Sociology

06/11/2015

Congratulations to Dr. Kendra Jason who successfully defended her dissertation "Supervisors as Aids and Obstacles to Upward Mobility in the Health Care Sector." Her committee consisted of Michael Schwalbe (chair), Martha Crowley, Maxine Thompson, Jennifer Craft Morgan, and Melvin Thomas. Dr. Jason will soon begin her new job as an assistant professor of sociology at UNC - Charlotte.

05/05/2015

Happy 197th birthday to Karl Marx.

05/04/2015

Dr. Kelly Thames has successfully defended her dissertation entitled "An Elaboration and Reformulation of Social Support Theories of Crime: Conditioned Social Support Theory". Her committee was chaired by Patty McCall with assistance from Charles Tittle, Steve McDonald, and Ted Greenstein.

Kelly is joining the faculty at Appalachian State University this fall.

04/20/2015

Please extend congratulations to Dr. Kylie Parrotta for successfully defending her dissertation, "The Politics of Athletic Authenticity: Negotiating Organizational Change and Identity Dilemmas in Women's Flat-Track Roller Derby," The committee consisted of Michael Schwalbe (chair), Sinikka Elliott, Stacy De Coster, and Karla Henderson.

03/22/2015

And these NC State sociology faculty are on the SSS program as well: Bill Smith, Toby Parcel, Tom Shriver, Ted Greenstein, Steve McDonald, Stacy De Coster, Sinikka Elliott, Sarah Bowen, Patty McCall, Melvin Thomas, Maxine Atkinson, Martha Crowley, Margaret Stiffler, Kim Ebert, Megan Glancy, Brett Lehman, and Anna Manzoni.

03/22/2015

Heading to the Southern Sociological Society meetings in New Orleans? Say hi to these NC State Sociology PhD students who are on the program: Tyler Flockhart, Scott Grether, Peter Knepper, Padraic Burns, Nick Richardson, Monica Bixby, Michelle Lore, Mindy Vulpis, Marie Gualtieri, Lisa McManus, Lindsay Hamm, Laura Bray, Kalah Wilson, Josh Lambert, Josephine McKelvy, Jennifer Lutz, Heather Sanchez, Erinn Brooks, Emily Estrada, Ellen Whiteman, Daniela Garcia-Grandon, Chaniqua Simpson, Amanda Wyant, and Kylie Parrotta.

02/25/2015

NC State 58, UNC 46. The scene at the Bell Tower Tuesday night.

02/11/2015

This is very sad. I'll leave it to others to interpret the nature of the crime, but Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, was an NC State graduate; his wife Yusor Abu-Salha, 21, and Abu-Salha’s sister, Razan Abu-Salha, 19, were current NC State students and Athens Drive High School graduates. May they rest in peace.

Three people were shot dead Tuesday evening in the area of Summerwalk Circle near the Friday Center/Finley Golf Course area in Chapel Hill.

02/08/2015

Right now it's sunny and 71 at NC State in Raleigh.

It's 39 and cloudy at Penn State, foggy and 34 at Northwestern, 26 and foggy at Michigan State and 22 with a winter storm warning at UMass-Amherst.

02/02/2015

Chaniqua Simpson has successfully defended her master's thesis entitled, "Colorism Across Families; Skin Tone and Child's Perceived Relationship Closeness with Parents." Her committee consisted of Maxine Thompson (chair), Steven McDonald, and Kim Ebert.

01/28/2015

Kelly Thames (AbD) has accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Sociology at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC.

01/27/2015

Richard Benton (PhD, 2014) has accepted a position as assistant professor in the School of Labor and Employment Relations at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.