Marta Ascherio
Graduate student
Education: M.Sc., University of Vermont
Interests: political sociology, immigration, crime
Riad Azar
Graduate student
riadazar@utexas.edu |
3.214D
Education: MSc Political Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science
Interests: political, economic, and historical sociology, organized crime, illicit politics
Nino Bariola
Graduate student
nbariola@utexas.edu |
RLP 3.214D
Education: M.A., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: economic sociology, sociology of culture, political sociology, work and organizations, inequality, food, ethnography
Monica Bhatia
Graduate student
Education: B.S. Sociology, Northeastern University
Interests: Gender, Sexuality, Queer Theory, Feminist Theory, Social Movements, Critical Race Theory
Lindsay Bing
Graduate student
Education: MSc, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Interests: family demography, incarceration, criminal justice system, surveillance
Eric Enrique Borja
Graduate student
Education: M.A., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Social Media, Social Movements, Collective Action, Race and Ethnicity in Brazil, Political Sociology, Education, Quantitative Methods, Qualitative Methods.
Isabel McLoughlin Brooks
Graduate student
Education: M.C.R.P., Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Kathleen Broussard
Graduate student; PRC Graduate Trainee
rkbroussard@prc.utexas.edu |
RLP 2.620B
Education: M.A., University of Chicago
Interests: Sexual and Reproductive Health, Fertility, Gender, Demography, Social Policy
Kristen Burke
Graduate Student
kristenlburke@utexas.edu |
RLP 2.620B
Education: B.A. Political Science, University of Florida
Interests: Reproductive Health, Family Formation
Caitlin Carroll
Graduate student
caitlin_carroll@utexas.edu |
RLP 3rd Floor, Cube 4
Education: M.A., Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Interests: gender and violence; sexual violence; gender and sexuality; feminist criminology
Hyungmin Cha
PRC Graduate Research Trainee
hyungmin.cha@utexas.edu |
RLP 2.406A
Education: B.A Sociology; M.A Sociology, Yonsei University, South Korea
Interests: Health Disparities, Aging & the Life Course, Family, Gender.
Alison Coffey
Graduate student
alisoncoffey@utexas.edu |
RLP 3.214C - Urban Ethnography Lab
Interests: political sociology, urban sociology, development, social movements, conflict
Kevin Dahaghi
Graduate student
kdahaghi@utexas.edu |
RLP 3rd Floor. Cubicle 7
Education: B.A., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Interests: Inequality; Criminal Justice Contact; Demography; Social Stratification
Faith Deckard
Graduate student
Education: B.S. Biology, Trinity University
Interests: Social Inequality; Debt; Criminal Justice Contact; Social Networks; Health Disparities
Alex Diamond
Graduate student
akdiamond@utexas.edu |
RLP 3rd Floor-Desk 21
Education: M.A., University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Peace Studies, Social Movements, Globalization, Latin America, Political Sociology, Violence, Ethnography.
Guillermo Dominguez Garcia
Graduate student
guillermo.dominguez@utexas.edu |
RLP 3rd floor Cube #37
Education: B.A. Economics and Philosophy, Kalamazoo College
Michelle Eilers
Graduate student
meilers@prc.utexas.edu |
RLP 2.620B
Education: MSc., The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Interests: Reproductive health; demography; health disparities; life course
Ilana Friedman
Graduate student
Education: J.D., M.A., Saint Louis University School of Law
Interests: Crime, Law and Deviance; Policing, Ethnography; Qualitative methods; Sociology of Law; Race and Ethnicity, American Legal History
Michael Garcia
Doctoral Student, PRC Graduate Research Trainee
Education: M.A., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Social Relationships, Health and Well-Being, Gender, Race/Ethnicity, Demography
Upasana Garnaik
Graduate student
ugarnaik@utexas.edu |
RLP 3rd Floor, Cubicle 6
Education: LL.M., Duke University School of Law
Interests: Family, Gender, Sociology of Law, Social Movements
Jess Goldstein-Kral
Graduate student
jgoldsteinkral@utexas.edu |
RLP 3.214B
Education: M.A. Sociology, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Gender, Sexuality, Intimate Relationships, Mixed Methods, Queer Methods
Katherine Hill
Graduate student
Education: Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Social Inequality, Work and Organizations, Economic Sociology, Race and Ethnicity, Research Methods
Rachel Karen
Graduate student
Education: B.A., Brown University
Interests: Economic sociology, status reproduction, public policy, stratification
Andrew Krebs
Graduate student
Education: M.A., DePaul University
Interests: Criminal Justice; Criminology; Law and Society; Organizations and Occupations; Medical Sociology; Mental Health
Molly Kudym
Graduate student
Education: M.A., University of Texas at Austin
Interests: sociology of education, educational stratification and social mobility, teacher training, social psychology, and teacher-student interactions
Karen H. Lee
Graduate student
Education: M.A., University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Race and Ethnicity | Inequality | Immigration
Eldad Levy
Graduate student
Education: M.A., Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Interests: Political Sociology, Cultural Sociology, Violence and Conflict, Latin America, Neoliberalism.
Chen Liang
Graduate student
Education: M.A., Humbolt Universität zu Berlin
Interests: Race and Ethnic Relations, Critical Race Theory, International Migration
Emily Lybbert
PRC Graduate Research Trainee
emily.lybbert@utexas.edu |
RLP 3, Cubicle #1
Education: B.A., Brigham Young University
Interests: Education, Demography, Social Inequality, Sport
Shannon Malone Gonzalez
Doctoral Candidate
Education: M.S., University of Pennsylvania
Interests: Critical Criminology, Policing & Police Violence, Public Policy, Families & Kin/Social Networks, Mixed Methods, Black Feminist Theory & Epistemologies
Alejandro M. Marquez
Graduate student
Education: M.A., MGPS, The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Political Sociology, Social Movements, Labor, Emotions, Immigration, Social Theory
Vrinda Marwah
Graduate student
Education: MA, London School of Economics and Political Science
Interests: Reproductive health and technologies, Gender and labor, Surrogacy, Sexuality, Race and Ethnicity, Qualitative Methodology, Contemporary India, Social Movements, State
Andrew Messamore
Graduate student
Education: M.A., University of Chicago
Interests: Political Sociology, Organizations and Inequality, Civic Associations, Networks
Maria Carolina Mota Pereira Aragao
Graduate student
Education: MSc, Universidade de Brasilia
Interests: Gender, work and family policies; race and ethnicity; Brazil and Latin America
Elizabeth Nimmons
Graduate student
eanimmons@utexas.edu |
RLP 3.306, #29
Education: B.A., Boston College
Interests: international migration, globalization, political sociology, ethnography
Jamie O'Quinn
Graduate student
joquinn@utexas.edu |
RLP 3.214D
Education: M.A., San Francisco State University
Interests: Sexualities; Gender; Critical race, feminist, and queer theories; Qualitative methodologies; Public sociology
Agueda Ortega
Graduate student
agueortega@utexas.edu |
RLP 3rd Floor, Cubicle 16
Education: B.A. Sociology & Latin American Studies, Wesleyan University
Interests: Political Sociology, Environmental Sociology, Latin America, Neoliberalism
Ruijie Peng
Graduate student
ruijie.peng@utexas.edu |
RLP 3.306
Education: PhD, University of Texas at Austin, Department of Sociology
Interests: Labor, gender, race and ethnicity, political sociology, development, political economy, and global sociology.
Lilla Pivnick
Graduate student
Education: M.A., Sociology, University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Gender and Health, Demography, Children and Youth, Education, Work and Occupations
Beth Prosnitz
Graduate student
Education: MA, The New School
Interests: Political Sociology, Social Movements, Citizenship, Gender
Syed Raza
Graduate student
syedraza@utexas.edu |
RLP 3rd Floor — Cubicle 38
Education: MPH, Columbia University
Interests: Theory; Comparative Historical Analysis; Global Ethnography; Political Economy; Power and Understandings
Katie Kaufman Rogers
Doctoral Candidate
katierogers@utexas.edu |
RLP 3.214D
Education: M.A., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Gender, Sexualities, Race & Ethnicity, Work Inequality, Drug Policy, Feminist Epistemologies, Ethnography
Randi Saunders
Doctoral Student
randi.saunders@utexas.edu |
RLP 2.622L
Education: M.A., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: population health, trauma, family formation, social relationships, emotion work, social neuroscience, coping behaviors
Dominique Scott
Doctoral Student, Student Minority Liaison
Interests: race, gender, class, labor, black feminist thought
Carrie Sheehan
Graduate student
carriesheehan@utexas.edu |
RLP 3rd Floor — Cubicle 35
Education: B.A., Boston University
Ilya Slavinski
Graduate student
Education: M.S., London School of Economics
Interests: Mass Incarceration, Prison Policy, Race, Inequality
Matthew Snidal
Graduate student
Education: M.A., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Education, School Discipline, STEM Coursetaking
Emily Spangenberg
PhD Candidate
spangenberg@utexas.edu |
RLP 3.214D
Education: M.A., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Environmental Inequality; Ethnography; GIS & Geospatial Analysis; Health; Human Rights; Latin America
Haley Stritzel
Graduate student
haley-stritzel@utexas.edu |
RLP 2.406A
Education: B.A., University of Tulsa
Interests: Family demography, quantitative methods, social stratification, social policy, neighborhood effects, adolescent and child health
Kara Takasaki
Doctoral Candidate
kara.takasaki@utexas.edu |
RLP 2nd Floor Population Research Center 2.702A
Education: M.A., The University of Chicago
Interests: Gender, Race and Ethnicity, Work and Family, Social Welfare Policy, Asian America
Sercan Tas
Graduate student
Education: M.A., Sociology, Boğaziçi University
Interests: Political sociology, political economy, political ecology, urban sociology, rural sociology, social welfare
Felipe Vargas
Doctoral Student
varrio@utexas.edu |
RLP 3rd Floor | Cubicle 11
Education: MSc, Indiana University - Bloomington
Interests: Critical Social Science Research using Demography and Ethnography: Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration; Work and Organizations; Politics, Governance, and Public Policy; Crime, Law, and Deviance; and Comparative-Historical Sociology
Kristopher Velasco
Graduate student
krisvelasco@utexas.edu |
RLP 3rd Floor | #33
Education: M.A., University of Texas at Austin
Interests: Social Movements, Political Sociology, Transnationalism, Globalization, Sexualities, Quantitative Methods
Mario Venegas
Graduate student
Interests: Social Movements, Political Sociology, Race and Ethnicity, Comparative and Historical Sociology
Aida Villanueva
Graduate student
Education: M.A., Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Interests: Gender & Work, Gender & Family Issues, Latin America
Carolyn Waldrep
Graduate student
Education: Juris Doctor, University of North Carolina
Interests: Gender
Yiwen Wang
Graduate student
yiwenwang@utexas.edu |
RLP 2.406G
Education: M.A., Renmin University of China
Interests: Family and Marriage, Gender, Health, Life course, Migration, Race and Ethnicity.
Inbar Weiss
Graduate student
inbar.weiss@utexas.edu |
RLP 3rd Floor. Cube 22
Education: M.A, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Interests: Demography, Formal Demography, Historical Demography, Family, Migration
Kathryn Wiley
Graduate student
Education: MA, University of California- Berkeley
Interests: Wealth Inequality, The Black Middle Class, Social Ties
Maro Youssef
Graduate student
Maro@utexas.edu |
RLP 3.214B
Education: M.A., The George Washington University
Interests: Political Sociology; Ethnography; Gender; Democracy; North Africa and the Middle East
Amy Zhang
Graduate student
amyzhang@utexas.edu |
RLP 2.622L
Education: B.A., The University of Texas at Austin
Interests: social networks, health, gender, race, masculinities
