
Lauren Ashby
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
M.A., Geography, Syracuse University, 2023
B.A., Liberal Arts, Sarah Lawrence, 2021

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


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
M.S., Criminal Justice, Buffalo State College, 2022
B.A., Political Science, SUNY University at Buffalo, 2020

Selene Cammer-Bechtold
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
M.A,. Sociology, Syracuse University,
2014
B.A., History and Social Studies Secondary Education, SUNY Fredonia, 2003

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 Delapaz
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
Areas of Expertise
Breastfeeding practices, maternal and child health, public health policy and programs

Qiyu Deng
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
M.P.A., Cornell University, 2023
B.A., Management in Auditing, Nanjing Audit University, 2020

Cassie Dutton
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
M.A.,
Sociology, Syracuse University, 2016
B.A., Anthropology, The College of Wooster, 2012

Anne Getz Eidelhoch
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
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

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

Tori-Ann Haywood
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
M.P.A., Public Service Management, CUNY, 2011
B.A., International Studies, CUNY, 2009

Shanel Khaliq
Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology Department
Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center
M.A., University of British Columbia, 2015

Huseyin Zeyd Koytak
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
M.A., Sociology, Istanbul Sehir University, 2018
B.A., Sociology, Bogazici University, 2016

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


Claire Pendergrast
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
MPH, University of Washington, Environmental Health, 2019
B.A., Dartmouth College, Biology, 2015

Ashley Quinlan
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
M.A., Sociology, St. John’s University, 2022
B.A., Sociology, SUNY Geneseo, 2019

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
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

Jenna Sikka
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center
M.A., Sociology - Syracuse University, 2013
B.A, Sociology - Maharaja Sayajirao University, 2005

Shaneya Simmelkjaer
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
M.A., Syracuse University, 2024

Jennifer Swanson
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
M.A., Sociology,
Syracuse University, 2008
M.E.M., Resource Ecology, Duke University, 2004
B.A., American Cultural History, Northwestern University, 1990

Mauricio Torres
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
M.A., Sociology, Syracuse University, 2013
B.A., Sociology and Africana Studies, Dickinson
College, 2012

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

Kiara Van Brackle
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
M.S., Biomedical and Forensic Science, Syracuse University 2020
B.S., Health and Exercise Science, Syracuse University 2015


Kelsey Wilber
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
B.S., Boise State University, Sociology, 2019

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

Ibrahim Yanik
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
Graduate Research Associate, Center for European Studies
M.A., Istanbul Sehir University, Sociology, 2019
B.A., Bogazici University, Sociology, 2017

Ning Zhan
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
Graduate Research Associate, East Asia Program
Ph.D., Zhejiang University, 2014

Tianqi Zhou
Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department
M.A., Sociology, Nanjing University, 2021
B.A., Sociology, Nanjing University, 2018