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Dissertations from 2023
Latinx Immigration & the Neo-colonial US Carceral State, Ghazah Abbasi, Sociology
The Past Is A Foreign Country: The Politics Of Reterritorialization In India, Post-1945, Swati Birla, Sociology
DECOLONIZING CITIES: BLACK MOVEMENTS AND TERRITORIES OF LINFE IN BRAZIL, Juliana M. Góes, Sociology
Life/Death: The Jeju Genocide, Necropower, and South Korean Subimperialism, Veda Hyunjin Kim, Sociology
Rethinking Resistance: Overt, Covert, and Emergent Politics of Evaluation in International Development, Elisa Martínez, Sociology
TOLERANCE AND INEQUALITY: HIGH SCHOOL IN THE ANTI-BULLYING ERA, Sarah A. Miller, Sociology
REPRODUCTIVE JOURNEYS OF INDO-CARIBBEAN WOMEN FROM TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO AND GUYANA TO NEW YORK, Tannuja Devi Rozario, Sociology
Who's Your Farmer? How Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality Intersect In Contemporary Agriculture, Rachel Rybaczuk, Sociology
GLOBAL HISTORICAL SOCIOLOGY OF RACE AND THE POLITICS OF KNOWLEDGE BETWEEN LATIN AMERICA AND THE UNITED STATES, 1930-1953, Jorge D. Vasquez Arreaga, Sociology
Dissertations from 2022
Dimensions of Social Isolation and Adverse Health Outcomes among Older Men and Women in the United States: How Aging, Living Alone, and Obesity Contribute to Mortality, Youngjoon Bae, Sociology
Organizational Variation in Federal Agencies’ Gender Pay Gaps, Karen M. Brummond, Sociology
Class, Family Involvement, and Asian American Four and Two-Year College Students’ Experiences of Advantage and Disadvantage, Blair Harrington, Sociology
The Quotidian Quantifier: Fitness Tracking and the Mundanity of Surveillance, Marianne Neal-Joyce, Sociology
The Unseen Worker? Rethinking Who and What is Invisible in the Blue-Collar Workplace, Brandi L. Perri, Sociology
BY THE NUMBERS: HOW ACADEMIC CAPITALISM SHAPES GRADUATE STUDENT EXPERIENCES OF WORK AND TRAINING IN MATERIAL SCIENCES, Timothy Sacco, Sociology
Unmasking the Racial Projects of the Colombian Multicultural Racial State, Dario H. Vasquez Padilla, Sociology
Parents as School Supplies: How Support from Mothers and Fathers Contributes to Inequality in College, Tanya J. Whitworth, Sociology
Dissertations from 2021
Policing and Health: Police Encounters as a Fundamental Cause Of Racial Health Disparities, Richard S. Carbonaro, Sociology
Rethinking Collective Action from the Standpoint of the Marginalized: Changing Repertoires of Revolutionary Activism in Urban Turkey, Ilgin Erdem, Sociology
Colonialism by Another Name: Regionalization and the Origins of the Flint Water Crisis, Aaron C. Foote, Sociology
CREATING THE EMOTIONALLY COMPETENT CHILD: THE EDUCATION OF FEELINGS IN AMERICAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Kathleen E. Hulton, Sociology
FAMILY DIMENSIONS OF UNEQUAL COLLEGE EXPERIENCES: STUDENTS’ TALK OF SELF AND COLLEGE IN RELATION TO FAMILY RESOURCES AND RELATIONSHIPS, Michael Carl Ide, Sociology
Raising Global Elites from a Distance: Transnational Parenting of South Korean Students, Juyeon Park, Sociology
The Changing Nature of Inequality in a Time of Institutional Transformation: An Examination of Between-Workplace and Between-Industry Income Inequality in a Set of Thirteen High-Income Countries, Anthony Rainey, Sociology
American Understandings of U.S. Economic Inequality: Redistribution and Resistance, Jacklyn Stein, Sociology
Vegan Food For Thought: Moral Constructions of Animals, Ryan F. Turner, Sociology
Dissertations from 2020
Welcome Home? Understanding Differences in the Contexts of Reception Between Voluntary and Deported Return Migrants in Mexico, Rodrigo Dominguez Villegas, Sociology
Criminalizing Childhood: The Politics of Violence at Delhi's Urban Margins, Ragini Saira Malhotra, Sociology
RIGHTING A DEATH ON THE JOB: THE POLITICS OF FATAL WORK ACCIDENT LAWSUITS IN TURKEY, Yalcin Ozkan, Sociology
TOO BLACK FOR THE BLUES…TOO BLUE FOR THE BLACKS: AN EXPLORATION OF BLACK POLICE OFFICERS IN THE ERA OF BLACK LIVES MATTER, Kayla Preito-Hodge, Sociology
Workplace Inequality in Rent Systems: The Causal Chain of Inequality Between and Within Organizations, Safi Shams, Sociology
When The Family Goes To College: How Black College Students, Their Families, and College Personnel Juggle Tensions Between Home and School, Yolanda Wiggins, Sociology
Dissertations from 2019
Pakistani Pro-Democracy Movement: From the 1960s to the 2000s, Sofia Checa, Sociology
Criminal Inequality: Ex-Prisoners in a State of Reentry, Lucius J. Couloute Jr, Sociology
Public and Private in the Blogosphere, Sarah Ford, Sociology
QUEERING KINSHIP: LGBTQ PARENTS AND THE CREATION OF REAL UTOPIAS, Laura V. Heston, Sociology
Motherhood Wage Penalty Across Life Course and Cohorts, Misun Lim, Sociology
Radiant Selves: How Transgender People are Remaking Gender in Discourse, Narrative, and Practice, Sonny Nordmarken, Sociology
Embattled Education: Charter School Expansion and Teachers' Union Resistance in Massachusetts, Kyla Walters, Sociology
Dissertations from 2018
Apostles of Abstinence, Katherine Castiello Jones, Sociology
Complicating Gender: Gender Inequality in Education and Employment, Skylar Davidson, Sociology
THE MILITARY AND INCARCERATION: HIDDEN MECHANISMS OF RACIAL INEQUALITY IN THE U.S. LABOR MARKET, 1980-2010., JooHee Han, Sociology
Three Essays on Network Dynamics and Liminality, Diego F. Leal, Sociology
UNEQUALLY ADRIFT: HOW SOCIAL CLASS AND INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT SHAPE COLLEGE ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES, Mary Scherer, Sociology
Mothering in a Era of Choice: Race and Gender in Schooling Decisions of Homeschool and Public School Families, Mahala Stewart, Sociology
RETHINKING THE CREATIVE ECONOMY: THE DIVERSE ECONOMIES OF ARTISTS AND ARTISANS IN RURAL MASSACHUSETTS, Abby Irene Templer Rodrigues, Sociology
THE NEGRITUDE MOVEMENTS IN COLOMBIA, Carlos Valderrama, Sociology
Dissertations from 2017
Negotiating Race, Work and Family: Cape Verdean Home Care Workers in Lisbon, Portugal, Celeste Vaughan Curington, Sociology
Contested Citizenship and Social Belonging? Latinos in Mixed-Status Families Managing Illegality and Race in Los Angeles, Cassaundra Rodriguez, Sociology
THE ROLE OF RESISTANCE AND SOCIAL CAPITAL IN FACILITATING LATINO/A COLLEGE SUCCESS, Patricia Sánchez-Connally, Sociology
Immigration and Within-Group Wage Inequality: How Queuing, Competition, and Care Outsourcing Exacerbate and Erode Earnings Inequalities, Eiko H. Strader, Sociology
Collective Action as Relationship in Late Modernity: Animal Advocacy in a Repressive Political Climate, Catherine M. Wilson, Sociology
Dissertations from 2016
A Mixed Methods Analysis of the Intersections of Gender, Race, and Migration in the High-Tech Workforce, Sharla N. Alegria, Sociology
The Professionalization of Male Circumcision in Turkey, Oyman Basaran, Sociology
Dissertations from 2015
Emerging Climate Change Publics: Cultivating Sustainability and Justice in the Pioneer Valley, Vanessa Adel, Sociology
Consumers' Cooperation in the Early Twentieth Century: An Analysis of Race, Class and Consumption, Joshua L. Carreiro, Sociology
Bringing the Household Back in: Family Wage Gaps and the Intersection of Gender, Race, and Class in the Household Context., Melissa J. Hodges, Sociology
The Effects of Children, Job Changes, and Employment Interruptions on Women’s Wages, Jessica Looze, Sociology
The Shifting Structure of Chicago's Organized Crime Network and the Women It Left Behind, Christina Smith, Sociology
Dissertations from 2014
NAVIGATING PAID WORK AND PARENTHOOD: NEW PARENTS’ LONG-TERM EMPLOYMENT PATHWAYS IN THE UNITED STATES, Irene Boeckmann, Sociology
The Centrality of Disagreement, Brian T. Connor, Sociology
Contours of Workplace Resistance: Organization, Collaboration, and Recognition, Jillian M Crocker, Sociology
Dissertations from 2013
The Rise of Finance and Growing Inequality, Ken-Hou Lin, Sociology
Navigating Indigenous Identity, Dwanna Lynn Robertson, Sociology
The Politics Of Identity in Contemporary Denmark, Nicole Stokes-DuPass, Sociology
Race, Gender, Class, And Land Property Rights In Colombia A Historical Ethnography Of The Afrocolombians’ Struggles Over Land, 1851-2011, Aurora Vergara Figueroa, Sociology
Parent's Socioeconomic Class Position and Children's Time Use Patterns, Ayse Yetis Bayraktar, Sociology
Dissertations from 2012
Organizing Markets: The Structuring of Neoliberalism in the U.S. Airline Industry, Dustin Robert Avent-Holt, Sociology
In the heart of the beast: Masculinity and fatherhood on the inside, Anna M Curtis
In the Heart of the Beast: Masculinity and Fatherhood on the Inside, Anna M Curtis, Sociology
A Social History of Power and Struggle in Turkey: State, Memory, Movements, and Identity of Outsiderness in Dersim, Ozlem Goner, Sociology
Citizenship in Times of Exception: The Turn to Security and the Politics of Human Rights in Valle del Cauca, Colombia, Erika Marquez Montano, Sociology
Farm-to-Fork: Understanding Locally-Oriented Farm-to-Vendor Food Systems: Access, Boundaries, and Power-Relations, Shawn Alan Trivette, Sociology
Dissertations from 2011
Mothering in jail: Pleasure, pain, and punishment, Brittnie Leigh Aiello
Mothering In Jail: Pleasure, Pain, And Punishment, Brittnie Leigh Aiello, Sociology
Social Meanings of Mortality: The Language of Death and Disease in 19th Century Massachusetts, Jeffrey Keith Beemer, Sociology
The Persistence Of Military Honor In A Culture Without Victory, Daniel Alton Burland, Sociology
The persistence of military honor in a culture without victory, Daniel Alton Burland
Resisting Schools, Reproducing Families: Gender and the Politics of Homeschooling, Brian Paul Kapitulik, Sociology
French Postcolonial Nationalism and Afro-French Subjectivities, Yasser A. Munif, Sociology
From racial socialization to racial ideologies: The role of family, high school U.S. history, and college coursework in the lives of black young adults, Theodore Eugene Thornhill
From Racial Socialization To Racial Ideologies: The Role Of Family, High School U.S. History, And College Coursework In The Lives Of Black Young Adults, Theodore Eugene Thornhill, Sociology
Defining Legal Parenthood: The Intersection of Gender and Sexual Identity in U.S. Child Custody Decisions, 2003-2009, Kristina A. Watkins, Sociology
Dissertations from 2010
Ambivalent Modernity: Scientists in Film and the Public Eye, Stacy Evans, Sociology
Respirators, Morphine and Trocars: Cultures of Death and Dying in Medical Institutions, Hospices and Funeral Work, John Martin Fox, Sociology
Do employers have a race? Employers' racial ideology and the marginalization of black male workers in the Pullman Company 1858–1969, Francisca E Oyogoa
Do Employers Have A Race? Employers‘ Racial Ideology And The Marginalization Of Black Male Workers In The Pullman Company 1858-1969, Francisca E Oyogoa, Sociology
Commercial surrogacy in India: Nine months of labor?, Amrita Pande
Commercial Surrogacy In India: Nine Months Of Labor?, Amrita Pande, Sociology
Dissertations from 2009
Persistently present: College students, social-mobile technologies, and the transformation of social life, Mark A Gammon
Persistently Present: College Students, Social-Mobile Technologies, And The Transformation Of Social Life, Mark A Gammon, Sociology
Parents, Patriarchy, And Decision-Making Power: A Study Of Gender Relations As Reflected By Co-Residence Patterns Of Older Parents In The Immigrant Household, Lang Lin, Sociology
Reimbursement Comes From The Heart: The Organizational Structure Of Emotions And Care-Work In Nursing Homes, Jason Rodriguez, Sociology
Reimbursement comes from the heart: The organizational structure of emotions and care-work in nursing homes, Jason Rodriquez
Dissertations from 2008
“It's the people here”: A study of ritual, conversion, and congregational life among Chinese Christians, Andrew Stuart Abel
“Ghetto” or getaway?: Constructions of crime and danger in an east coast vacation village, Sarah Becker
Dissertations from 2007
Doing health, doing gender: Testing a social constructionist view of health and risk behavior engagement, Cathryn Elise Brubaker
Jim Crow's teachers: Race, remembering, and the geopolitics of teaching in the North Carolina coastal plains, Hilton Keon Kelly
Uneasy alliance: The participation of African Americans in conservative social, political, and intellectual movements, Louis G Prisock