Sociology

News and Notes

Pictures of Dr. Miller's field trip with her SOC101 Honors class to the Hare Krishna community - New Talavan

Sociology Department Honors

Congratulations to these students for their excellent work in sociology:

Katie James has been named Sociology Student of the Year for 2006-2007.

Glenn Duggin is this year's winner of the Alpha Kappa Delta Award for Best Undergraduate Paper in Sociology.

Veronica Fucich has been named co-winner of the annual Department of Anthropology and Sociology Outstanding Service Award. Lauren Rizzuto, Anthropology, shares this honor with her.

Alpha Kappa Delta, the International Sociology Honor Society, announces its Spring 2007 initiates: Glenn Duggin, Kristen Eidman, Rosa Gomez-Fernandini, Susannah Gregg, Felicia Jackson, Katie James, and Byron Taylor. Acceptance into AKD is based on maintaining high grades in both the student's sociology course work and overall university course work.

Student Presentations

Annual USM Dept of Anthropology and Sociology Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 20, 2007:
First Place: Katie James (Sociology)
Second Place: Tasaundra McDonald (Sociology)
Third Place: Matthew Rook (Sociology)
Presenters: Kathleen Collette (Anthropology), Glenn Duggin (Sociology), Mary Gruenberg (Anthropology), Marcus Hayes (Anthropology)

Theses Completed

The following students have completed an Honors or Departmental Thesis:
Heather Gaines (Honors, '07) Marketing the American Dream: A Content Analysis of Print Ads
Monesca Smith (Honors, ‘07) 'The Blacker the Berry'? Colorism in African American
Students' Lives
Toi Carter (Departmental, ‘05) Exploring the Politics of Beauty with the Girls of Truth Place: Intersections of Race, Class, and Gender
Jackson Bunch (Honors, ‘05) Intoxicating Substances and Sober Judgement: A Case Study of High Achieving Undergraduate Substance Users
Kim Davidson (Honors, ‘05) Historical Changes and Current Dilemmas in Formal Responses to Abused Children
Sarah Hosman (Honors, ‘05) The Kids are Alright: A Media Analysis of the Mods and Rockers
Kelli Pribanic (Honors, ‘05) 'It's Better to Be Paranoid Than Dead': Examining the Relationship Between Gender & Fear

Graduations

Congratulations to our fall 2007 graduates: Eric Baumgartner and Glenn Duggin.

Congratulation to our summer 2007 graduate: Heather Gaines.

Congratulations to our spring 2007 graduates: Shemecia Forthner, Felicia Jackson, Katie James, Tasaundra McDonald, Bryon Ries, Monesca Smith, and Veronica Williams.

Congratulations to our fall 2006 graduates: Rosa Gomez-Fernandini and Daniel Woodall.

Congratulations to our summer 2006 graduates: Sam Gilkey, John Harrington, Stephanie Williams, and Meredith Wong.

Congratulations to our fall 2005 graduates: Misty Coleman, Elizabeth Damron, Leslie McLelland, Stacey Pearson, and Lenicia White.

Congratulations to our summer 2005 graduates: Joshua Black, Lashisna Bridges, Toi Carter, Princess Cook and Roderick Sykes.

Congratulations to our spring 2005 graduates: Jackson Bunch, Harrison Burge, Bryce Crawford, Kim Davidson, Daisy Ewell, Jennah Greene, Jessica Hart, Sarah Hosman, Lindsey Risher.

If you have any announcements or news to share, please contact Ann Marie Kinnell, (601) 266-5339.