Graduate Students


Takuya Akada

Takuya Akada

Graduate Student

  • takada@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
education; culture; social psychology 

Elizabeth Anderson

Elizabeth Anderson

Graduate Student

  • anderelm@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
medical sociology, gender and quantitative methods
CV  

Daniel Bachmeier

Daniel Bachmeier

Graduate Student

  • dabach@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Social Stratification, Culture, Deviance, Social Movements, Research Methods
CV

Katya Baldina

Katya Baldina

Graduate Student

  • baldina@iu.edu
  • Ballantine Hall Room 740A

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

Maya Best

Maya Best

Graduate Student

  • mzbest@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Migration; diaspora; cultural sociology; aging; qualitative methods

Anjali Biswas

Anjali Biswas

Graduate Student

  • biswasa@iu.edu

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

Jessica Brantez

Jessica Brantez

Graduate Student

  • jesstez@iu.edu

Research + teaching Interests
medical sociology; cultural sociology; suicide and mental health; social networks 

Caroline Brooks

Caroline Brooks

Graduate Student

  • cvbrooks@iu.edu
  • Morrison Hall 211

Research + teaching interests
Medical sociology; social psychology; social networks; research methods; mental health; social inequality
CV

Kimberley Bryan

Kimberley Bryan

Graduate Student

  • bryanki@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests social institutions; cultural experience influence; suicide prevention; marginalized identities

Zoe Caplan

Zoe Caplan

Graduate Student

  • zcaplan@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
medical sociology; gender and sexuality; quantitative and qualitative methods

Yanxi  Chen

Yanxi Chen

Graduate Student

  • chenyanx@iu.edu

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

Zhaodi Chen

Zhaodi Chen

Graduate Student

  • zc20@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
political sociology; culture and media; mixed methods; computational social sciences  

Soocheol Cho

Soocheol Cho

Graduate Student

  • sc67@iu.edu

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

Yunmyung Cho

Yunmyung Cho

Graduate Student

  • yunmcho@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
inequality; race, gender, and class; intimate relationships; work; mixed methods

Callie Cleckner

Callie Cleckner

Graduate Student

  • ccleckn@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
organizational sociology; criminology; sociology of race/ethnicity; gun culture; education; qualitative methods
CV 

Jasmine Davis-Randolph

Jasmine Davis-Randolph

Graduate Student

  • jld8@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
social psychology; mental health; African American and black immigrant populations; mixed methods; race and ethnicity

Aaron Derner

Aaron Derner

Graduate Student

  • aderner@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
historical sociology, political sociology, imperialism/colonialism, state transformation, peace and conflict, capitalism and modernity, social identity, norms and ethics

Hannah Dixon Everett

Hannah Dixon Everett

Graduate Student

  • aderner@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
education; race, class, and gender; child health and well-being; qualitative methods

Zackary Dunivin

Zackary Dunivin

Graduate Student

  • zdunivin@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
complexity; organizations; networks; text analysis; computational social science

Emily Ekl

Emily Ekl

Graduate Student

  • eekl@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Medical Sociology; Work & Occupations; Social Networks; Stigma; Mental Health; Social Psychology
CV

Maddie Flores-Redd

Maddie Flores-Redd

Graduate Student

  • madeflor@iu.edu

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

Robert Gallagher

Robert Gallagher

Graduate Student

  • rgallag@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
gender; sexuality; mental health; organizations

Ben Gallati

Ben Gallati

Graduate Student

  • bgallat@iu.edu
  • Ballantine Hall 733

Research + teaching interests
Social psychology, mental health, values, medical sociology, cultural sociology, media
CV

Michael Gannon

Michael Gannon

Graduate Student

  • mrgannon@iu.edu

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

Haoxuan Gao

Haoxuan Gao

Graduate Student

  • gaohaox@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Postcolonialism; race & ethnicity; global culture; Asian and Chinese society

Melissa Garcia

Melissa Garcia

Graduate Student

  • melgarc@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
race and ethnicity; immigration; higher education; social inequality

Alleluia Gusenga

Alleluia Gusenga

Graduate Student

  • amusabyi@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
exclusionary practices; social networks; interpersonal practices at work

Junghun Han

Junghun Han

Graduate Student

  • jh114@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
work and organization; inequality; bureaucracy; organizational culture

Monica Heilman

Monica Heilman

Graduate Student

  • mlheilma@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
race and ethnicity; identity; social psychology; education; family; qualitative methods; arts-based research
CV

Pamela Hong

Pamela Hong

Graduate Student

  • pamhong@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
race; immigration; social movements/networks; social psychology

Deziree Jackson

Deziree Jackson

Graduate Student

  • dezjack@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
intersections of race, gender, and health

Da Eun Jung

Da Eun Jung

Graduate Student

  • dj85@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
social psychology

Patrick Kaminski

Patrick Kaminski

Graduate Student

  • pckamins@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
complex networks and systems

Anne Kavalerchik

Anne Kavalerchik

Graduate Student

  • akavaler@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
social networks, science and technology, computational methods

Cameron Keating

Cameron Keating

Graduate Student

  • camkeat@iu.edu

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

Gracie Kempf

Gracie Kempf

Graduate Student

  • grkempf@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
inequality; health disparities; social determinants of health

Eehyun Kim

Eehyun Kim

Graduate Student

  • eehkim@iu.edu

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

Yongmin Kim

Yongmin Kim

Graduate Student

  • yki4@iu.edu

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

Alisha Kirchoff

Alisha Kirchoff

Graduate Student

  • alkircho@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
law and society; political society; organizational sociology; comparative/international research, and methods

Lauren Knudson

Lauren Knudson

Graduate Student

  • ljknudso@iu.edu

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

Yanming Kuang

Yanming Kuang

Graduate Student

  • yanmkuan@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
race; ethnicity; immigration

Mira Kuzhakhmetova

Mira Kuzhakhmetova

Graduate Student

  • mkuzhakh@iu.edu

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

Erin Lamm

Erin Lamm

Graduate Student

  • ealamm@iu.edu

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

Maggie  Lawler

Maggie Lawler

Graduate Student

  • maglawl@iu.edu

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

Eun Hye Lee

Eun Hye Lee

Graduate Student

  • eunhye@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Sociology of Families; Life Course/Aging; Health; Education; Social Psychology; Social Stratification.

Jennifer Jiwon Lee

Jennifer Jiwon Lee

Graduate Student

  • jenjwlee@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
sex & gender, social psychology, culture, education, social inequalities, organizations
CV

Yingjian Liang

Yingjian Liang

Graduate Student

  • liangyin@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
inequality and stratification, occupation, organization, and work, cultural sociology, social networks
CV

Luis Lopez

Luis Lopez

Graduate Student

  • lopezlui@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Mental health, psychotherapy, and technology

Kylie Janette May

Kylie Janette May

Graduate Student

  • kyjmay@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Inequality; Stratification; Social class; Mental Health & Illness; Rural Sociology; Culture & Cultural Capital; Identity; Resource Accessibility & Scarcity; Media Literacy; Academic & Educational Systems

Cassie Mead

Cassie Mead

Graduate Student

  • casmead@iu.edu

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

Madeleine Meldrum

Madeleine Meldrum

Graduate Student

Research + teaching interests
Gender, Sexuality, Family, Interpersonal Relationships, Media, Qualitative Methods

Stanley Michalski

Stanley Michalski

Graduate Student

  • Sjmichal@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Medical sociology, mental health, technology, qualitative methods  

Alex Miller

Alex Miller

Graduate Student

  • agm3@iu.edu

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

Andrew Myers

Andrew Myers

Graduate Student

  • myersdr@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Sociology of Education, Social Stratification and Inequality, Social Mobility, Research Methods

Roberto Ortiz

Roberto Ortiz

Graduate Student

  • robortiz@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Organizations; Culture; Inequalities; Stratification; Qualitative and Quantitative Methods

Shelley Rao

Shelley Rao

Graduate Student

  • shelrao@iu.edu

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

Tania Ravaei

Tania Ravaei

Graduate Student

  • tnasroll@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Population health, sexuality, intimate relationships, politics, agency and social constraints

Derek Richardson

Derek Richardson

Graduate Student

  • richde@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests   development; health and medicine; organizations; postcolonial theory

 

Aryaman Sharma

Aryaman Sharma

Graduate Student

  • as223@iu.edu

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

Guangquan Shen

Guangquan Shen

Graduate Student

  • shengu@iu.edu

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

Dongeun Shin

Dongeun Shin

Graduate Student

  • shin59@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
gender, work, family, inequality, occupations, organizations, health
CV

Jessica Short

Jessica Short

Graduate Student

  • jessshor@iu.edu

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

Brandy Smith

Brandy Smith

Graduate Student

  • bsm15@iu.edu

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

Emma Thaci

Emma Thaci

Graduate Student

  • ethaci@iu.edu

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

Victoria Thompson

Victoria Thompson

Graduate Student

  • thompsvi@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
social inequality; organizations and occupations;  service-industry work; gender; aging  

Kasia (Katherine)  Tuzzolino

Kasia (Katherine) Tuzzolino

Graduate Student

  • ktuzzoli@iu.edu

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

Crista Urena Hernandez

Crista Urena Hernandez

Graduate Student

  • curenahe@iu.edu

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

Tiffanie Vo

Tiffanie Vo

Graduate Student

  • tivo@iu.edu

Research + teaching interests
Race & Ethnicity, Asia and Asian American, Quantitative/Mixed Methods, Organizations, Income Inequality, Critical Theory

Nora Weber

Nora Weber

Graduate Student

  • norweber@iu.edu

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