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graduate advisees on the market, 2008-2009

• Mike Vuolo (Ph.D. Advisor)

dissertation: Legal Context and Youth Drug Use: A Multilevel Analysis of the European Union
areas: Criminology, Sociology of Law, Statistics and Quantitative Methodology

• Julie Barrows (Ph.D. Advisor)

dissertation: Gang Task Forces: Formation, Network Structure and Effectiveness
areas: Crime, Law, and Deviance, Criminal Justice, Organizations

recent advisees [more pictures coming, as soon as i twist some arms!]

• Heather Hlavka (Ph.D. Co-Advisor, Marquette University, Assistant Professor)

dissertation: When Disclosure Becomes Discourse: Children’s Meaning Making of Sexual Abuse
areas: Crime, Law, and Deviance, Gender and Sexuality, Mental Health, Qualitative Methods

• Sara Wakefield (Ph.D. Advisor, University of California-Irvine, Assistant Professor)

dissertation: The Consequences of Incarceration for Parents and Children
areas: Crime, Law, and Deviance, Life Course Studies, Stratification

• Bamidele (Andrew) Odubote (Ph.D. Advisor, Bethel University, Assistant Professor)

dissertation: Race, Parenting Style, and Delinquency: A Comparative Study of European-American, African American and Nigerian Families
areas: Criminology, Family, Race and Ethnicity

• Michael Massoglia (2005 Ph.D. Advisor, Pennsylvania State University, Assistant Professor)

dissertation: Health Consequences of Crime and Punishment
areas: Criminology, Life course, Mental Health, Statistics and Methods

• Darren Wheelock (Ph.D. Co-Advisor, Marquette University, Assistant Professor)

dissertation: Felon Jury Exclusion: Racial Threat and Racial Inequality in United States Criminal Courts
areas: Criminology, Punishment, Race and Ethnicity

• Jeremy Staff (2004 Ph.D. Co-Advisor, Pennsylvania State University Assistant Professor)

dissertation: Precocious Maturity and the Process of Occupational Attainment
areas: Life course, Criminology, Work and Occupations

• Melissa Thompson (2003 Ph.D. Co-Advisor, Portland State University Assistant Professor)

dissertation: Expectations of Madness: Race, Gender, and Mental Health Evaluations
areas: Criminology, Gender, Mental Illness, Sociology of Law

• Amy Blackstone (2003 Ph.D. Research Assistant and Co-Investigator, University of Maine Assistant Professor since Fall 2003)

dissertation: Racing for the Cure and Taking Back the Night: The Social Construction of Gender, Politics, and Public Participation in Women's Activist and Volunteer Work
areas: Gender, Movements, Methods, Life Course, Law

current active graduate advisees

• Mike Vuolo (Ph.D. Advisor)
• Julie Barrows (Ph.D. Advisor)
• Jesse Wozniak (Ph.D. Advisor)
 • Heather McLaughlin (Ph.D. Advisor)
• Shelly Schaefer (Ph.D. Co-Advisor)
• Andrew Halpern-Manners (Initial Ph.D. Advisor)

current graduate committees

• Naomi Isaacson (Ph.D. committee)
• Virginia Lane (Ph.D. committee)

recent graduate committees

• Jennifer C. Lee (Ph.D. committee)
• Kristin Carbone (Ph.D. committee)
• Deborah Eckberg (Ph.D. committee)
• Kenneth Wu Hopkins (Ph.D. committee)
• Ann Beutel (Ph.D. committee alternate)
• Donna Cernohous (M.A. Thesis committee)
• Kelly Shelton (M.A. Thesis committee)
• Glenna Siekert (M.A. Thesis committee)
• Jim Zaffiro (M.A. Thesis committee)
• Rebbeca Colwell (Geography, M.S. Thesis committee)
• Kristin Gallagher (Industrial Relations, M.A. Thesis committee)
• Amir Ijaz (Industrial Relations, M.A. Thesis committee)

selected publications by and with graduate students

  • Christopher Uggen and Chika Shinohara. "Age, Gender, andSekuhara in the United States and Japan." 2008. Forthcoming in The Sociological Quarterly.

  • Christopher Uggen and Heather Hlavka. 2008. “Does Stigmatizing Sex Offenders Drive Down Reporting Rates? Perverse Effects and Unintended Consequences” Forthcoming in Northern Kentucky Law Review.

  • Heather McLaughlin, Christopher Uggen, and Amy Blackstone. 2008. “Social Class and Workplace Harassment During the Transition to Adulthood.” New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development 119:85-98.

  • Christopher Uggen and Heather Hlavka. 2008. “No More Lame Pro-sems: Professional Development Seminars in Sociology.” Forthcoming in volume on graduate professionalization, edited by David Shulman and Ira Silver. New York: American Sociological Association.

publications by undergraduates/recent graduates


other graduate supervision and directed readings

• Sarah Shannon, Social Work, 2006
• Shelly Schaefer, Sociology, 2005
• Sarah Walker, Political Science, 2005
• Valentine Namakula, Advisor to Humphrey International Fellow, 2004-2005
• Rebecca Colwell, Spring 2004
• Leon Dundas, Advisor to Humphrey International Fellow, 2003-2004
• Sara Wakefield, Fall 2003
• Darren Wheelock, Summer 2003
• Amy Blackstone, Summer 2002
• Julie Barrows, Summer 2001
• Jeremy Staff, Summer 2000
• Lori Schabo-Grabowski, Winter 1999 and Fall 1998
• Andrew Odubote, Spring and Summer 1998
• Anne Hoffman, Winter 1997
• Alexandra Goulding, Winter 1996
• Jaime Lugo (Geography), Winter 1996


undergraduate research supervision

• Janelle Rainwater and Jessica Molina, McNair fellowship faculty advisor, 2008
• Claudio Perez and Jessica Molina, McNair fellowship faculty advisor, 2007
• Hayley Castro, Multicultural Summer Research Opportunities Program advisor, 2007
• Shannon Ryan, McNair fellowship faculty advisor, 2006
• Jessica Gonzalez, McNair fellowship faculty advisor, 2005
• Kimberly Gardner, Trumaine Lindsey, Jr., Elisabeth Wells, Heather Leyse, Independent Research 2005
• Sarah Davis, Adam Basil, Moua Xiong, Independent Research 2004
• Pamela Parnell, McNair Fellowship Faculty Advisor, 2004
• Amanda Allen, Senior project and independent research, 2004
• Sean Elder, Senior project and independent research, 2004
• Gina Kubits, Senior project and independent research, 2004
• Danielle Saracino, Senior project and independent research, 2004
• Julie Korts, Senior project and independent study, 2003-4
• Corey Boyer, Senior project and independent study, 2003-4
• Marsha Skalsky, Senior project and independent study, 2003
• Justine Jones, McNair Fellowship Faculty Advisor, 2003
• Chris Hogg, Senior project and independent study, 2003
• Angela Behrens, Undergraduate Research Opportunity Project, 2001-2 (project published in American Journal of Sociology)
• Ebony Ruhland, McNair Fellowship Faculty Advisor; Senior project, 2002-3
• Danielle Riester, Senior project and independent study, 2002
• Michelle Lopez, McNair Fellowship Faculty Advisor, 2001
• Stephanie Miller, MacArthur Honors Program Faculty Advisor, 2001
• Brian Duginske, Undergraduate Research Opportunity Project, 2001
• Les Andrist, Directed Study, 2000
• Megan Carollo, Directed Study, 2000
• Kelly Healey, Directed Study, 2000
• Eric Hedberg, Directed Study, 2000
• Keia Johnson, McNair Fellowship Faculty Advisor, 2000
• Janna Cheney, Honors Project Reader, 2000
• Ann Hewitt, Directed Study, 2000
• Martin Lloyd, Directed Study, 2000
• Shushanie Isaacson, Honors Project Advisor, 1999 (ASA Sociology of Law section undergraduate award winner)
• Mark Fredkove, Honors Project Reader, 1999
• Ryan King, Honors Project Reader, 1999
• Molly Koscianski, Directed Study (Internship), 1999
• Sara Miller, Directed Study Project, 1999
• Michael Johnson, Directed Study Project, 1999
• Michael Steiner, Directed Study Project, 1999
• Kelly Simons, Directed Study Project, 1999
• Molly Koscianski, Directed Study, 1999
• Miriam Rea, McNair Fellowship Faculty Advisor, 1999
• Sindy Lopez, McNair Fellowship Faculty Advisor, 1999
• Jessica Huiras, Senior project and Undergraduate Research Opportunity Project 1999 (project published in The Sociological Quarterly)
• Sara Peterson, Individualized Major Reader, 1998-99
• Shani Greene, McNair Fellowship Faculty Advisor, 1998
• Sara Wakefield, Research Advisor, 1998 (project published in Sociological Inquiry)
• Sara Wakefield, Honors Project Reader, 1998
• Jeremy Blackowicz, Honors Project Reader, 1998
• Greg Gentz, Honors Project Reader, 1998
• Christopher Page, Directed Study, 1997
• Bridget Cleary, Directed Study, 1997
• Jennifer Halko, Senior Project and independent study, 1997 (project published in Social Forces)
• Chikako Sato, Senior Project and independent study, 1997
• Kimberly Lemcke, Senior project and independent study, 1997
• Tina Platt, Senior project and two independent studies, 1997
• Rachel Greene, Directed Study, 1996
• Tami Lin Grimmer, Directed Study, 1996
• Humara Ali, Individualized Major Reader, 1996
• Andrea Andrews, Senior project, 1996
• Jody Matteson, Reader for SPAN Research Project, 1996
• Jennifer Holden, Reader for SPAN Research Project, 1996-8
• James Warren, Honors Thesis Committee Member, 1996
• Carolyn Murphy, Senior project and independent study, 1995-96

mentoring

• Kanika (Vic) Nhul, 2002-2003
• Melissa Buffalo, 1998-2000
• Seema Gundgavi, 1997-1999

 

student funding

  • 2004-5. “Age, Gender, and Sexual Harassment in Japan and the United States.” University of Minnesota Life Course Center. Semester research assistance (Co-PI with Chika Shinohara).

  • 2004. University of Minnesota Graduate Research Partnership Program. “Musical Preferences and Drug Consumption.” 5/24/04-8/20/04 [with Mike Vuolo]. $5,270 (not funded in 2004). Planning external resubmission.

  • 2003. University of Minnesota Sociology/College of Liberal Arts Underrepresented Graduate Student Faculty Research Partnership Award. "Collateral Civil Penalties and Consequences." 5/26/03-8/24/03 [with Darren Wheelock]. $3,750.

  • 2003. University of Minnesota Graduate Research Partnership Program. “The Effect of Children on Crime and Recidivism.” 5/26/03-8/22/03 [with Sara Wakefield]. $5,269.

  • 2002. University of Minnesota Graduate Research Partnership Program. Sexual Harassment in Adolescence and Adulthood: An In-Depth Inquiry.” [with Amy Blackstone] $7,951.

  • 2002. University of Minnesota Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program. “Racial Threat and Changes in Felon Disfranchisement Law in the United States, 1850-2000.” Spring 2002 [with Angela Behrens] $1,661.

  • 2001. University of Minnesota Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program. "The Diffusion of Anti-Discrimination Legislation Based on Sexual Orientation.” [with Brian Duginske]. $1,650.

  • 2000. University of Minnesota Life Course Center. "Sexual Harassment and Legal Mobilization in Adolescence and Young Adulthood." Semester research assistance [with Amy Blackstone].

  • 1998-1999. National Institute of Justice. "Careers in Crime and Substance Use." $45,903 [with Melissa Thompson].

  • 1999. University of Minnesota Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program. "Employee Theft and Career Goals." [with Jessica Huiras]. $1,100.

  • 1998. University of Minnesota Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program. "Trends in Equal Employment Opportunity Complaints" [with Sara Wakefield]. $1,080.

selected student presentations (since 2000)

  • 2004. “Young Adults Entering the Community from the Criminal Justice System: The Challenge of Becoming and Adult.” Am. Soc. of Criminology Mtgs. Nashville. [with Sara Wakefield] November 19, 2004.
  • 2004. “Subjective Desistance and the Transition to Adulthood.” Am. Soc. of Criminology Mtgs. Denver. [with Michael Massoglia] November 17, 2004.
  • 2004. “Having a Kid Changes Everything? The Effects of Parenthood on Subsequent Crime.” Am. Soc. Assn. Mtgs. San Francisco. [with Sara Wakefield] August 16, 2004.
  • 2003. "“Ballot Manipulation and the ‘Menace of Negro Domination’: Racial Threat and Felon Disfranchisement in the United States, 1850-2000.” American Sociological Association Annual Meetings. [with Angela Behrens and Jeff Manza] August, 2003.
  • 2003. "Deciding to Tell: Mobilizing in Response to Sexual Harassment." Law and Society Association Annual Meetings. [with Amy Blackstone] Pittsburgh. June 5, 2003.
  • 2003. “Ballot Manipulation and the ‘Menace of Negro Domination’: Racial Threat and Felon Disfranchisement in the United States, 1850-2000.” Invited presentation at Columbia University. New York. April 11, 2003.
  • 2002. “Settling Down and Aging Out: Desistance from Crime as a Turning Point in the Life Course.” American Society of Criminology Meetings. Chicago. [with Mike Massoglia] November 15, 2002.
  • 2002. “Sexual Harassment in the Transition to Adulthood: Content and Context.” American Society of Criminology Meetings. Chicago. [with Amy Blackstone] November 15, 2002.
  • 2002. “The Fruits of Good Work: Job Quality and Adolescent Deviance.” American Society of Criminology Meetings. Chicago. [with Jeremy Staff] November 14, 2002.
  • 2002. “Multi-Agency Collaborations and Youth Homicide: The Origins and Potential Effectiveness of Gang Task Forces.” American Society of Criminology Meetings. Chicago. [with Julie Barrows] November 13, 2002.
  • 2001. “Age, Work Quality, and Deviance.” American Society of Criminology Meetings, Atlanta. November 8, 2001 [with Jeremy Staff].
  • 2001 “Sexual Harassment in Adolescence and Adulthood: Victimization and Mobilization.” American Sociological Association Meetings, Anaheim. August 21, 2001 [with Amy Blackstone].
  • 2000. “Crime, Class, and Reintegration: The Socioeconomic, Familial, and Civic Lives of Offenders.” November 18, 2000, American Society of Criminology Meetings, San Francisco [with Jeff Manza and Melissa Thompson].

 

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