Ph.D.'s on the Job Market
Meredith Huey
Ph.D. expected: May 2008 (CV)
Dissertation Title: “Prison Suicide: A Test of the Deprivation and Importation Hypotheses.”
Dissertation Committee: Thomas McNulty (Chair); Ron Simons; and Paul Roman
Areas of Professional Interest: Crime, Law, and Deviance; Medicalization and Social Control of Deviance; Punishment and Society; Sentencing and Corrections; Alcohol and Drug Treatment; Suicide; Quantitative Methods
Areas of Teaching Interest: Introductory Sociology; Social Problems; Deviance and Social Control; Criminology; Sociology of Law; Punishment and Society; Sociology of Mental Illness; Sociological Theories of Suicide; Research Methods; Quantitative Methods
Contact: mhuey@uga.edu
Michael Ramirez
Ph.D. awarded : December 2007 (CV)
Dissertation Title: "Music, Gender, and Coming of Age in the Lives of Indie Rock Performers "
Dissertation Committee: Linda Grant (Chair), James Dowd, and Joseph Hermanowicz
Areas of Professional Interest: Gender, Race, Class, and Inequality; The Life Course; Work and Occupations; Men and Masculinities; Qualitative Methods
Areas of Teaching Interest: Introductory Sociology*; Sociology of Gender*; Gender and Work; Men and Masculinities; The Life Course; Work and Industry*; Social Problems; Social Psychology; Sociology in Film*. (*indicates courses taught)
Contact: michaeleddieramirez@gmail.com
Abigail Richardson
Ph.D. expected: May 2008 (CV)
Dissertation Title: “To Diet or To Eat (Healthy): Women’s Food Negotiations across the Life Course.”
Dissertation Committee: James Dowd (Chair), Linda Grant, and Leigh Willis
Areas of Professional Interest: Sociology of the Body, Culture, Gender, Social Psychology, Aging and the Life Course, Medical Sociology, Media and Popular Culture
Areas of Teaching Interest: Sociology of Culture*; Social Psychology*; Sociology of Gender; Introductory Sociology*; Sociology of Gender; The Life Course; Social Theory; Research Methods; Qualitative Methods; Social Problems; Introduction to Women’s Studies* (*indicates courses taught)
Contact: abigailr@uga.edu
