Current graduate students
Lady Adjepong
Graduate student
Education
A.B., Princeton University
Interests
gender, race and ethnicity, sexuality, theoryEllyn Arevalo
Graduate student
arevaloellyn@utexas.edu | College of Liberal Arts Building; 2:702B
Education
B.A., St. Olaf CollegeKathleen Averett
Graduate student
kate.averett@utexas.edu | CLA 3rd Floor Sociology Cubicle #38
Education
MDiv, Harvard University
Interests
Gender, Sexuality, Family/Childhood, Intersectionality, Qualitative MethodsJulie Beicken
Graduate student
juliebeicken@gmail.com | Burdine 554
Education
M.A., University of Texas at Austin 2009
Interests
Political sociology, social movements, eugenics, law, the Supreme Court, comparative and historical methodsSarah Blanchard
PRC Graduate Trainee
sfblanchard@utexas.edu | CLA 2.408B
Education
M.A., The University of Texas at AustinEric Enrique Borja
Graduate student
Education
B.A., Whittier College
Interests
Education, Race and Ethnicity, Immigration, Subcultures, GenderLetisha Brown
Graduate Student
Education
B.A., University of Northern Colorado
Interests
Race/Ethnic Relations, The Body, Gender, Health and the Sociology of SportShantel Buggs
Graduate student
sgbuggs@utexas.edu | CLA 3rd Floor - Cubicle #3
Education
M.A., University of Houston
Interests
Race & Ethnicity; Gender; Sexualities; Mixed-Race Lifecourse; Popular Culture; Intersectionalities; Feminist Theory; Queer Theory; Critical Race Theory; Qualitative MethodologyCaitlyn Collins
Graduate student
Education
M.A., University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Gender; Work; Family; Inequality; Public Policy; Qualitative MethodsElizabeth Cozzolino
Graduate student
elizabeth.cozzolino@utexas.edu | CLA 3rd Floor Sociology Cubicle #7 (east of CLA 3.306)
Education
B.A., Temple University
Interests
Gender, Labor, Politics, Sociology of Emotions, Economic SociologyJacinto Cuvi Escobar
Graduate student
Interests
Latin America, Development Economics, Urban SociologyMaria Davis
Graduate student
mariagdavis@utexas.edu | 232-6337 (During Office Hours) | CLA 4.616
Interests
Religion, Religion and Health, Latin AmericaMolly Dondero
Graduate student
mdondero@utexas.edu | CLA 2.616
Education
M.A., University of FloridaDavid Glisch-Sanchez
Graduate student
Education
M.P.P., University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Interests
Sociology of Race, Gender, Sexuality and Class; Sociology of Violence; Latin@ Studies, Feminist Theory, Queer of Color CritiqueHyun Jeong Ha
Graduate student
hjha@mail.utexas.edu | BUR 602
Education
M.A., Seoul National University
Interests
Political Sociology, Gender, Ethnic Groups and Nationalism, Comparative and Historical Method, Middle EastRobyn Keith
Graduate student
robynakeith@utexas.edu | CLA 3rd Floor
Education
B.A., Arizona State University
Interests
Friendship; Social Isolation; Social Networks and Social Capital; Gender and Sexuality; Race and Ethnicity; Culture; TheoryKristine Kilanski
Graduate student
kristine.kilanski@gmail.com | College of Liberal Arts
Education
M.A., University of Texas at Austin
Interests
gender, racial, and class inequality; work; neoliberalism; urban poverty; the criminal justice system; ethnographic methods; feminismsYujin Kim
Graduate student
yjkim@utexas.edu | 512 471 7778 | CLA 2.408D
Education
M.A., Korea UniversityJoseph Lariscy
PhD Candidate, PRC Graduate Student Trainee
jlariscy@prc.utexas.edu | CLA 2.622D
Education
MA, University of Texas at AustinJinwoo Lee
Graduate student
jwlee@prc.utexas.edu | Main 1706
Education
M.A., Korea University
Interests
Social Relationships and Health, Religion and Health, Social Psychology, Medical Sociology, Family Sociology, Aging and Life Course, and Quantitative Research MethodAmy Lodge
Graduate Student
AmyLodge@utexas.edu | CLA 2.614
Education
M.A., University of Texas at Austin
Interests
health and well-being, aging and the life course, family, gender, race/ethnicity, sexuality, the bodyHernan Manzelli
Graduate student
Education
M.A., Latinamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLASCO, Argentina)Jennifer Melvin
Graduate student
jmelvin@utexas.edu | CLA 622B
Education
M.A., University of FloridaYuka Minagawa
PhD Candidate; PRC Graduate Student Trainee
Education
M.A., Harvard University
Interests
Medical sociology; Social demography; Aging; Socio-economic transition from communism in East Central Europe and the former Soviet UnionPatricia Murrieta
Graduate student
murrisp4@mail.utexas.edu | University of Guadalajara, Mexico
Education
M.A. Latin American Studies, University of TexasPamela Neumann
Graduate student
pneumann@utexas.edu | BUR 602
Education
M.A., Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Gender, political sociology, development, Latin America, ethnography, feminist theoryNina J Palmo
Graduate student
npalmo@utexas.edu | Burdine 524
Education
M.S., The University of Texas at AustinAdrian Popan
Graduate student
adi_popan@yahoo.com | BUR 602
Education
M.A., Texas Tech University, 2009Juan Portillo
Graduate student
Education
PhD, Sociology (class of 2016), The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Chicana feminism, decolonial methodologies, college students, mediaKate Prickett
Graduate student
kate.prickett@utexas.edu | 512-471-0069 | CLA 2.406B
Education
M.P.Aff., The University of Texas at AustinAida Isela Ramos-Wada
Graduate student
Education
M.A., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Education, Religion, Sociology of Mexican-Americans, Ethnography, Mixed MethodsKristen Redford
Graduate Student
kredford@utexas.edu | BUR 602
Education
B.A., University of Massachusetts, AmherstSarah Reed
PhD Candidate and Research Fellow
sjreed@mail.utexas.edu | TNH 3.116
Education
MPhil, University of CambridgeNicholas E. Reith
PRC Graduate Student Trainee
nreith@utexas.edu | 646-821-1880
Education
M.A., Georgetown UniversityBrandon Robinson
Graduate student
barobinson@utexas.edu | CLA 3rd Floor - Cubicle #25
Education
B.A., American University
Interests
Sexualities; Gender; Race & Ethnicity; Health & HIV/AIDS; Spatialities; Qualitative MethodologiesIsaac Sasson
PhD Candidate; PRC Graduate Student Trainee
isasson@prc.utexas.edu | CLA 2.620B
Education
M.A., M.S., University of Texas at AustinNeveen Shafeek Amin
Graduate student
neveen@utexas.edu | BUR 554
Education
M.A., The University of Texas at AustinVivian Shaw
Graduate student
vivianshaw@utexas.edu | CLA 3rd Floor
Education
M.A., University of Texas at Austin
Interests
Race/Ethnicity; Gender; Asian & Asian American Studies; Science & Technology; Digital Media; Memory & Trauma; Ethnography; Qualitative Methods; Japan; TaiwanDara R Shifrer
Graduate student
Dara.Shifrer@rice.edu | 512-203-3748
Education
PhD, August 2012, The University of Texas at AustinChelsea Smith
Graduate student
chelsea.c.smith@utexas.edu | CLA 2.406G
Education
B.A., Rice UniversityEmily Spangenberg
Graduate student
Education
M.A., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests
environmental health, citizenship, Latin America, political sociology, ethnographyOri Swed
Graduate student
oriswed@utexas.edu | 512-4718452 | CLA 4.612
Interests
Sociology of Conflict, Culture, Historical Comparative Studies, Political Sociology, Theory, Middle East, AfricaNicholas Szczech
Graduate student
nicholas.szczech@utexas.edu | CLA 3.C34
Education
B.A., Marquette University
Interests
Gender; Sexuality; the Body and Embodiment; Qualitative Methodologies; Feminist TheoryMieke Beth Thomeer
Graduate student
mbthomeer@utexas.edu | 512-232-1711 | MAIN 1808
Education
M.A., The University of Texas at AustinChristine Wheatley
Graduate student
Education
M.A., Colorado State University
