Sociology Graduate Students

Gabriella Altmire

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5057
Office: 618 PLC
Office Hours: Sp 24: Wednesday 2:30 - 4:30
Research Interests: Environment, Theory Knowledge Science

Em Beecher

Graduate Employee
Sociology
Office: 712 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2023: Monday/Wednesday 10-11
Research Interests: gender, sexualities, sexual violence prevention and education

Megan Betts

Graduate Employee
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-1261
Office: 707 PLC

David Capelle

Graduate Employee
Sociology
Office: 621 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2023: Wednesday 10:00-12:00

Christine Capili

PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-1261
Office: 719 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:00-5:00 PM (via Zoom)
Research Interests: Race & Ethnicity, Identity, Quantitative Methods, Demography, Political Sociology, Panethnicity, Voting Patterns and Political Outcomes

Kason Carté

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 607 PLC
Office Hours: Fall23: Friday 2:00 - 4:00
Research Interests: Gender and sexuality, masculinities, LGBT+ communities, queer theory, conflict theory.

Isabella Clark

Doctoral Candidate/Graduate Employee
Sociology
Office: 721 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2023: Thursday 2:00-4:00
Research Interests: environmental sociology, chemical pollution, gender and environment, reproduction, emotions

Katherine Clarke

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Phone: 360-927-8442
Office: 620 PLC
Research Interests: Deviance, Labor, Substance use, Cultural Studies, Criminology

Stephanie Coonfield

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 636 PLC
Office Hours: Sp24: And by appointment

Sue Dockstader

Graduate Employee
Environmental Studies, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5426
Office: 623 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2023: Wednesday 9-11

Benjamin Dreon

Graduate Employee
Sociology
Office: 619 PLC

Tre Dunn III

Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Sociology
Office: 718 PLC
Office Hours: W24: Monday:10 AM-11 AM; Wednesday: 3 PM-4 PM

Natasha Erickson

Graduate Employee
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5002
Office: 717 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2022: Tuesdays and Fridays 1-2 PM on Zoom
Research Interests: Health Inequalities, Medical Sociology, Environmental Health, Race and Ethnicity, Quantitative Approaches, Spatial Analysis

Brandon Folse

PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Sociology
Office: 607 PLC
Research Interests: migration, citizenship, consumption, teaching sociology, ethnography, futures

Sophie Glasswell

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 636 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2024: Wednesdays 10:00am-12:00pm or by appointment
Research Interests: Sex and Gender, Sexuality, Embodiment, Identity, Sport Sociology

Sarah Guldenbrein

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-1261
Office: 636 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2023: By Zoom Appointment
Research Interests: Environmental sociology, ecofeminism, fashion and textiles, colonialism, critical theory, qualitative methods, pedagogy

Dawn Harfmann

Ph.D. Candidate
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5002
Office: 636 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2022: By appointment only
Research Interests: Environmental sociology, environmental inequalities, political economy, sociology of place, political sociology, social movements, labor sociology, public sociology

Myra Haverda

PhD Student
Graduate Employee
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5002
Office: 719 PLC
Office Hours: F23: Monday And Wednesday 11:00-12:00
Research Interests: Gender, masculinities, trans studies, social movements, social and sociological

Haisu Huang

PhD Candidate
Sociology
Office: 716 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2023: 2-4pm Thursdays
Research Interests: Environmental Sociology; Climate Disasters and Recovery; Energy Transition and Deindustrialization; Qualitative Methods; Empowerment Self-Defense.

Shiv Issar

Doctoral Candidate
Sociology
Office: 614 PLC
Office Hours: Sp24: Thursday, 10:00 - 12:00 AM via Zoom
Research Interests: Science and Technology Studies, New Media Studies, Game Studies, Economic Sociology, Environmental Sociology, Qualitative Methods.

Meredith Jacobson

Graduate Employee
Environmental Studies, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-0675
Office: 721 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2023: By Appointment
Research Interests: Environmental sociology, settler colonial studies, forest and fire governance

Jordan James

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 636 PLC
Office Hours: Sp24: Monday and Wednesday 12:00 - 1:00

Andrew Labuza

Graduate Employee
Sociology
Office: 614 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2022: By appointment only

Jiayan Lin

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 614 PLC
Office Hours: Sp24: By Appointment

Mila Listrovaya

Doctoral Candidate
Graduate Employee
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5002
Office: 605 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2023: Monday 10:00-12:00
Research Interests: Environmental policy, politics & inequality; Russia; China; media & discourse studies; mixed methods

Bex MacFife

Graduate Employee
Doctoral Student
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-1261
Office: 708 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2022: By appointment only
Research Interests: Gender and sexuality, LGBTQ+ topics, sex education, medical education, queer and trans health, Gynecological Teaching Associates, reproductive justice, bodies and embodiment, social movements, science and technology studies, queer theory, feminist methods

Mahindra Mohan Kumar

Graduate Employee
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-1261
Office: 619 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2023: Thursday 12:00-2:00 (remote) and by appointment
Research Interests: Housing, Homelessness, Climate Change

Ruby Oboro-Offerie

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 636 PLC
Office Hours: Sp24: Tuesdays and Thursdays 11:00-12:00

Alejandra Pedraza

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 718 PLC
Office Hours: SP 2024: Schedule via https://calendly.com/apedraza-1/officehours
Research Interests: Latinx Sociology, Race & Ethnicity, Migration, Education

David Purucker

Graduate Employee
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5002
Office: 623 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2024: Monday & Wednesday 11:00 - 1:00

Dalton Richardson

PhD Candidate
Graduate Teaching Fellow
Sociology
Office: 617 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2022: Mondays 1:00pm-3:00pm via Zoom
Research Interests: climate change & society, environmental justice & environmental social movements, rural sociology, environmental studies pedagogy

Amanda Ricketts

Graduate Employee
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5002
Office: 708 PLC
Research Interests: Place and Environment, Race, Environmental Sociology, Gender, Social Movements, Inequalities and Stratification, Qualitative Approaches

Nicky Silver

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 636 PLC

Mae Sowards

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 636 PLC
Office Hours: Sp24: Tuesday 3:30 - 5:30

Shannan Lenke Stoll

Doctoral Student
Environmental Studies, Sociology
Office: 721 PLC

Justin Szasz

Graduate Employee
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-1261
Office: 623 PLC
Office Hours: F23: Friday 2-4 via zoom
Research Interests: Environmental sociology, political economy, climate change

Nicholas Theis

Graduate Employee
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5002
Office: 617 PLC
Research Interests: Environmental Sociology, Political Economy, Environmental Justice, Social Network Analysis, Quantitative Methods

Jinsun Yang

Graduate Employee
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-1261
Office: 621 PLC
Office Hours: F23: Thursday 2:00pm-4:00pm
Research Interests: Queer theory, Feminism, Gender Policy, Sociology of Sport, Queer Geopolitics, Colonialism

W. Jamie Yang

Graduate Employee
Sociology
Office: 707 PLC
Office Hours: Sp24: Friday 9:00 - 11:00
Research Interests: Gender, sexuality, family and life course, social psychology