology, Research

Methods, Feminist Theory

Schwartzman, Jayme

2nd year

213 Manchester Hall

jayme.schwartzman@uconn.edu

860-486-3364

BA, University of Connecticut

Gender, Sexuality, Social

Control, Deviance

Shannon, Deric

4th year

323 Manchester Hall

propaganarchy@hotmail.com

860-486-4073

MA, Ball State University
BA, Ball State University

Anarchism and Anarchist

Theory, Ethnomusicology,

Art as Sociology, Inequality,

Gender/Race/Class

Smith, Cheryl

4th year

1F Manchester Hall

Cheryl_sws@yahoo.com

860-679-7527

Current Position:
Research Assistant 2
Data Manager and Data Analyst
Ethel Donaghue Center for Translating Research into Practice and Policy

MA, University of Akron , 2004
BA, University of Michigan , 2002

Medical Sociology,

Work and Organizations,

Translational Research,

Applied Sociology

Stablein , Timothy

5th year

1E Manchester Hall

timothy.stablein@uconn.edu

860-486-4105

MA, University of Massachusetts Boston
Graduate Certificate in Forensic Services, University of Massachusetts Boston
BS, Bridgewater State College

Youth Homelessness, Deviance, Culture,

Research Methods

Stevens, Nyaunu

1st year

8A Manchester Hall

nyaunustevens@gmail.com

860-486-5768

Volscho , Thomas

6th year

324 Manchester Hall

Thomas.volscho@uconn.edu

860-486-3882

http://homepages.uconn.edu/~twv00001

MA, University of Connecticut , 2004
BA, University of Connecticut , 2002

Racism, "Race," and Ethnic Relations, Political Economy,

and Political Sociology

Waring , Chandra

1st year

8A Manchester Hall

Chandra.waring@uconn.edu

860-486-5768

BA, University of Connecticut

Intersectionality of Race and

Gender, Biracial Identity

Wilcox, Caitlin

1st year

112 Manchester Hall

Caitlin.wilcox@villanova.edu

860-486-0085

Wisnesky , Annie Scola

1st year

1A Manchester Hall

annie.scola.wisnesky@uconn.edu

860-486-1422

Zozula , Christine

3rd year

1B Manchester Hall

christine.zozula@uconn.edu

860-486-5445

BA, Fordham University , 2005

Gender, Qualitative Methods,

Deviance