Graduate Student's Research Projects

Below is a list of ongoing dissertation research and recently defended dissertation titles conducted by UAlbany Sociology Department graduate students.

Dissertation Research

Recent Sociology PhD Recipients

2007

• Enobong Hannah Branch, "Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Black Women, A Century in the Bottom Class, 1860 - 1960."
• Marcia Hernandez, " The Challenges and Rewards of Sisterhood: An Exploration of Women's Experiences in Black Sororities."

2006

• James Dean, "Straight Trouble: Gendered and Racial Heterosexualities in the Context of Gay and Lesbian Visibility."
• Jennifer A. Gunsaullus, "The "Condom Lady" Speaks - Female Sexuality Discourse and HIV Prevention in Community-Based Organizations."
• Christopher Morett, "Work, Flexibility, Work Culture and Gender."
• Michael Ostrowsky, "Extending Khantzian's Self Medication Hypotheses: An Examination of Low Self Esteem, Depression, Alcohol Use, Marijuana Use and Violent Behavior."
• Benjamin Pearson-Nelson, "The Anatomy of a Homicide Epidemic: An Analysis of City Level Variation in Presence, Magnitude and Duration."

2005

• Dalia Abdel-Hady, "Immigrant Identities, Communities and Forms of Cultutal Expression: The Lebanese Dispora in Montreal, New York and Paris."
• Michael Ayers, Debt and Dependency: Does Conditionality Really Harm
  Health Standards in Developing Countries.
• Sunita Bose, "Consequences of Son Preference in India: A Contextual Analysis of Discrimination Against Daughters."
• Evrick Brown, "Fried Chicken or Oxtail" An Examination of Afro-Caribbean and African-American Conflict in New York City."
• Evan Cooper, "I Don't Get It" Culturally Intimate Humor and Its Audiences."
• Melanie Hulbert, "Lessons From The Office: The Organizational Implementation of Work-Family Policies."
• Kristina Knopf, "Providence, Presidents and the Press: Inaugural Rhetoric of Religion in a Historical Perspective."
• C.N. Le, "Different Stripes of the Tiger: A Comparison of Assimilation Outcomes Between Vietnamese Americans and Other Asian American Ethnic Groups."
• Omar Nagi, "Productivity Measures as a Source of the Displacement of Social Goals."
• Kristen Stainbrook, "Reciprocal Relationships Between Formerly Homeless
  Mothers and Their Informal Social Supports."
• Jacob Stowell, Does Immigration Beget Crime? Understanding The Direct and Indirect Impacts of Immigration on Violence
• Gayle Sulik, "When Women Need Care: How Breast Cancer Survivors Cope with Being Care-Receivers."
• Elena Vesselinov, "Housing Inequality in Sofia in the Era of Economic Globalization."

2004

• Mark Beaulieu, “Social Disorganization Revisited: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Effects of Urban Residential Segregation on Crime”
• Stephanie Bennett, “Fertility within Remarriage and Cohabitation”
• Charles McCormick, “The Big Project That Never Ends: Role and Task Negotiation Within an Emerging Occupational Community”
• Sandra McGinnis, “Child Well Being in Cohabiting Homes: A Study of Outcomes and Processes”
• Andrei Streke, “Meta Analysis of Adolescent Community Based Drug Prevention Program Evaluations”
• Jennifer Tice, “Harnessing Organizational Change: The Effect of Four Elements on Organizational Outcomes”
• Wenquan Zhang, “The Secondary Migrations of Mexicans and Chinese”

2003

• Bridget Anderson, "Whites & Their Neighbors: Trends, Explanations and Neighborhood - Level Outcomes of White Residential Segregation, 1970-1990"
• Shaio-Yun Chiang, “Achieving Mutual Understanding: Compensatory Communication Strategies in The Interactions Between Non-native Teaching Assistants and US College Students”
• Bridget Fitzgerald, “Atheists in the United States: A Qualitative Interview Study”
• Rachel Kaplan, “The Mediating Influence of Family Processes on the Relationship Between SES and Delinquency: An Elaborated Model”
• Heather Laube, “Professional Goals and Political Commitments: Challenges for Feminist Academic Sociologists”
• Eunju Lee, “Making It in America: Korean Immigrants in Small Business in the New York Metropolitan Area”
• Chet Meeks, “Eros and Civil Society: The Sexual Politics of Differences in America (1969-1999)”
• Limarie Nieves-Rosa, “Globalization and Gender: Exploring the Effects of Welfare Reform in Puerto Rico”
• Deirdre Oakley, “Fallacies of the American Welfare State: The Enduring Community Response to the Needy-Homeless Shelters and Relief Shelters in New York City During the 1920’s and 1990s”
• Anne Marie Popp, “Childhood Nutrition Assistance Program: An Organizational Analysis”
• Brian Stults, “Social Threat and Benign Neglect: A Conflict Perspective on Racial Differences in Arrest”
• Jeff Torlina, “The Meaning of Working for Working Class Men: Recasting the Image of Blue Collar Work”
• Kristen Wallingford, “Markets, Networks and Identity: An Analysis of the Culturally Embedded Structure of Lesbian and Gay Businesses”

2001

• Robert Adelman, “Beyond the Ghetto: Black Middle-Class and Neighborhood Attainment”
• Lori Collins-Hall, “Application of a Social Interactionist Perspective to Examine the Effects of Children’s Experience of Domestic Violence on the Development of Juvenile Delinquency and Substance Abuse”
• Lynn Comerford, “Doing Co-Custody: Conceptualizing Parenting, Childhood and Citizenship in Light of State Intervention Practices”
• Ya-Lin Liu, “Understanding Aging Service Use by Chinese Seniors: A Community-Based Study”
• Gilbert Marzan, “Regional Variation in Socio-economic Status Among Mainland Puerto Rican Males: A Comparative Analysis”
• Hui-Shien Tsao, “Career Mobility in an Age of Economic Restructuring: A Multi-level Analysis”

2000

• David Redmon, “Mardi-Gras: Cultural Deviance, Public Sexuality and the Body”

Thesis Research

Recient Sociology M.A. recipients

2006

• Erica Hunter (Women's Studies MA)

2005

• Cassandra Carter
• Carolyn Corrado (Women's Studies MA)
• Daniel Santore (Women's Studies MA)
• Seth Wright

2004

• Randolph Hohle, "Making Good Black Citizens: Symbolic Citizenship, Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement"
• Shannon Monnat (Women's Studies MA)

2003

• Brian Pritchard, “Russian Queerness: A Study of Secondary Identity”
• Terri Watson, “The Effects of Organizational Change on the Distribution of Power in a Human Service Organization”