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Book-in-Common Essay Contest
Ph.D. sociology student, Vanessa Ellison, received first place in the Fall 2018 Book-in-Common Essay Contest, for her essay titled 鈥淏lack Girl, White Words.鈥� Petina Powers, Ph.D. sociology student, received second place for her essay titled 鈥淢isnomer: The Invisible Older Woman.鈥� The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot, was this year鈥檚 Book-in-Common.
Federation Symposium
Ph.D. sociology student, Hollie A. Teague, won first place in the Social Science/Humanities Division at the Federation Symposium held on the UNT campus, April 5, 2019. Her poster presentation is titled 鈥溾�楢lmost Jealous鈥�: A Study of Race, Class, and Gender in Jim Crow Texas.鈥�
22nd Annual Student Creative Arts & Research Symposium
William Smith, Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology
Platform Presentation, 鈥淚t is not About the Sex: A Qualitative Study of Male Instructors鈥� Perceptions of Female Supervisors鈥�
Allison Ray, Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology
Poster Presentation, 鈥淭he Sociology of Teaching and Learning Undergraduate Social Statistics: Access, Assessment, and Arts-Based Pedagogy鈥�
Selected by the Research Committee of the Graduate Council as a 2019 Chancellor鈥檚 Student Research Scholar. The CSRS program honors outstanding achievement by select students in research and creative art endeavors.
Hollie Teague, Ph.D. Student in Sociology
Poster Presentation, 鈥淟ynching the Young in Texas: Toward a Modified Status Transgression Theory
Tanya Faglie, Ph.D. Student in Sociology
Poster Presentation, 鈥淥bstetric Procedures and Childbirth: Educated Women鈥檚 Perceptions of Patient Autonomy鈥�
Madyson Plummer, MA Student in Sociology
Poster Presentation, 鈥淎 Global Comparison of the Incarceration of Women and Societal Punitiveness"
Heather Gerling, Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology
One of three students selected for the 2019 Graduate Council Award for Exceptional, Original Scholarship
Her dissertation focuses on the relatively new and promising field of the Sociology of Human Rights. Ms. Gerling is interested in both quantitative comparative historical comparative sociology and qualitative sociology of inequality, stratification, and urban sociology in the international context. Besides her presentations in regional and national workshops and conferences, Heather has published three articles in professional journals.
Graduate Student Council Pioneering Spirit Awards Banquet
Heather Gerling, Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, 2019 Doctoral Student Award of Excellence
Sociology Ph.D. Candidate Receives Funding to Support Dissertation
Mia Kirby, Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, was awarded the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health Frances Fowler Wallace Memorial for Mental Health Dissertation Award of $1,500, to support her dissertation titled 鈥淐ranes in the Sky: Exploring the Relationship between the Strong Black Woman Archetype and the Mental Health Help Seeking Behaviors of Black Women.鈥�
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