Graduate Students


Alex Aiello

Alex Aiello

  • alaiell@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Gender, Sexuality, Family, Intimate Relationships, Intersectionality, Quantitative and Qualitative Methods

Daniel Bachmeier

Daniel Bachmeier

  • dabach@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Social Stratification, Culture, Deviance and Social Control, Sports Gambling
CV

Katya Baldina

Katya Baldina

  • baldina@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
social demography, population health, mobility and inequality, social networks, causal inference
CV

Heidi  Berger

Heidi Berger

  • hberger1@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Gender, social stratification and inequality, organizations, education

Anjali Biswas

Anjali Biswas

  • biswasa@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, nation building and identity, globalization, postcolonialism

Jessica Brantez

Jessica Brantez

  • jesstez@iu.edu

Research + teaching Interests
medical sociology, social networks, mental and cognitive health, quantitative methods
CV

Wade Catt

Wade Catt

  • wrcatt@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
medical sociology, health policy, science and technology studies, social movements, political economy

Yanxi  Chen

Yanxi Chen

  • chenyanx@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
intergroup conflicts, discourse analysis, collective memory, sociology of knowledge  

Soocheol Cho

Soocheol Cho

  • sc67@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
gender inequality; work and family; public policy; social psychology; quantitative and experimental methods

Yunmyung Cho

Yunmyung Cho

  • yunmcho@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Gender and Sexuality; Intersectionality; Families and Intimate Relationships; Health Disparities; Work and Family; Qualitative and Quantitative Methods

Sara M DeForge

Sara M DeForge

  • sdeforge@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Medical Sociology, Mental Health, Qualitative Methods 

Aaron Derner

Aaron Derner

  • aderner@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
political sociology, social movements, organizations, state and society, historical methods

Hannah Dixon Everett

Hannah Dixon Everett

  • hdixonev@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Gender and Family; Sociology of Education; Health and Well-being; Mixed and Qualitative Research Methods
CV

Jordan Ekstrom

Jordan Ekstrom

  • jekstro@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Family; Romantic Relationships; Social Psychology; Crime & Victimization; Culture
CV

Madeline Flores-Redd

Madeline Flores-Redd

  • madeflor@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
gender; youth; social inequality; education; quantitative and qualitative methods

Michael Gannon

Michael Gannon

  • mrgannon@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
race and ethnicity; identity; interpersonal relationships; social psychology

Haoxuan Gao

Haoxuan Gao

  • gaohaox@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
social psychology, culture, modernity, Chinese society
CV

Megan Goff

Megan Goff

  • meggoff@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Political Sociology, Social Movements, Race and Gender, Quantitative Methods
CV

Deziree Jackson

Deziree Jackson

  • dezjack@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Medical Sociology, Race and Racism, Health Equity

Dalrae  Jin

Dalrae Jin

  • daljin@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Gender; Care; Family; Work; Community; Qualitative and Quantitative Methods.
CV

Da Eun Jung

Da Eun Jung

  • dj85@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
social psychology

Cameron Keating

Cameron Keating

  • camkeat@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Family; Sexualities; Medical Sociology; Survey Methods

Eehyun Kim

Eehyun Kim

  • eehkim@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
science of science, computational social science, economic sociology, and online experiments

Yongmin Kim

Yongmin Kim

  • yki4@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Medical Sociology; Health; Life Course; Social Stratification; Quantitative Methods

Lauren Knudson

Lauren Knudson

  • ljknudso@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
political sociology, sociology of religion, social movements, education, qualitative and quantitative methods

Yanming Kuang

Yanming Kuang

  • yanmkuan@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
race; ethnicity; immigration

Mira Kuzhakhmetova

Mira Kuzhakhmetova

  • mkuzhakh@iu.edu

Research + teaching Interests
race & ethnicity, immigration, organizations, social stratification, postcolonial theory, social psychology

Erin Lamm

Erin Lamm

  • ealamm@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
qualitative methods; family; gender and sexuality

Maggie  Lawler

Maggie Lawler

  • maglawl@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
education, race, class, and disability

Danny Lee

Danny Lee

  • dl81@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Education, race, social stratification

Kylie Janette May

Kylie Janette May

  • kyjmay@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Education, Social Class, Mental Health, Inequality, Media, Criminal Justice, Race, and Gender
CV

Cassie Mead

Cassie Mead

  • casmead@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
gender, work, and family; marriage and cohabitation; division of labor; inequalities
CV

Madeleine Meldrum

Madeleine Meldrum

  • mameld@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Family, Gender, Culture, Religion, Qualitative methods

Stanley Jonathan Michalski

Stanley Jonathan Michalski

  • Sjmichal@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Mental Health and Illness, Media and Technology, Medical Sociology, Decision Science, Qualitative Methods, Social Psychology  

Alex Miller

Alex Miller

  • agm3@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
My research interests are primarily focused on the sociology of education.  

Roberto Ortiz

Roberto Ortiz

  • robortiz@iu.edu
  • Morrison Hall 209

Research + teaching interests
Education; Organizations; Culture; Mental Health; Stratification

Riley Osowick

Riley Osowick

  • rosowick@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Gender and Sexuality; Friendship; Romantic Partnership; Transition to Adulthood

Olivia Philippon

Olivia Philippon

  • ogphilip@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Social Stratification, Poverty & Homelessness, Community, Social Networks, Social Psychology
CV

Shelley Rao

Shelley Rao

  • shelrao@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Asian American studies; immigration; social networks; organizations; policy

Tania Ravaei

Tania Ravaei

  • tnasroll@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Demography, Sexualities, Medical Sociology, Social Psychology, Mental Health, Religion
CV

Derek Richardson

Derek Richardson

  • richde@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
organizations; professions; health and medicine; development
CV

Bianca Sass

Bianca Sass

  • sassb@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Gender; sex; law and society; qualitative methods

Aryaman Sharma

Aryaman Sharma

  • as223@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
critical political economy; comparative-historical sociology; world-systems analysis; development; stratification and inequality

Guangquan Shen

Guangquan Shen

  • shengu@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Gender; Sexualities; Culture; Medical Sociology; Mixed Methods
CV

Jessica Short

Jessica Short

  • jessshor@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
fertility, family demography, sexuality, intimate relationships
CV

Brandy Smith

Brandy Smith

  • bsm15@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Race, Gender, Medical Sociology, Intergroup Relations, Mixed Methods.

Julia  Smith

Julia Smith

  • js316@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Culture, Emotions, Health and Illness, Identity, Mental Health and Illness, Social Media, Social Networks, Technology

Ashley Tatang

Ashley Tatang

  • atatang@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Race and Ethnicity; Immigration

Emma Thaci

Emma Thaci

  • ethaci@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
gender and sexuality, identity, inequality, discourse analysis

Kasia (Katherine)  Tuzzolino

Kasia (Katherine) Tuzzolino

  • ktuzzoli@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
mental health, preventative measures, research methods, rationalization 

Crista Urena Hernandez

Crista Urena Hernandez

  • curenahe@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
education; inequality; gender; politics; social psychology
CV

Evangelos Vaiannis

Evangelos Vaiannis

  • evaiann@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Medical Sociology; Artificial Intelligence; Culture; Social Movements; Sociology of Professions/Expertise; Science and Technology Studies  

Tiffanie Vo

Tiffanie Vo

  • tivo@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Race and Ethnicity, Family, Asian American studies, Gender, Intersectionality, and Stratification

Gina Wang

Gina Wang

  • xw116@iu.edu

Research + teaching interest
Medical Sociology, Mental Health, Health Disparities, Social Stratification, Quantitative and Qualitative Methods

Nora Weber

Nora Weber

  • norweber@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
stratification, organizations, education, social networks

Elliot Wilson

Elliot Wilson

  • dewils@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Gender, sexuality, identity, mental health, social psychology

Yuanjing Zhu

Yuanjing Zhu

  • zhu77@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
demography, education inequality, social stratification, and immigration