ALUMNI NEWS

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Recent News:

In August 2009, Tony Hatch joined the faculty of the Department of Sociology at Georgia State University in Atlanta at the rank of Assistant Professor. He also holds a two-year NIMH postdoctoral training fellowship in AIDS/HIV, mental health, and substance abuse in prisons at the Morehouse School of Medicine.

Seven of our 2007 Ph.D. recipients recently started new jobs.  Best wishes to:

• Alex Bierman, Assistant Professor, California State University, Northridge, CA

• Sara Raley, Assistant Professor, McDaniel College, MD

• Sonya Rastogi, United States Census Bureau, MD

• Ramu Bishwakarma, graduated May 2011 and is working at the World Bank

• Nazneen Kane, graduated May 2011 and is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the College of Mount St. Joseph

• Emily Mann, currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Health Equity Institute for Research, Practice, and Policy at San Francisco State University

• Brittany McGill, graduated May 2011 and is working as a Senior Researcher at Insight Policy Research, Inc

Awards and Honors:

Congratulations to April Brayfield (1990; Associate Professor, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA) who this year’s John Stibbs Outstanding Faculty Member. The John Stibbs Outstanding Faculty Member award is offered every year to only one Tulane faculty member. This award is granted on the basis of love for Tulane University, commitment to Tulane students, and impact on Tulane’s campus.

Congratulations to Alex Bierman (2007) who has won the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) Family Division Graduate Student Paper Competition!  The paper is based on his dissertation.  The award entails a cash prize and the opportunity to present the paper at the 2007 SSSP meetings in New York .

Congratulations to Joan Hermsen (1997; Associate Professor, University of Missouri-Columbia) for winning the 2006 William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence and 2006 Excellence in Education Award at the University of Missouri-Columbia

Five alumni recently took on new positions. Congratulations to:

• Philip Cohen (1999; Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) on becoming graduate director of the UNC department;

• Timothy Moran (2000; SUNY-Stony Brook) on his promotion from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor;

  • Tim, along with Roberto Korzeniewicz (Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland, College Park) was at the Russell Sage Foundation in Fall 2006 to write a book examining inequality from a global perspective, focused on rising economic disparities among countries around the world.

• Morten Ender (1996; West Point) on becoming the Director of the Sociology Program at West Point;

• Liana Sayer (2001; Assistant Professor, Ohio State University) on becoming chair of the Distinguished Career Award Committee, ASA Family Section 2006-2007;

• Perla Werner (1996; Professor, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Israel) on becoming the Dean of the Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Studies.

Publications:

Two alumni recently published or have forthcoming books:

• David Rohall (2000; Assistant Professor, Western Illoinis University)

  • David Rohall. Melissa Milkie, and Jeffrey Lucas.  2007.  Social Psychology: Sociological Perspectives.  Allyn & Bacon

• Terri LeMoyne (1996; Associate Professor, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)

  • Terri LeMoyne 's book, The Development of American Social Theory: Thinking Through the Historical Transformations of Modern Societies (Oxford University Press), is forthcoming.

Awards and Honors:

Congratulations to Joan Hermsen (1997; Associate Professor, University of Missouri-Columbia) for winning the 2006 William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence and 2006 Excellence in Education Award at the University of Missouri-Columbia

New Additions!

Ryan and Ruth Kelty (2004; Assistant Professor, West Point) just welcomed the arrival of a baby girl, Taylor Kaitlyn Kelty (5lbs 8 oz; 20 inches long), on Feb 22, 2007. Congratulations!