Former Doctoral Students (Current Employment) and Dissertation Title
Andie Seeber
(Visiting Assistant Professor, University of the Virgin Islands)
2016. "Beyond Transition : Life Course Challenges of Trans* People"
Heather McKee Hurwitz
(Post-Doctoral Fellow, The Athena Center for Leadership Studies and the Department of Sociology, Barnard College, New York, NY)
2015. "The 51%: Gender, Feminism, and Culture in the Occupy Wall Street Movement"
Shaeleya Miller
(Lecturer, Departments of Sociology/Women's Studies, California State University Long Beach)
2014 . "Am I Queer Enough?" (White) Queer Identity Verification and the Costs of Inclusion"
Alison Dahl Crossley
(Assistant Director, The Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA)
2013. "The Future of Feminism: U.S. College Students, Feminism, and Social Inequality"
Rob Caputi
(Adjunct Assistant Professor at Long Island University and Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York, NY)
2012 . "The Bears: Exploring the alternative sexual aesthetics of a gay male subculture"
Kegan Allee
(Title IX Investigator, Equity and Diversity, University of Southern California)
2011. “Drag kinging and the creation of cybernetworks”
Noa Logan Klein
(Holistic Health Practitioner, Hilo, HI)
2010. “Loving touch : therapeutic massage, the socialization of the body, and the healing of US culture”
Lisa Leitz
(Assistant Professor, Chapman University, Orange, CA)
2009. “Identities in conflict : veterans and military family members in the anti-Iraq war movement”
Katrina Kimport
(Associate Professor, University of San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA)
2009. “The meanings of marriage : gender, sexuality, and heteronormativity in the 2004 San Francisco same-sex weddings”
Ardith Matilda Allen
(Research Scientist, Ohio Department of Education)
2008. “The Deradicalization of Columbus, Ohio's Antirape Movement, 1972-2002”
Eve Illana Shapiro
(Director of Data and Research at Beyond 12)
2005. “The disposable boy toys : identity transformation in a drag king community”
Elizabeth Kaminsky.
(Associate Professor of Sociology, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT )
2003. "Listening to Drag: Music, Performance, and the Construction of Oppositional Culture."
Jessica Maguire
(Director, Digital Media Council at Skillpoint Alliance, Austin, TX)
2002. "Ecstatic Pain and A labor of Love: Emotive Praxis of the Midwifery Movement."
Cynthia Fabrizio Pelak
(Assistant Professor of Sociology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM)
2002. "Nation-Building in Post-Aparthied South Africa: Transforming Gender and Race Relations through Sports."
Nicole C. Raeburn
(Associate Professor of Sociology, Gender and Sexualities Studies, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA)
2000. "The Rise of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Rights in the Workplace."
Kimberly Dugan
(Professor of Sociology, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT)
1999. "Culture and Movement-Countermovement Dynamics: The Struggle over Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Rights."
Melinda Goldner
(Professor of Sociology, Union College, Schenectady, NY)
1998. "Explaining the Success of the Alternative Health Care Movement: How Integrative Medicine is Expanding Western Medicine."
Jo Reger
(Professor of Sociology, Director, Women & Gender Studies, Oakland University, Rochester, MI)
1997. "Social Movement Culture and Organizational Survival in the National Organization for Women."
Andre Arianrhodd Levi
(Reference Department, Columbus Public Library, Columbus, OH)
1996. "Feminist Reconstructions of Identity in a Self-Help Program: A Study of Two Social Movement Organizations for Incest Survivors."
Patricia Gagné
(Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY.)
1993. "The Battered Women's Movement in the 'Post-Feminist' Era: New Social Movement Strategies and the Celeste Clemencies."
Mary Elizabeth Krouse
(Associate Professor of Sociology, Oho University, Athens, OH.)
1993. "Gift Giving and Social Transformation: The Aids Memorial Quilt as Social Movement Culture."
Martha A. Schmidt
(Lecturer, Department of Sociology, The University of Akron, Akron, OH)
1993. "Emotion, Identity, and Social Movements: The Effects of Jeffrey Dahmer's Serial Killings on Milwaukee's Lesbian and Gay Community."
Kelly A. McCormick
(Deceased; Former Founder, Executive Director of MOMAZONS, Columbus, OH)
1992. "Moms Without Dads: Women Choosing Children."
Phyllis Gorman
(Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity Manager, Ohio Department of Administrative Services; and Lecturer in Sociology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH)
1992. "The Ohio AIDS Movement: Competition and Cooperation between Grassroots Activists and Professionally Sponsored Organizations."
Nancy Elaine Whittier
(Chair and Professor of Sociology, Smith College, Northampton, MA)
1991. "Feminists in the 'Post-Feminist' Age: Collective Identity and the Persistence of the Women's Movement."
Lisa Ransdell
(Affiliate Associate Professor, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, CO
President, Pinnacle Education Consulting, LLC, 2007 – present)
1990. "Postpartum Depression and the Medicalization of Motherhood: A Comparison of Lay and Professional Views."
Andie Seeber
(Visiting Assistant Professor, University of the Virgin Islands)
2016. "Beyond Transition : Life Course Challenges of Trans* People"
Heather McKee Hurwitz
(Post-Doctoral Fellow, The Athena Center for Leadership Studies and the Department of Sociology, Barnard College, New York, NY)
2015. "The 51%: Gender, Feminism, and Culture in the Occupy Wall Street Movement"
Shaeleya Miller
(Lecturer, Departments of Sociology/Women's Studies, California State University Long Beach)
2014 . "Am I Queer Enough?" (White) Queer Identity Verification and the Costs of Inclusion"
Alison Dahl Crossley
(Assistant Director, The Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA)
2013. "The Future of Feminism: U.S. College Students, Feminism, and Social Inequality"
Rob Caputi
(Adjunct Assistant Professor at Long Island University and Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York, NY)
2012 . "The Bears: Exploring the alternative sexual aesthetics of a gay male subculture"
Kegan Allee
(Title IX Investigator, Equity and Diversity, University of Southern California)
2011. “Drag kinging and the creation of cybernetworks”
Noa Logan Klein
(Holistic Health Practitioner, Hilo, HI)
2010. “Loving touch : therapeutic massage, the socialization of the body, and the healing of US culture”
Lisa Leitz
(Assistant Professor, Chapman University, Orange, CA)
2009. “Identities in conflict : veterans and military family members in the anti-Iraq war movement”
Katrina Kimport
(Associate Professor, University of San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA)
2009. “The meanings of marriage : gender, sexuality, and heteronormativity in the 2004 San Francisco same-sex weddings”
Ardith Matilda Allen
(Research Scientist, Ohio Department of Education)
2008. “The Deradicalization of Columbus, Ohio's Antirape Movement, 1972-2002”
Eve Illana Shapiro
(Director of Data and Research at Beyond 12)
2005. “The disposable boy toys : identity transformation in a drag king community”
Elizabeth Kaminsky.
(Associate Professor of Sociology, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT )
2003. "Listening to Drag: Music, Performance, and the Construction of Oppositional Culture."
Jessica Maguire
(Director, Digital Media Council at Skillpoint Alliance, Austin, TX)
2002. "Ecstatic Pain and A labor of Love: Emotive Praxis of the Midwifery Movement."
Cynthia Fabrizio Pelak
(Assistant Professor of Sociology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM)
2002. "Nation-Building in Post-Aparthied South Africa: Transforming Gender and Race Relations through Sports."
Nicole C. Raeburn
(Associate Professor of Sociology, Gender and Sexualities Studies, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA)
2000. "The Rise of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Rights in the Workplace."
Kimberly Dugan
(Professor of Sociology, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT)
1999. "Culture and Movement-Countermovement Dynamics: The Struggle over Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Rights."
Melinda Goldner
(Professor of Sociology, Union College, Schenectady, NY)
1998. "Explaining the Success of the Alternative Health Care Movement: How Integrative Medicine is Expanding Western Medicine."
Jo Reger
(Professor of Sociology, Director, Women & Gender Studies, Oakland University, Rochester, MI)
1997. "Social Movement Culture and Organizational Survival in the National Organization for Women."
Andre Arianrhodd Levi
(Reference Department, Columbus Public Library, Columbus, OH)
1996. "Feminist Reconstructions of Identity in a Self-Help Program: A Study of Two Social Movement Organizations for Incest Survivors."
Patricia Gagné
(Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY.)
1993. "The Battered Women's Movement in the 'Post-Feminist' Era: New Social Movement Strategies and the Celeste Clemencies."
Mary Elizabeth Krouse
(Associate Professor of Sociology, Oho University, Athens, OH.)
1993. "Gift Giving and Social Transformation: The Aids Memorial Quilt as Social Movement Culture."
Martha A. Schmidt
(Lecturer, Department of Sociology, The University of Akron, Akron, OH)
1993. "Emotion, Identity, and Social Movements: The Effects of Jeffrey Dahmer's Serial Killings on Milwaukee's Lesbian and Gay Community."
Kelly A. McCormick
(Deceased; Former Founder, Executive Director of MOMAZONS, Columbus, OH)
1992. "Moms Without Dads: Women Choosing Children."
Phyllis Gorman
(Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity Manager, Ohio Department of Administrative Services; and Lecturer in Sociology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH)
1992. "The Ohio AIDS Movement: Competition and Cooperation between Grassroots Activists and Professionally Sponsored Organizations."
Nancy Elaine Whittier
(Chair and Professor of Sociology, Smith College, Northampton, MA)
1991. "Feminists in the 'Post-Feminist' Age: Collective Identity and the Persistence of the Women's Movement."
Lisa Ransdell
(Affiliate Associate Professor, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, CO
President, Pinnacle Education Consulting, LLC, 2007 – present)
1990. "Postpartum Depression and the Medicalization of Motherhood: A Comparison of Lay and Professional Views."
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