Janet Enke (Ph.D. 1992) is a professor at Metro State University in St. Paul, Minnesota. At the Spring Faculty Development conference in March 2025, she received a Lifetime Achievement in Teaching Award.

Linda Francis, (Ph.D. 1995) has been appointed Associate Dean in the College of Public Affairs and Education at Cleveland State University. Her appointment began on July 1, 2024. 

David Kinney (Ph.D. 1990) writes “I was very fortunate to be mentored by Bill Corsaro, Donna Eder, Shel Stryker and Dave Heise and completed my Ph.D. in 1990. I landed at Central Michigan University in 1995 after a post-doc at the University of Chicago and a position with the U.S. Department of Education in Philadelphia. I founded the Youth Studies Program in 2003 and recruited Katherine Brown Rosier (another IU Sociology Ph.D.) to join me at CMU to help offer the required youth studies courses. Kate and I have been called the mother and father of the Youth Studies Program and I consider Donna and Bill to be the grandmother and grandfather of the program. Interestingly, two other IU graduates, Mari Dagaz and Elbert Almazan, also joined us at CMU and have taught Youth Studies courses. The Capstone Experience is the linchpin of the program and provides Youth Studies students with a service learning/community engagement opportunity to work directly with youth facing adversity. As mentors they make a positive difference in the lives of youth facing serious difficulties.

In turn, our students draw upon their capstone experiences in graduate school and in their careers. Please see the attached photo for additional details. The Youth Studies program is true public sociology and was inspired by my days at IU!”

"Instead, federal employees became ensnared in intractable ethical traps, caught between their commitment to nonpartisan public service and the expectation of compliance with political directives. Kucinskas shares their quandaries, recounting attempts to preserve the integrity of government agencies, covert resistance, and a few bold acts of moral courage in the face of organizational decline and politicized leadership.”

Professor Kucinskas was recently featured at the Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity section of ASA’s webinar, Speaking of Solidarity.

Adam Nicholson (Ph.D. 2021) writes “I'm currently living in Baltimore, MD, and am the Deputy Director of Social Policy at The Niskanen Center in DC.”

Shawna Smith (PhD, 2014) was promoted and tenured at the University of Michigan and is now Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy at their School of Public Health and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Medical School. She is PI of several NIH grants focused on increasing equitable access to evidence-based health care. She is also Co-Director and PI of the Mental Health Improvement through Community Colleges (MHICC) initiative (http://www.mentalhealthcc.org), an effort to expand equitable access to high-quality mental health care for the 250,000+ Michigan students enrolled in community colleges.

Regina Werum (Ph.D. 1995) writes “An interdisciplinary, collaborative research project on the link between climate extremes and protests – that used to receive federal funding -- just resulted in a new publication: Climate Extremes and Protests in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, 1995–2013 and was also featured here.”