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2009
Jacob Jantzer, Ph.D.
Currently: Assistant Professor, South Dakota State University.
Committee Chair: Dr. Darren Sherkat
Kristina Anne Dzara, Ph.D.
"An Exploration and Comparison of Indicators of Marital Sexuality as Marital Disruption."
Currently: Researcher III at the SIU School of Medicine.
Committee Chair: Dr. Darren Sherkat
Stephen Hagan , Ph.D.
"IDENTITY MOBILIZATION, AND THE USER-BASED MODEL."
Currently: On the job market
Committee Chair: Dr. Robert D. Benford Committee:
Geraldine M. Hendrix-Sloan, Ph.D.
"INCLUSION, EXCLUSION< AND NEGOTIATION A STUDY OF ESCORT WORKERS AND BOUNDARY-WORK."
Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Minnesota State University Moorhead.
Committee Chair: Dr. Thomas Calhoun
Shelly McGrath , Ph.D.
"STRUCTURAL EXPLANATIONS, NEED OR RURALITY: PREDICTING THE AVAILABILITY OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EMERGENCY SERVICES."
Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Justice Sciences, University of Alabama–Birmingham.
Committee Chair: Dr. Michelle Miller
2008
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.
"Fuel to the Fire: The Social Control of the Western Baptist Church. "
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
Suzanne Stoelting, Ph.D.
"Disclosure As Interaction: Qualitative Analysis of Lesbian Athletes’ Sexual Identity Disclosure in Intercollegiate Sport."
Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences, Fontbonne University.
2007
Ruth A. Chananie-Hill, Ph.D.
"Framing and Collective Identities in the Legal Setting: Comparing Interracial Marriage and Same-Sex Marriage."
Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Criminology, Northern Iowa.
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 Criminal Justice, 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
Teri J. Mason, Ph.D.
"VARIETIES OF CHARISMA: SERIOUS AND UNSERIOUS FORMS OF THE EXTRADORDINARY."
Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Behavioral Sciences, Christian Brothers University (Memphis).
2006
Rifat Akhter, Ph.D.
"Global Economy, Gender Equality, And Domestic Violence: A Cross-National Study"
Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Central Arkansas.
Committee Chair: Dr. Kathryn Ward
Committee: Darren Sherkat, Michelle Miller, Vincent Lacey, and M. Joan McDermott
Changdeog Huh, Ph.D.
"A SPIRAL DYNAMIC BETWEEN MOVEMENT FRAMES AND COUNTER FRAMES WITHIN THE LARGER CULTURAL ENVIORNMENT: A Case Study of the Gunpo Anti-Incinerator Movement in South Korea.'
Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Yeungnam University, South Korea.
Committee Chair: Dr. Robert D. Benford
Committee: Dr. Darren Sherkat, Dr. Jennifer Dunn, Dr. Mark Schneider, and Dr. Jane Adams
William E. Lovekamp, Ph.D.
"GENDER, RACE, ETHNICITY AND SOCIAL CLASS DIFFERENCES IN DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, RISK AND RECOVERY IN THREE EARTHQUAKE-STRICKEN COMMUNITIES"
Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Eastern Illinois University.
Committee Chair: Dr. Darren Sherkat
Committee: Robert Benford, Thomas Calhoun, Kathryn Ward and Dr. John Snyder
2005
Shyamal Kumar Das, Ph.D.
"The Impact of Economic Reform Programs on Women in Developing Countries:A Test of Four Views"
Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Fayetteville State University.
Committee Chair: Dr. Mark Schneider
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
Currently: Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point.
Committee Chair: Dr. Thomas Calhoun
Robert B. Jenkot, Ph.D.
"An Ethnographic Examination of Women Involved with Methamphetamine"
Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Coastal Carolina University.
Committee Chair: Dr. Thomas Calhoun
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
Committee Chair: Dr. Michelle Miller
2004
Fawaz O.F. Alanezi, Ph.D.
"Theoretical Explanations for Variations in Religious Participation Among U.S. Immigrants: The Impact of Nativity, Ethnic Community, Family Structure, and Religious Markets"
Currently: Teaching at Kuwait University
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
Committee Chair: Dr. Rob Benford
Mary Lee O'Hara, Ph.D.
"Let It Fly: The Legacy of Helen Bass Williams"
Currently: Associate Professor, John A. Logan College
Committee Chair: Dr. Kathryn B. Ward
2003
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
Committee Chair: Dr. Mark Schneider
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
Committee Chair: Dr. Thomas Castellano
Martha J. Heltsley, Ph.D.
"From Lollipops to Lolita: The Making of the Pageant Child"
Currently: Criminal Justice Professor, Blackburn College
Committee Chair: Dr. Thomas Calhoun
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
Committee Chair: Dr. Diane Taub
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
Committee Chair: Dr. Darren Sherkat
2002
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
Committee Chair: Dr. James Garofalo
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
Committee Chair: Dr. Rhys Williams
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
Committee Chair: Dr. Kathryn B. Ward
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
Committee Chair: Dr. Joel Best
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
Committee Chair: Dr. Kathryn B. Ward
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
Committee Chair: Dr. Lewellyn Hendrix
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
Committee Chair: Dr. Kathryn B. Ward
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
Committee Chair: Dr. Thomas Burger
2001
Rebecca Donna, Ph.D.
"The Effect of Organizational Change on Correctional Officers"
Currently: Director, Criminal Justice, Illinois Valley Community College, Ogelsby, Il
Committee Chair: Dr. Marc Riedel
Tim J. Kubal, Ph.D.
"Collective Memory and Social Change: Framing Christopher Columbus"
Currently: Assistant Professor, Sociology Dept., California State University
Committee Chair: Dr. Rhys Williams
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
Committee Chair: Dr. Thomas Burger
2009
Kristi Brownfield
"Games and Gamers: Adult Female Gamers and Identity Display"
Continuing SIUC Doctoral Student
Cathy Gould
"Man This Could Have Been Happening All Along: Changing Constructions of Sexual Desire, Masturbation, and Sex Toys and How They Affect Women’s Sexual Scripts."
Continuing SIUC Doctoral Student
Evonnia Woods
"The Social Construction of Lynching Narratives."
Working in St. Louis.
Chair: Dr. Robert Benford.
2008
Danielle Estes, MA
"Understanding Student Parents’ Choices: Culture, Identity and Action."
Continuing SIUC Doctoral Student
Chair: Dr. Robert Benford
Nicole Gilmore, MA
"Preparing for Discharge: Juvenile Sex Offenders in a Residential Treatment Program"
Holly Haywood, MA
"Women Bringing “Class to Class: A Qualitative Study on Women’s lives in Graduate School and Their Identity Negotiations Through Intersections of Inequality."
Continuing Doctoral Student at Ball State University, Indiana.
2007
Jessica Abbott, MA
“Perceived Risk and Severity of Prior Victimization: A Cross-National Analysis.”
Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, SIUC
Chairs: Dr. Michelle Miller, Dr. Rachel Whaley
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
Chairs: Dr. Robert Benford, Dr. Darren Sherkat
Kristie Lipford, MA
"The Effect of Black Nationalism on African American Political Behavior."
Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, SIUC
Chairs: Dr. Darren Sherkat, Dr. Tim Clark
LaSheila S. Williams, MA
"How Do Women Negotiate Sexual Relationships and Reproduction in the Age of AIDS?"
Chairs: Dr. Kathryn Ward, Dr. Rob Benford
2006
S. J. Creek, MA
"IN THE LORD'S ARMY?: FAITH BASED MOTIVATION IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY"
Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, SIUC
Chairs: Dr. Robert Benford, Dr. Darren Sherkat
Jacob Jantzer, MA
"ORGANIZATIONS IN TENSION; FRAMING RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT IN COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY WEB PAGES."
Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, SIUC
Chair: Dr. Jennifer Dunn
2005
Nadia Amin, MA
"Gender, Migration andWork: Experiences of Pakistani Immigrant Women"
Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, SIUC
Chair: Dr. Robert Benford
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
Chair: Dr. Thomas Calhoun
Melissa Powell, MA
"Role Transformation as Emotion Management:A Qualitative View of Advocacy"
Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, SIUC
Chair: Dr. Jennifer Dunn
Jamie Royal, MA
"Redneck Woman"
Chair: Dr. Michelle Miller
2004
Reshmi Chowdhury, MA
"Resisting Brothel Eviction:Injustice and the Sex Worker’s Movement in Bangladesh"
Chair: Dr. Rob Benford
2003
Tim Cullinane, MA
"The Drug War as the New Jim Crow"
Chair: Dr. Rob Benford
Addrain Conyers, MA
"Dual Deviants: The Balancing Act of Blacks in Graduate School"
Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, SIUC
Chair: Dr. Thomas Calhoun
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"
Chair: Dr. Rob Benford
Suzanne Marie Stoelting, MA
"Our Indian:" Personal Accounts Concerning the Use of a Native American High School Mascot
Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, SIUC
Chair: Dr. Rob Benford
2002
April K. Bartnick, MA
"Eco-Terrorism" As A Social Problem: Connecting Rhetorical Strategies And Domain Expansion
Employed by a law firm in Carbondale, IL
Chair: Dr. Rob Benford
AKM Saiful Islam, MA
"Migration and Empowerment of Women in Bangladesh"
Chair: Dr. Kathryn B. Ward
Fahmida Rahman, MA
"Garment Workers Female Workforce Empowerment In Bangldesh"
Continuing Ph.D. student, Health Education, SIUC
Chair: Dr. Kathryn B. Ward
Frances Rodriguez, MA
"Dominicanos/Americanos: The Formation of a Transnational Identity"
Chair: Dr. Kathryn B. Ward
Michael Todd Tones, MA
"High Notoriety Inmates And Identity Management"
Certified Licensed Addiction Counselor, Wilderness Treatment Center
Chair: Dr. Jennifer Dunn
Aleta Top Gustavson, MA
"Structural Properties of White Supremacy Networks on the Internet"
Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, SIUC
Chair: Dr. Darren Sherkat
2001
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
Chair: Dr. Rhys Williams
Sara Burge, MA
"Racial Profiling And Its Many Historical Faces"
Probation Officer, St. Louis, MO
Chair: Dr. Kathryn Ward
2000
Peter D. Collings, MA
"Perceptions of Criminal Offenders"
Chair: Dr. Diane Taub
DaeHoon Han, MA
"The Origin of Juvenile Gang Delinquency: Surveying Major Sociological Orientations"
Continuing Ph.D. student, Sociology, University of Missouri-Columbia
Chair: Dr. Jennifer Dunn
Jeong Hun Choi Hinton, MA
"Family Values in Korea and America"
Continued as a Ph.D. student, Political Science/Sociology, at Northern Il. University, and then joined the military.
Chair: Dr. Lewellyn Hendrix
Patricia Fanflik, MA
"The Brady Law and Its Implications for the Occurrence of Domestic Violence"
Chair: Dr. Kathryn B. Ward
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