Recent Placements of Graduates
Sociology Graduate Degree Program Placement Statistics
2016-17 Academic Year
Cassandra Engeman, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), Stockholm University
2005 Cohort, PhD Winter 2016
Co-Chairs: Maria Charles and Fernando Lopez-Alves
Daisy Gonzales, Associate Director, Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE), Stanford University
2011 Cohort, PhD Fall 2016
Chair: Beth Schneider
Corrie Ellis Grosse, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Studies, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University, Minnesota
2011 Cohort, PhD exp. Spring 2017
Chair: Kum-Kum Bhavnani
Daniel Olmos, Postdoctoral Fellow, Interdisciplinary Research Incubator for the Study of (In)Equality (IRISE), University of Denver
2005 Cohort, PhD Summer 2016
Chair: Avery Gordon
2015-16 Academic Year
Lauren Alfrey, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Portland
2010 Cohort, PhD exp. Summer 2016
Chair: France Winddance Twine
Alison Dahl Crossley, Associate Director, The Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University
2006 Cohort, PhD Spring 2013
Chair: Verta Taylor
Melissa Guzman, Assistant Professor, Department of Latina and Latino Studies, San Francisco State University
2007 Cohort, PhD Summer 2014
Chair: Denise Segura
Oscar Gil-Garcia, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development, SUNY Binghamton
2000 Cohort, PhD Winter 2009
Chairs: Denise Segura & Laury Oaks
Heather Hurwitz, Postdoctoral Fellow, Athena Center for Leadership Studies, Barnard College, New York City
2007 Cohort, PhD Spring 2015
Chair: Verta Taylor
Monica Lomeli, Senior Human Relations Consultant, Los Angeles County Senior Community Services
2007 Cohort, PhD Summer 2014
Co-Chairs: George Lipsitz and Denise Segura
Melissa MacDonald, Assistant Professor of Sociology, American International College, Springfield, Massachusetts
2009 Cohort, PhD Spring 2015
Chair: F. Winddance Twine
Chandra Russo, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Colgate University, New York
2010 Cohort, PhD exp. Spring 2016
Chair: George Lipsitz
Carlos Alamo-Pastrana, Assistant Professor, Vassar College
2001 Cohort, PhD Summer 2009
Chair: Avery Gordon and Jon Cruz
2014-15 Academic Year
Summer Gray, UC President's Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UC Santa Cruz
2007 Cohort, PhD Fall 2014
Chair: Kum-Kum Bhavnani
Maryam Griffin, UC President's Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UC Davis
2008 Cohort, PhD Summer 2015
Chair: Avery Gordon
Veronica Montes, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology; Affiliated Faculty, Latin American, Latino and Iberian People, and Culture program
Bryn Mawr College
2005 Cohort, PhD Summer 2013
Co-Chairs: W.I. Robinson & Juan Vicente Palerm
Steven Osuna, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology, CSU Long Beach
2005 Cohort, PhD Summer 2015
Chair: W. I. Robinson
Nat Pyle, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology, Laney College, Oakland, CA
2008 Cohort, PhD Winter 2012
Chair: Richard Flacks
Craig Rawlings, Associate Professor of Instruction, Dept. of Sociology, Northwestern University
2000 Cohort, PhD Spring 2008
Co-Chairs: John Mohr and John Sutton
2013-2014 Academic Year
Yousef Baker, Assistant Professor, International Studies Program at CSU Long Beach
2006 Cohort, PhD Summer 2014
Chair: W.I. Robinson
Michael Bourgeois, Director of Institutional Research and Effectiveness, CSU Channel Islands
PhD Spring 2013
Chairs: Verta Taylor & Noah Friedkin
Jerry Flores, UC President's Posdoctoral Research Fellow, UCSF
2009 Cohort, PhD Spring 2014
Chairs: Nikki Jones & Denise Segura
Alexandra Hendley, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Political Science & Sociology, Murray State University, KY
2007 Cohort, PhD Summer 2014
Chair: Maria Charles
Christina Jackson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Gettysburg College
2007 Cohort, PhD Summer 2014
Chairs: Nikki Jones & George Lipsitz
Alexis McCurn, Assistant Professor of Sociology, CSU Dominguez Hills
2005 Cohort, PhD Summer 2013
Chairs: Nikki Jones & Sarah Fenstermaker
Erik Nielsen, Lecturer, Dept. of Sociology, Penn State University
2007 Cohort, PhD Summer 2014
Chair: Richard Appelbaum
Cesar Rodriguez, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Criminology and Justice Program, CSU San Marcos
2006 Cohort, PhD Summer 2014
Chair: W.I. Robinson
Rebecca Romo, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Santa Monica College
2005 Cohort, PhD Fall 2011
Co-Chairs: G. Reginald Daniel & Denise Segura
2012-2013 Academic Year
Alison Crossley, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2013-2015
The Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Stanford University
2006 Cohort, PhD Spring 2013
Chair: Verta Taylor
Patrick Lopez-Aguado, Assistant Professor, Santa Clara University
2005 Cohort, PhD Summer 2013
Chairs: Victor Rios & George Lipsitz
Veronica Montes, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, 2013-2015
USC, Departments of Sociology and the Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration (CSII).
2005 Cohort, PhD Summer 2013
Co-Chairs: W.I. Robinson & Juan Vicente Palerm
Samuel G. Prieto, Assistant Professor, University of San Diego
2006 Cohort, PhD Fall 2013
Chair: Howard Winant
2011-2012 Academic Year
Clayton Childress, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto-Scarborough
2004 Cohort, PhD Spring 2012
Chairs: Noah Friedkin & John Mohr
Neda Maghbouleh, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto-Scarborough
2006 Cohort, PhD Spring 2012
Chairs: Jon Cruz & G. Reginald Daniel
Bob Ngo, Principal Enrollment Management Analyst, Office of Budget and Planning, UCSB
2001 Cohort, PhD Spring 2012
Co-Chairs: Denise Bielby & Jon Cruz
Emily Tumpson Molina, Assistant Professor, Brooklyn College-City University of New York
2006 Cohort, PhD Spring 2012
Chairs: Melvin Oliver & Maria Charles
Xuan Santos, Assistant Professor, California State University, San Marcos
2003 Cohort, PhD Spring 2012
Chair: Denise Segura
Zeynep Korkman, Assistant Professor, Department of Gender and Women's Studies, University of Arizona
2002 Cohort, PhD Fall 2011
Chair: Jon Cruz
Kegan Allee, Associate Director, Student Judicial Affairs, USC,
2003 Cohort, PhD Fall 2011
Chair: Verta Taylor
James Walsh, Assistant Professor, Social Science and Humanities, University of Ontario
2004 Cohort, PhD Summer 2011
Chair: W.I. Robinson
2010-2011 Academic Year
Erik Love, Assistant Professor, Dickinson College, PA
2003 Cohort, PhD Fall 2010
Chair: Howard Winant
Brooke Neely, Visiting Assistant Professor, Whitman College, Washington
2004 Cohort, PhD Spring 2011
Chair: Jon Cruz & George Lipsitz
Socorro Castaneda-Liles, Assistant Professor, Santa Clara University
1998 Cohort, PhD Summer 2011
Chair: Denise Segura & Wade Roof Clark
Brianne Davila, Assistant Professor, Willamette University, Salem, OR.
2004 Cohort, PhD Fall 2011
Chair: Denise Segura
Molly Moloney, Senior Research Associate, Scientific Analysis Corp., San Francisco
1997 Cohort, PhD Fall 2010
Chair: Denise Bielby
Jordan Camp, Visiting Researcher, Institute of American Cultures (IAC) and the Bunche Center for African American Studies, UCLA
2005 Cohort, PhD Spring 2011
Chairs: George Lipsitz & Avery Gordon
2009-2010 Academic Year
Benjamin Bratton, Associate Professor, UC San Diego
1992 Cohort, PhD Spring 2010
Chair: Roger Friedland
Stacie Furia, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Justice, Northland College, Ashland, WI
2003 Cohort, PhD Fall 2009
Chair: Denise Bielby
Marta Gaffney, Adjunct Faculty, California State University, Channel Islands
1983 Cohort, PhD Summer 2010
Chair: John Mohr & Gary Schulman
LaShaune Johnson, Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health, Creighton University
2000 Cohort, PhD Fall 2009
Chair: Jon Cruz
Katrina Kimport, Research Sociologist, Women's Reproductive Health, UC San Francisco
2003 Cohort, PhD Fall 2009
Chair: Verta Taylor and Jennifer Earl
Tonya Lindsey, Researcher, California Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation
2000 Cohort, PhD Winter 2010
Chair: Sarah Fenstermaker & Valerie Jenness
Rachel Parker, Researcher, Science and Technology Policy Institute
2005 Cohort, PhD Summer 2010
Chair: Rich Appelbaum
Christine Shearer, Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for Nanotechnology, UC Santa Barbara
2003 Cohort, PhD Summer 2010
Chair: John Foran & William Freudenburg
Kevin Whitehead, Assistant Professor, University of Witwatersrand
2004 Cohort, PhD Summer 2010
Chair: Geoffrey Raymond
Edwin Lopez, Lecturer, Sociology/Chican@ Studies Dept., CSU Channel Islands
2001 Cohort, PhD Winter 2010
Chair: John Foran
2008-2009 Academic Year
Carlos Alamo-Pastrana, Assistant Professor, Vassar College
2001 Cohort, PhD Summer 2009
Chair: Avery Gordon and Jon Cruz
Reza Aslan, Associate Professor of Creative Writing, UC Riverside
2006 Cohort, PhD Summer 2009
Chair: Mark Juergensmeyer
Christopher Bickel, Assistant Professor, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
2000 Cohort, PhD Summer 2008
Chair: Sarah Fenstermaker
Krista Bywater, Assistant Professor, Muhlenberg College
2002 Cohort, PhD Summer 2009
Chair: Kum-Kum Bhavnani
Joseph Conti, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin
2000 Cohort, PhD Summer 2008
Chair: Richard Appelbaum & John Sutton
Amelia George, Assistant Professor, California Lutheran University
2002 Cohort, PhD Fall 2008
Chair: Sarah Fenstermaker
Debra Guckenheimer, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Bowdoin College.
2003 Cohort, PhD Summer 2009
Chair: Sarah Fenstermaker
Helene Lee, Assistant Professor, Dickinson College
2000 Cohort, PhD Winter 2009
Chair: John Mohr
Lisa Leitz, Assistant Professor, Chapman University
2002 Cohort, PhD Spring 2009
Chair: Verta Taylor
Sara Mason, Assistant Professor, Gainesville State College
1998 Cohort, PhD Spring 2009
Chair: Jon Cruz & Sarah Fenstermaker
Jennifer Rogers, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Long Island University
2001 Cohort, PhD Summer 2008
Chair: Kum-Kum Bhavnani
Molly Talcott, Assistant Professor, California State University, Los Angeles
1999 Cohort, PhD Summer 2008
Chair: Kum-Kum Bhavnani
Oscar Gil-Garcia, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development, SUNY Binghamton
2000 Cohort, PhD Winter 2009
Chairs: Denise Segura & Laury Oaks
2007-2008 Academic Year
Karl Bryant, Assistant Professor, SUNY - New Paltz
1996 Cohort, PhD Summer 2007
Chair: Beth Schneider
Francesca Degiuli, Assistant Professor, SUNY - Staten Island
1994 Cohort, PhD Summer 2007
Chair: Richard Appelbaum & Kum-Kum Bhavnani
Patricia Drew, Assistant Professor, California State University, East Bay
2001 Cohort, PhD Spring 2008
Chair: Denise Bielby
Mary Ingram, Faculty Fellow, Barrett Honors College, Arizona State University
1998 Cohort, PhD Spring 2008
Chair: Richard Appelbaum & John Sutton
Philip McCarty, Lecturer, University of California, Santa Barbara
1995 Cohort, PhD Summer 2007
Chair: John Mohr
Amandeep Sandhu, Assistant Professor, Temple University
2001 Cohort, PhD Spring 2008
Chair: Bill Robinson
Jessica Taft, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Latin American and Latino Studies, UC Santa Cruz
2001 Cohort, PhD Spring 2008
Chair: Avery Gordon
Timothy Mechlinski, Assistant Professor, Lewis and Clark College
2002 Cohort, PhD Spring 2007
Chair: Kum-Kum Bhavnani & John Foran
