Lauren Ashby
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
M.A., Geography, Syracuse University, 2023
B.A., Liberal Arts, Sarah Lawrence, 2021
Faculty Research Collaborators:
Jonnell A. Robinson
Jacob Bartholomew
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
M.A., Sociology, Syracuse University, 2017
M.A., Cultural Foundations of Education, Syracuse University, 2009
Roseanna Benser
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
M.A., Sociology, Syracuse University, 2016
Areas of Expertise
Poverty, gender and sexuality, LGBTQ+ studies, qualitative methods
Paola Blanco Parra
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
BA, University of New Mexico, Criminology
Areas of Expertise
Reid Boujaoude
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
M.S.W., Eastern Kentucky University, 2024
B.A., Sociology, Eastern Kentucky University, 2021
Ashley Bursie
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
M.S., Criminal Justice, Buffalo State College, 2022
B.A., Political Science, SUNY University at Buffalo, 2020
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Madison Centeno
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
B.A., Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies, SUNY Geneseo, 2024
Racheal Chubb
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
M.S.W., Social Work, Syracuse University, 2013
B.A., Sociology, SUNY Potsdam, 2009
Julene Cooney
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
B.S., Statistics/Psychology, BYU
M.S., Statistics, BYU
M.A., Community & Economic Development, SUNY Empire State College
Hayden Courtney
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
M.A., Psychology, University of Cincinnati, 2022
B.S., Psychology, Ohio State University, 2019
Anna De La Paz
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
M.S., Nutrition, University of Rhode Island, 2021
B.S., Nutrition, Syracuse University, 2017
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Areas of Expertise
Breastfeeding practices, maternal and child health, public health policy and programs
Qiyu Deng
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
M.P.A., Cornell University, 2023
B.A., Management in Auditing, Nanjing Audit University, 2020
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Areas of Expertise
Areas of Expertise
Cameron Farrar
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
M.A., Sociology, UNC Greensboro, 2024
B.A., Sociology and Political Science, UNC Greensboro, 2022
Elise Fjelstad
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
B.A., Political Science and Sociology, University of Wisconsin- Madison, 2023
Ted Forsyth
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
M.S., Criminal Justice, RIT, 2021
B.A., Communication Studies and Philosophy, Alfred University, 2003
Iwona Franczak
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
M.S., Illinois State University, 2018
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Areas of Expertise
Educational inequality, stratification, immigration, race and ethnicity, evaluation research
Xiaohan Gang
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
M.S., Education, University of Pennsylvania, 2021
M.A., Language Studies, City University of Hong Kong, 2019
B.A., English, Shanghai University, 2018
Joshua Grove
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Graduate Research Associate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
M.A., United Lutheran Seminary, 2000
M.A., University at Albany, 2008
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Areas of Expertise
Population health; public health policy; addiction and its intersections with religion, family dynamics, sexuality and culture
Tori-Ann Haywood
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
M.P.A., Public Service Management, CUNY, 2011
B.A., International Studies, CUNY, 2009
Anais Mejia
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
B.S., Newspaper Journalism, Syracuse University 2024
B.A., Sociology, Syracuse University 2024
Katherine Mott
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
M.S., Food Studies, Syracuse University, 2019
B.S., Environmental Engineering, SUNY ESF, 2015
Sobia Mushtaq
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
M.A., Criminal Justice, Norfolk State University, 2023
M.A., Laws, Derby University, U.K., 2019
B.A., Laws, University of London, 2013
Mehdi Nejatbakhsh
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
M.S., Urban Studies, University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2014
B.A., Urban Planning, University of Tehran, 2010
Esther Oshaji
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
M.S., Sociology, Illinois State University, 2023
M.S., Sociology, University of Ilorin, Nigeria, 2022
B.S., Sociology, University of Ilorin, Nigeria, 2015
Mary Pagan
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
M.A., Sociology, Syracuse University, 2016
M.S., Health Education/Exercise
Science, Syracuse University, 1993
Zhihao Pan
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Graduate Research Associate, East Asia Program
B.S., Sociology, University of Macau, 2023
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Ashley Quinlan
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
M.A., Sociology, St. John’s University, 2022
B.A., Sociology, SUNY Geneseo, 2019
Areas of Expertise
Sergio Saravia
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
M.P.S., Labor and Global Workers’ Rights, The Pennsylvania State University, 2020
B.A., Sociology, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, 2013
Frank Sarfo
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
M.S., Sustainable Agriculture, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy, 2020
B.S., Agriculture, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Ghana, 2015
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Areas of Expertise
Dustin Satterfield
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
M.A., Sociology: Inequality and Social Justice, University of Montana 2015
B.A., Sociology, University of Montana 2015
Winston Scott
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
B.A., University of Rochester, Anthropology & African American Studies, 2019
Areas of Expertise
Education and family, inequalities
Nastassia Vaitsiakhovich
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
M.A., Sociology, Syracuse University, 2020
M.S., Sociology, Higher School of Economics University, Moscow, Russia, 2014
B.A., Sociology, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus, 2010
Chongmin Yang
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
Graduate Research Associate, East Asia Program
M.A., New York University, 2020
M.S.C.R., University of Edinburgh, 2017
Tianqi Zhou
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
M.A., Sociology, Nanjing University, 2021
B.A., Sociology, Nanjing University, 2018