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Sociology

In its  the Sociology Department awards one level of Honors to student research projects. The projects listed below have been defended successfully, and a copy of the thesis deposited in Swem Library.

Key:

• Student, "Thesis" (Honors level)
  Committee Chair + Other Committee Members

2024-2025

• Benjamin Bolawa,  (Honors) 
  Meaghan Stiman + Kathleen Jenkins, Christine Nemacheck

2023-2024

• Malise Ocean Foss,  (Honors) 
  Meaghan Stiman + Thomas Linneman, Claire McKinney
• Bjorn Alex Mustard,  (Honors) 
  Thomas J. Linneman + Judith Hand, Jerry Watkins 

2022-2023

• Laila Elizabeth Kennedy, "" (Honors)
   Meaghan Stiman + Thomas Linneman, Jennifer Gülly

2021-2022

• No Honors students this year

2020-2021

• Gustavo Espinosa, "" (Honors)
  Monika Gosin + Stacy Kern-Scheerer, Deenesh Sohoni, John "Rio" Riofrio

2019-2020

• Maya FarrHenderson, "" (Honors)
   Amy Quark + Deenesh Sohoni, Iyabo Obasanjo

2018-19

• Caroline Arnold, "" (Honors)
  Thomas Linneman + Judith Hand, Michael Leruth
• Hannah Ferster, ""
  Thomas Linneman + Elyas Bakhtiari, Carrie Dolan
• Xufan Ma, ""
  Gul Ozyegin + Thomas Linneman, Victoria Castillo
• Leah Roemer, ""
  

  Elyas Bakhtiari + Kathleen Jenkins, Magali Compan, Giulia Pacini
  

2017-18

• No Honors students this year

2016-17

• Nairuti Shastry, "" (Honors) 
  Jennifer Bickham Mendez + Deenesh Sohoni, Melody Porter 

2015-16

• No Honors students this year

2014-15

• William Plews-Ogan, (Honors) 
  Kathleen E. Jenkins + George Greenia and Tracy Sohoni

2013-14

• Derek Moretz, (Honors) 
  Kathleen Jenkins + Amy Quark, Ronald Rapoport

2012-13

• Nicole Brown, (Honors) 
  Monika Gosin+ Deenesh Sohoni, Jeremy Pope 

2011-12

• No Honors students this year

2010-11

• Sarah Ebert, (Honors)
   Graham Ousey + Amy Quark, Danielle Dallaire

2009-10

• Margaret Clendenen, (High Honors)
  Thomas Linneman + Kathleen Jenkins, Maureen Fitzgerald
• Allen Ukai,
  Kathleen Jenkins + Jennifer Bickham Mendez, Anne Charity Hudley

2008-09

• Kimberly Mason, (Honors)
  Jennifer Mendez + Rene Cabral-Daniels, Jonathan Arries
  
• Franklin McFadden, (High Honors)
  Deirdre Royster + Jennifer Bickham-Mendez, David Aday, Michael Blakey

2007-08

• Lauren Hum, "Completing the Puzzle: Towards a Multi-faceted Sociological Explanation of the Gender Disparity in Criminal Offending" (Honors)
  Graham Ousey + Kathleen Slevin, Janice Zeman

2006-07

• Amma Agyemang, "Disease in the Media: A Content Analysis of a Sample of HIV/AIDS-Related Articles in Four U.S. Print Media from 1981 to 2006"(Honors)
  Katherine Walker + Kathleen Slevin, Brad Weiss
• Richael Faithful, "When Racial Controversy Erupts on a College Campus: Interrogating Institutional and Student Responses to Controversy, Diversity, and Affirmative Action" (Highest Honors)
  Dee Royster + Monica Griffin, Leisa Meyer
• Katherine Perkins, "Spirit Moving to the Margins: Religious Identity in the New Monasticism" (High Honors)
  Kathleen Jenkins + Thomas Linneman, Seth Feman
• Kelly Waldrop, "Man the Guns: Gender and Ritual in Military Institutions" (High Honors)
  Thomas Linneman + Salvatore Saporito, Leisa Meyer

2004-05

• Wesley Allen
  Thomas Linneman + Jennifer Bickham-Mendez, Leisa Meyer
• Jana Chavers
  Deenesh Sohoni + Kelly Joyce, Lynn Pelco
• Sheila Leonard
  Katherine Slevin + Kelly Joyce, Leisa Meyer
• Erin Nowak
  Kelly Joyce + Thomas Linneman, Jenny Putzi