Graduate Alumni
Emphases
Teaching and Practicing Sociology
Research Interests
Social Movements, Environmental Sociology, Teaching, and Pedagogy
Final Product
Grassroot Campaigns: How Canvassing Shapes a Canvasser's Political, Social, and Civic Engagement
Emphasis
Practicing Sociology
Research Interests
Social Justice, social change, juvenile justice, race/ethnicity, social inequality, community organizing and youth activism
Final Product
Experiencing Historical Trauma: American Indian Disparities in the Criminal Justice System
Emphasis
Practicing Sociology
Research Interests
Race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality inequality. Formation of cultural identity.
Final Product
Listening to our graduate students' feedback: Graduate student exit and alumni surveys
Emphasis
Teaching Sociology
Research Interests
Statistics, Popular Culture, Research Methods, Postmodernism, Race
Final Product
Cue Point Aesthetics: The performing DJ in postmodern DJ culture
EMPHASIS
Teaching Sociology
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Deviance and Drugs, Drug Policy, Social Inequality, Institutional Research
FINAL PRODUCT
A Little Dab Will Do Ya: An exploration of first-Time Cannabis Dabbers
Emphasis
Teaching Sociology
Current Career
Colleen is a counselor at Miranda Junior High and South Fork High Schools in Southern Humboldt
Final Product
Victim-Offender Mediation in the Humboldt County Justice System
Emphasis
Practicing
Research Interests
Religiosity, Social Inequality, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Capitalism, Poverty, and environmental sociology
Final Product
Religion, Language, Gender, and Culture: Challenges Experienced by Saudi Students in Humboldt County
Emphasis
Teaching Sociology
Research Interests
Psychedelics, social change, social justice, qualitative research methods, deviance and social control.
Final Product
Emphasis
Practicing Sociology
Research Interests
Gender and Crime, Race, Prisoner Reentry
Final Product
Emphasis
Practicing Sociology
Research Interests
Food systems, food policy, and public nutrition
Final Product
The Alternative Food Movement in Humboldt County, CA: Social Bonds and Divisions
Emphasis
Teaching Sociology
Research Interests
Criminology, Gender and Sexuality, Popular Culture, Media, Mental Health, and Social Psychology
Final Product
Emphases
Practicing Sociology and Teaching Sociology
Research Interests
Gender, Sexuality, Juvenile Justice, Race, and Education
Final Product
“Black trans bodies are under attack”: gender non-conforming homicide victims in the U.S. 1995-2014
Emphasis
Teaching Sociology
Research Interest
Micro, meso, and macro analyses of inequality, including race, sexuality, and gender. Particularly interested in institutional inequality - causes and outcomes.
Final Product
Emphasis
Practicing
Current Career
Program Manager at Humboldt Area Center for Harm Reduction (HACHR)
Final Product
Emphasis
Practicing Sociology
Research Interests
Digital Divide and access to technology as it relates to age/altered abilities/ruralism/socioeconomic status.
Education/Career Goals
Pursue and continue research into Digital Divide and aging in order to support future generational adaptations to technology.
Final Product
EMPHASES
Practicing Sociology and Teaching Sociology
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Social Justice, Social Inequalities, Feminist theory, Race/Ethnicity, Gender, Sexuality, Social Movements, Xican@/Latin@ studies
FINAL PRODUCT
Navigating the Gender Nonconforming Identity on the Humboldt Campus
Emphasis
Teaching Sociology
Research Interests
Theory relating to global capitalism, globalization, world-systems, as well as networks, movements and the media
Final Product
Alternative Visions of Globalization-Occupy and the World Social Forum
Emphasis
Teaching Sociology
Research Interests
Religion, Gender/Sexuality studies, Drugs, Deviance and Mental Illness
Final Product
Religiosity and Feminism: Navigating Gender Constructions and Ideologies
Emphasis
Practicing Sociology
Research Interests
Food Security, Food Policy, Food Justice
Final Product
Emphasis
Teaching Sociology
Research Interests
Social Movements, Dispute Resolution
Final Product
Rural Police Officers and Their Attitudes and Perceptions of Protest Events
