Congratulations to our Ph.D. Graduating Class of 2016-2017! | Department of Sociology

Submitted by Liz Collier on June 14, 2017 - 3:47 pm

Angela Bruns

Dissertation:

Bruns, Angela N. 2017 "Consequences of Partner Incarceration for Women’s Employment." PhD Dissertation, Department of Sociology, University of Washington.

Committee:

Hedwig E. Lee (Chair), Jennifer Romich (GSR), Julie E. Brines, Kyle Crowder.

Frank Edwards

Dissertation:
Edwards, Frank. 2017 "Institutional Determinants of Child Protection Systems in the United States." PhD Dissertation. Department of Sociology, University of Washington.

Committee:

Hedwig E. Lee (Chair), Heather D. Hill (GSR), Alexes Harris, Jerald R. Herting, Jake H. Rosenfeld, Christopher Wildeman (Cornell University).

Heather D. Evans

Dissertation:

Evans, Heather D. 2016 "Disability, Identity, and the Law: A Phenomenological Study of Living with Acquired, Invisible Impairment." PhD Dissertation, Department of Sociology, University of Washington.

Committee:

Katherine A Beckett (Co-Chair), Alexes Harris (Co-Chair), George I. Lovell (GSR), Judith A Howard (UW Sociology), Jeffrey A. Brune (Gallaudet Univerity; History, Philosophy, Religion and Sociology Department).

Thomas Brad Foster

Dissertation:
Foster, Thomas B. 2016 "Rooted or Stuck? The Causes and Consequences of American Mobility Decline." PhD Dissertation, Department of Sociology, University of Washington.

Committee:
Kyle Crowder (Chair), John Mark Ellis (GSR), Jerald R. Herting, Stewart E Tolnay.

Kerry L. D. MacQuarrie

Dissertation:
MacQuarrie, Kerry L.D. 2016 "Marriage Timing, Gender Context, and Early Family Formation." PhD Dissertation, Department of Sociology, University of Washington.

Committee:
Stewart E Tolnay (Chair), Darryl J. Holman (GSR), Sara R Curran, Aimée Dechter, Charles Hirschman.

Julia M. Morris

Dissertation:
Morris, Julia M. 2017 "Aging-as-Leveler for Mental Health?: Stressful Life Transitions and CES-D Trajectories in Late-Life." PhD Dissertation, Department of Sociology, University of Washington.

Committee:
Jerald R. Herting (Chair), Nancy Woods (GSR), Hedwig E. Lee, Stewart E. Tolnay, Melissa Martinson (UW School of Social Work), Tyson Brown (Deptartment of Sociology, Duke University).

Kivan Y. Polimis

Dissertation:
Graduating Summer of 2017. Work in progress. Working Title:
"Understanding Health Inequalities with Computational Social Science"

Committee:
Kyle Crowder (Co-Chair), Hedwig E. Lee (Co-Chair), Darryl J. Holman (GSR), Emilio Zagheni, Areil Rokem (UW eScience Institute).

Heidi Irene Thielmann

Dissertation:
Thielmann, Heidi Irene. 2016 "The Location of Registered Sex Offenders and Their Impact on Neighborhood Crime and Informal Social Control." PhD Dissertation, Department of Sociology, University of Washington.

Committee:
Robert D. Crutchfield (Chair), William H. George (GSR), Jerald R. Herting, Ross L. Matsueda, Stewart E. Tolnay, Joseph G Weis.

Tim Thomas

Dissertation:
Graduating Summer of 2017. Work in progress. Working Title:
"Forced Out: Race, Market, and Neighborhood Dynamics of Evictions"

Committee:
Kyle Crowder (Chair), Thaisa Way (GSR), Stewart E. Tolnay, Nathalie E. Williams.

Ayşegül Toksöz

Dissertation:
Graduating Summer of 2017. Work in progress. Working Title:
"Regulation Through Legal Ambiguity: Politics of Fertility in Contemporary Turkey"

Committee:
Katherine A. Beckett (Chair), Selim Sirri Kuru (GSR), Resat Kasaba, Judith A. Howard, Michael W. McCann.

Sara J. Tomczuk

Dissertation:
Graduating Summer of 2017. Work in progress. Working Title:
"Environment of Tension, Moments of Conflict"

Committee:
Steven J. Pfaff (Chair), James R. Felak (GSR), Sarah L. Quinn, Stewart E. Tolnay.

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