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Lauren Ashby

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

leashby@syr.edu

Jacob Bartholomew

Jacob Bartholomew

Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

M.A., Sociology, Syracuse University, 2017
M.A., Cultural Foundations of Education, Syracuse University, 2009

jbarthol@syr.edu

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Roseanna Benser

Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

M.A., Sociology, Syracuse University, 2016

rjbenser@syr.edu

Erin Bisesti

Erin Bisesti

Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

B.A., Sociology, University of North Florida, 2018

embisest@syr.edu

Reid Boujaoude

Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

M.S.W., Eastern Kentucky University, 2024
B.A., Sociology, Eastern Kentucky University, 2021

mboujaou@syr.edu

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Ashley Bursie

Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

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

ambursie@syr.edu

Selene Cammer-Bechtold

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

scammer@syr.edu

Madison Centeno

Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

B.A., Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies, SUNY Geneseo, 2024

mcenteno@syr.edu

Racheal Chubb

Racheal Chubb

Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

M.S.W., Social Work, Syracuse University, 2013

B.A., Sociology, SUNY Potsdam, 2009

rnchubb@syr.edu

Julene Cooney

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

jkcooney@syr.edu

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Hayden Courtney

Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

M.A., Psychology, University of Cincinnati, 2022
B.S., Psychology, Ohio State University, 2019

rhcourtn@syr.edu

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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

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

acdelapa@syr.edu

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

qdeng06@syr.edu

Cassie Dutton

Cassie Dutton

Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

M.A., Sociology, Syracuse University, 2016
B.A., Anthropology, The College of Wooster, 2012

cedutton@syr.edu

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Anne Getz Eidelhoch

Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

M.S., Humanities, Wesleyan University, 2021

426 Eggers Hall

315.443.3114

amgetz@syr.edu

Areas of Expertise

Dehumanization, social death, political extremism

Cameron Farrar

Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

M.A., Sociology, UNC Greensboro, 2024
B.A., Sociology and Political Science, UNC Greensboro, 2022

cfarrar@syr.edu

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Julia Finan

Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

B.A., Psychology, Rutgers University, 2019

jfinan@syr.edu

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Elise Fjelstad

Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

B.A., Political Science and Sociology, University of Wisconsin- Madison, 2023

efjelsta@syr.edu

Ted Forsyth

Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

M.S., Criminal Justice, RIT, 2021
B.A., Communication Studies and Philosophy, Alfred University, 2003

tdforsyt@syr.edu

Iwona Franczak

Iwona Franczak

Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

M.S., Illinois State University, 2018

     

    426 Eggers Hall

    315.443.3114

    ifrancza@syr.edu

    Portrait of Xiaohan Gang

    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

    xigang@syr.edu

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    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

    426 Eggers Hall

    315.443.3114

    jggrove@syr.edu

    Portrait of Tori-Ann Haywood

    Tori-Ann Haywood

    Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

    M.P.A., Public Service Management, CUNY, 2011
    B.A., International Studies, CUNY, 2009

    tchaywoo@syr.edu

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    Shanel Khaliq

    Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology Department

    Graduate Research Associate, South Asia Center

    M.A., University of British Columbia, 2015

    skhaliq@syr.edu

    Zeyd Koytak

    Huseyin Zeyd Koytak

    Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

    M.A., Sociology, Istanbul Sehir University, 2018

    B.A., Sociology, Bogazici University, 2016

    hkoytak@syr.edu

    Anais Mejia

    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

    anmejia@syr.edu

    Katherine Mott

    Katherine Mott

    Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

    M.S., Food Studies, Syracuse University, 2019

    B.S., Environmental Engineering, SUNY ESF, 2015

    klmott@syr.edu

    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

    somushta@syr.edu

    Mehdi Nejatbakhsh

    Mehdi Nejatbakhsh

    Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

    M.S., Urban Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2014
    B.A., Urban Planning, University of Tehran, 2010

    mnejatba@syr.edu

    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

    eooshaji@syr.edu

    Mary Pagan

    Mary Pagan

    Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

    M.A., Sociology, Syracuse University, 2016
    M.S., Health Education/Exercise Science, Syracuse University, 1993

    mapagan@syr.edu

    Portrait of Zhihao Pan

    Zhihao Pan

    Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

    B.S., Sociology, University of Macau, 2023

    zpan23@syr.edu

    Portrait of Ph.D. student (sociology) Claire Pendergrast

    Claire Pendergrast

    Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

    MPH, University of Washington, Environmental Health, 2019

    B.A., Dartmouth College, Biology, 2015

    315.443.3114

    cpenderg@syr.edu

    Ashley Quinlan

    Ashley Quinlan

    Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

    M.A., Sociology, St. John’s University, 2022
    B.A., Sociology, SUNY Geneseo, 2019

    alquinla@syr.edu

    Sergio Saravia

    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

    ssaravia@syr.edu

    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

    426 Eggers Hall

    315.443.3114

    fsarfo@syr.edu

    Areas of Expertise

    Climate Change, agricultural and environmental policy, food systems labor, social policy and inequality
    Dustin Satterfield

    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

    dsatterf@syr.edu

    Winston Scott

    Winston Scott

    Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

    Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

    B.A., University of Rochester, Anthropology & African American Studies, 2019

    wscott@syr.edu

    Jenna Sikka

    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

    jasikka@syr.edu

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    Shaneya Simmelkjaer

    Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

    Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

    M.A., Syracuse University, 2024

    426 Eggers Hall

    315.443.3114

    snsimmel@syr.edu

    Jennifer Swanson

    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

    jlswan01@syr.edu

    Mauricio Torres

    Mauricio Torres

    Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

    M.A., Sociology, Syracuse University, 2013
    B.A., Sociology and Africana Studies, Dickinson College, 2012

    mttorres@syr.edu

    Nastassia Vaitsiakhovich

    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 

    nivaitsi@syr.edu

    Portrait of Kiara Van Brackle

    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

    kavanbra@syr.edu

    Jinpu Wang

    Jinpu Wang

    Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

    M.A., Public Policy, University of Maryland, 2015

    jwang211@syr.edu

    Kelsey Wilber

    Kelsey Wilber

    Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

    Graduate Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

    B.S., Boise State University, Sociology, 2019

    kwilber@syr.edu

    Chongmin Yang

    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

    cyang09@syr.edu

    Ibrahim Yanik

    Ibrahim Yanik

    Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

    M.A., Istanbul Sehir University, Sociology, 2019

    B.A., Bogazici University, Sociology, 2017

    iyanik@syr.edu

    Ning Zhan

    Ning Zhan

    Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

    Graduate Research Associate, East Asia Program

    Ph.D., Zhejiang University, 2014

    nizhan@syr.edu

    Portrait of Tianqi Zhou

    Tianqi Zhou

    Ph.D. Student, Sociology Department

    M.A., Sociology, Nanjing University, 2021
    B.A., Sociology, Nanjing University, 2018

    tzhou21@syr.edu

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