Sociology Graduate Students

Gabriella Altmire

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5057
Office: 614 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesdays 12-2
Research Interests: Environment, Theory Knowledge Science

Kristina Beggen

Doctoral Student
Environmental Studies, Sociology
Office: 607 PLC

Megan Betts

Graduate Employee
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-1261
Office: 708 PLC

David Capelle

Graduate Employee
Sociology
Office: 621 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Mondays 9-10 (Remote) Fridays 9-10 (In-Office)

Christine Capili

PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-1261
Office: 719 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Wednesdays (9:30-11:30 AM via Zoom)
Research Interests: Race & Ethnicity, Political Sociology, Social Stratification, Identity and Identification, Quantitative Methods, and Demography

Avery Cardosi

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 636 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesdays, 2-4 PM

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: 619 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Mondays 11:30am-1:30pm<br />
Research Interests: Gender and Sexuality, Symbolic Interaction, Social Inequality, Queer Theory, Qualitative Methods

Elyse Decker

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 636 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesday 10am - 12pm

Benjamin Dreon

Graduate Employee
Sociology
Office: 619 PLC

Tre Dunn III

Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Sociology
Office: 718 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Wednesday, 12 PM- 2 PM

Sophie Glasswell

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 623 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesdays 12:00-2:00pm by appointment (https://calendly.com/sgla-uo-ge/office-hours)
Research Interests: Sex and Gender, Sexuality, Embodiment, Identity, Sport Sociology

Matthew Guerra

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 620 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Friday&#039;s 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, PLC 620
Research Interests: Race and ethnicity, Indigenous studies, Racial identity, Settler-colonialism, Environmental conservation, Quantitative methods, Mixed methods

Mary Halverson

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Monday, 12:00 pm - 2:00 PM

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: Winter 2025: Tuesdays, 10-12 via zoom
Research Interests: Gender, masculinities, trans studies, social movements, social and sociological

Margaret Hong

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 636 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesday 9:00-11:00

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: 614 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Mondays 11 am - 1 pm

Vanessa Lepe

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 636 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Wednesdays 12:30pm to 2:30pm

Jiayan Lin

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 614 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Friday 2:00-4:00

Bex MacFife

Graduate Employee
Doctoral Student
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-1261
Office: 622 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Thursdays 12-2
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
National Sciences Foundation Graduate Research Fellow
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-1261
Office: 619 PLC
Office Hours: On Fellowship AY 2024-2025
Research Interests: Urban Sociology, Poverty Governance, Homelessness, Policing, Mobile Crisis Response

Ruby Oboro-Offerie

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 636 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesday 2:00pm to 3:00pm and Wednesday 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Alejandra Pedraza

PhD Candidate
Sociology
Office: 718 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesday and Thursday, 10-11:30. Schedule via: https://calendly.com/apedraza-1/officehours
Research Interests: Race & Ethnicity, Latina/o Sociology, education, mobility, and the intersections of liberal discourse and colorblind racism

Jasmine Penate

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 636 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Wednesdays 1:00-3:00

David Purucker

Graduate Employee
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5002
Office: 617 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2024: Monday &amp; Wednesday 11:00 - 1:00

Amanda Ricketts

Graduate Employee
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5002
Office: 622 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Mondays 1:00-3:00 pm
Research Interests: Place and Environment, Race, Environmental Sociology, Gender, Social Movements, Inequalities and Stratification, Qualitative Approaches

Nicky Silver

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 617 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Friday 8-10 on Zoom, or in-person by appointment

Mae Sowards

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 614 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Thursday, 2-4 PM
Research Interests: Environmental Sociology, Housing Insecurity, Climate Change, Qualitative Methods

Shannan Lenke Stoll

Doctoral Student
Environmental Studies, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5003
Office: 721 PLC

Justin Szasz

Graduate Employee
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-1261
Office: 623 PLC
Office Hours: F24: Friday 12-2
Research Interests: Environmental sociology, political economy, climate change

Hellen Tian

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 614 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Thursday 1-2 pm; Friday noon-1 pm.
Research Interests: Environmental Sociology, Computational Social Science, Sociology of Culture, Economic Sociology

Jinsun Yang

Graduate Employee
Sociology, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-1261
Office: 621 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Monday 12:30-2:30PM
Research Interests: Queer theory, Feminism, Gender Policy, Sociology of Sport, Queer Geopolitics, Colonialism

W. Jamie Yang

Graduate Employee
Sociology
Office: 708 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesday&amp;Thursday 1:30-2:30pm<br />
Research Interests: Gender, sexuality, family and life course, social psychology