Ph.D. Job Candidates

The Department of Sociology is pleased to present its current job market candidates. The candidates' dissertation titles, supervisors, and webpages with links to their CVs can be found below. For any questions concerning the students or for further assistance in contacting prospective candidates, please contact the Department at (512) 232-6300 or the candidates directly.

Kristen L. Burke, Ph.D. 2024
Dissertation: "Employment and Fertility in the Contemporary United States"
Supervisor(s): Kelly Raley, Abigail Weitzman

Faith M. Deckard, Ph.D. 2024
Dissertation: "Bonded: How Commercial Bail Entangles Families Through Money and Risk"
Supervisor(s): Javier Auyero

Upasana Garnaik, Ph.D. 2024
Dissertation: "Between the Home and the Law: Indian Women's Experiences in Family Disputes"
Supervisor(s): Sharmila Rudrappa

Molly Kudym, Ph.D. 2024
Dissertation: "Unpacking the Experiences of Changing Practices in Introductory Math and Science Courses: Evidence from a Faculty Mindset Fellowship"
Supervisor(s): Chandra Muller

Chen Liang, Ph.D. 2024
Dissertation: "Organizing Asian Americans’ Political Participation and Incorporation in a Southern Metropolis"
Supervisor(s): Sharmila Rudrappa

Kimberly McErlean, Ph.D. 2024
Dissertation: "The Gendered Division of Labor and Marital Transitions Across the Socioeconomic Spectrum"
Supervisor(s): Kelly Raley, Jennifer Glass

Isabel H. McLoughlin Brooks, Ph.D. 2024
Dissertation: "Too Darn Hot and Dry: Understanding the Impacts of Weather Pattern Change on Dimensions of Fertility in Sahelian West Africa"
Supervisor(s): Abigail Weitzman

Andrew Messamore, Ph.D. 2024
Dissertation: "Landlords and Urban Housing Movements after the Great Recession"
Supervisor(s): Pamela Paxton

Randi Saunders, Ph.D. 2024
Dissertation: "Invisible Injuries: Young Adult Intimate Violence Victimization and Life Course Patterns of Social Integration and Allostatic Load"
Supervisor(s): Bridget Goosby

Jared Thorpe, Ph.D. 2024
Dissertation: "Exploring the Dynamic Association Between Parental Divorce and Mental Health Trajectories from Adolescence through Adulthood: A Life Course Perspective"
Supervisor(s): Robert Crosnoe, Shannon Cavanagh, Lauren Gaydosh, Kara Joyner

Kathryn Wiley, Ph.D. 2024
Dissertation: "Navigating the Financial Margins: An Intersectional Approach to Middle Class Black Women’s Wealth Building"
Supervisor(s): Sharmila Rudrappa

More information will be posted as available.