HONORS SEMINAR -- BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENTS (2/24/2000)

LES ANDRIST is interested in stratification, social networks, and comparative work. He will visit Taiwan this fall to gather data for a comparative study of social networks in business relationships (email: andr0215@tc.umn.edu)

MEGAN CAROLLO intends to merge her interests in the sociology of law and violent behavior with a thesis examining the role of victim’s advocacy groups on domestic violence prosecution and sentencing (email: caro0044@tc.umn.edu).

BRIAN DUGINSKI is concentrating on the areas of sociology of law and criminalization. He plans a thesis examining laws prohibiting employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (email: dugi0001@tc.umn.edu).

LAUREN FULLER has interests in juvenile deviance, life course, gender, and race and ethnicity. She is considering a comparative thesis investigating the effects of drug laws on juvenile substance use (email: full0065@tc.umn.edu).

ERIC HEDBERG is interested in causal modeling. His thesis will examine intergenerational giving: how does the quality of family relationships affect children’s economic support of their parents (email: hedb0026@tc.umn.edu)?

MARY LOWE plans to work in the areas of sexuality, life course, and community. She is considering a thesis investigating the effect of community structures on adolescent sexual behavior (email: lowe0065@tc.umn.edu).

MARTY LLOYD’s interests include homicide, violence, and terrorism. His thesis may examine how the prevalence and incidence of serial homicide affects public opinion of the insanity defense (email: lloy0037@tc.umn.edu).

KATHY NELSON is interested in the sociology of religion, education, and altruistic behavior. She is considering a study of philanthropy for her thesis project (email: nels0442@tc.umn.edu).

THEODORA NEMETH is focusing on medical sociology. Her thesis will examine how structural factors such as socioeconomic inequality affect health outcomes such as infant mortality and HIV/AIDS (email: neme0023@tc.umn.edu).

CHRIS UGGEN is the seminar instructor (email: uggen@atlas.socsci.umn.edu).

RACHEL WURST is interested in social psychology, law, and criminology. She is considering a study examining the effect of military experience on crime and deviance over the life course (email: wurs0011@tc.umn.edu).