Graduate Students of Mary Waters
CURRENT STUDENTS
Marco Gonzalez
Dissertation Title: Ethnicity, Student Achievement, and 'Being Cool': A Comparative Study of Adolescent Peer Relations and the Assimilation of Second Generation Immigrant Groups in the United States and United Kingdom
Onoso Imoagene
QP Title: Second Generation Nigerian Immigrants in the United States and United Kingdom: An Analysis of Their Experiences and Social Outcomes
Audrey Thomas
Dissertation Title: Black Opportunities: The Effect of Family Immigration History on Black College Student Performance
Tamara Pavasovic
QP Title: The Complexity of Ethnic Stereotypes: A Study of Prejudice in Serbian Youth
Van Tran
Dissertation Title: Rethinking Culture and Structure: Race, Class and Assimilation in Multi-Ethnic America
CURRENT STUDENTS (Member of Dissertation Committee)
Christopher Bail
Dissertation Title: The Evolution of Symbolic Boundaries towards Muslims in the United States and United Kingdom, 2000-2008
Erica Dobbs
Dissertation Title: Organizing Citizenship: Old Unions and New Immigrants in the European Union
Corina Graf
Dissertation Title: Mobility in Isolation: Neighborhood Effects and Inequality in the Migration Pathways of the Urban Poor
Chad Leith
Dissertation Title: The Effects of Parental Migration on the Schooling Behaviors of Adolescents Left Behind in Cape Verde
Abby Williamson
Dissertation Title: Beyond the "Passage of Time": Local Policy Response and Immigrant Political Incorporation in New Destinations
Former PhD Students (Dissertation Committee Chair)
Christina Gomez (1998)
The Racialization of Latinos in the United States: Racial Options in a Changing Society
Associate Professor of Sociology, Latino and Latin American Studies, Northeastern Illinois University
Karen Chai (Kim), (2000)
Protestant-Catholic-Buddhist: Korean-Americans and Religious Adaptation in Greater Boston
Research Associate, Center for Immigration Research, University of Houston
Monica McDermott (2001)
A Darker Shade of Pale: The Influence of Local Context and Racial Identity on White Racial Attitudes
Assistant Professor, Stanford University
Natasha Warikoo (2005)
The Cultural Worlds of Second Generation Teenagers in London and New York City
Assistant Professor, Harvard University School of Education
Tomas R. Jimenez (2004)
Replenished Identity: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants and Ethnic Identity
Assistant Professor, Stanford University
Wendy Roth (2006, Sociology and Social Policy)
Caribbean Race and American Dreams: How Migration Shapes Dominicans’ and Puerto Ricans’ Racial Identities and Its Impact on Socioeconomic Mobility
Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
June Han (2006)
Becoming South Asian: An Examination of Identity, Intergroup Relations, and Responses to 9/11
Helen Marrow (2007, Sociology and Social Policy)
Southern Becoming: Immigrant Incorporation and Race Relations in the Rural U.S. South
Postdoctoral Fellow, Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Program, U.C. Berkeley
Jesse Bradford (2008, Sociology and Social Policy)
American/Muslims: Reactive Solidarity, Identity Politics and Social Identity Formation in the Aftermath of September 11th
Luisa Heredia (2008)
The Catholic Church and the Immigrant Rights Movement: The Ethics and Politics of Mobilizing for Immigrant Rights
Lecturer, Harvard University, Department of Sociology
Zoua M. Vang (2008, Sociology)
American and Irish Ghettos: A Comparison of Race and Residential Segregation in the United States and Ireland
Postdoctural Fellow, Center for Population, University of Pennsylvania
Maria Rendon (2008, Sociology and Social Policy)
Second Generation Optimism and The Reproduction of a Working Class: The Relevance of the Urban Context in the School and Work Trajectories
of Mexican-Origin Young Adult Males
Postdoctoral Fellow, Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Program, U.C. Berkeley
Former PhD Students (Member of Dissertation Committee)
Hyunjung Park (1990)
Interpreting the High Educational Achievement and Socioeconomic Status of Asian Americans
Karl Eschbach (1992)
Shifting Boundaries: Regional Variation in Patterns of Identification as American Indian
Professor, Demography, University of Texas, San Antonio
(Associate Professor, Geriatrics, Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch)
Jennifer Eberhardt (1993, Psychology)
Where the Invisible Meets the Obvious: The Effects of Stereotyping Biases on the Fundamental Attribution Error
Associate Professor, Psychology, Stanford University
Lori Dance (1995)
Streetwise versus Schoolwise: The Attitudes of Urban and Inner City Youth towards Schooling
Associate Professor, Sociology, University of Nebraska
Peggy Levitt (1995, Urban Studies, MIT)
The Transnationalization of Civil and Political Change: The Effect of Migration on Institutional Ties between the United States and the Dominican Republic
Professor, Sociology, Wellesley College
Joseph Rhea (1995)
Memory of a Nation: The Race Pride Movement and American Collective Memory Since 1960
Attorney, Law Office of Joseph T. Rhea, Palm Springs, CA
Faustina Haynes (1998)
Gender and Family Ideals: An Exploratory Study of Black Middle Class Americans
Teacher, Language Pathologist, Benjamin E. Mays High School
David Porter (1998, Organizational Behavior)
The Eye of the Beholder: The Impact of Race and Gender on Managers Attributions and Conceptions of Commitment to the Organization
Director, Graduate Programs, Howard University School of Business
Karen Umemoto (1998, Urban Studies, MIT)
You Don't See What I See: Multiple Publics and Public Policy in a Los Angeles Gang War
Associate Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Crystal Byndloss (1999)
Resistance, Confrontation, and Accommodation in Two Suburban School Districts: Black-Led Reform Efforts in the 1960s and 1980s
Assistant Dean for Research, Associate Director Center for Research and Human
Development in Education, Temple University
Karen Theresa Farquharson (1999)
Transforming Race: Non-Racialism in the Post-Apartheid South African Print Media
Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Faculty of Life and Social Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Helen Glikman (1999)
Low-Income Fathers: Contexts, Connections, and Self
Associate Professor, Social Work, Salem State College
Gabrielle A. Tayac (1999)
To Speak with One Voice: Supra-tribal American Indian Collective Identity Incorporation among the Piscataway, 1500-1998
Curator, Smithsonian Museum of American Indians
Leslie G. Cintron (2000)
Preserving National Culture: The National Trust and the Framing of British National Heritage, 1895-2000
Assistant Professor, Washington and Lee University
Karyn R. Lacy (2000)
Negotiating Black Identities: The Construction and Use of Social Boundaries among Middle-Class Black Suburbanites
Assistant Professor, Sociology, University of Michigan
Huey-fen Lu (2000)
Family Types and Marital Power: A Field Study in Taiwan
Assistant Professor, Social Work, Tzu-chi University Taiwan
Sharon Ann Suh (2000, Study of Religion)
Finding/Knowing One's Mind in Koreatown, Los Angeles: Buddhism, Gender and Subjectivity
Associate Professor, Department of Theology and Religious Study, Seattle University
Nana Oishi (2001)
Women on the Move: Globalization, State Policies, and Labor Migration in Asia
Assistant Professor, Sociology, International Christian Union, Tokyo, Japan
Paula A. Frederick (2002)
Sexing the Nation: State Regulation of Prostitution and Homosexuality in Britain and the Netherlands in the 19th and Early 20th Century
Oneka La Bennett (2002, Social Anthropology)
Consuming Identities: Consumption, Gender and Ethnicity among West Indian Adolescents in Brooklyn
Assistant Professor, Anthropology, College of the Holy Cross
Carleen Basler (2003, Sociology, Yale University)
Fractured Ethnic Group Identity: Explaining a Lack of Political Efficacy among Mexicans in California
Assistant Professor, Sociology/American Studies, Amherst College
Irene Bloemraad (2003)
Achieving Full Citizenship: An Institutional Approach to the Political Incorporation of Immigrants and Refugees in the United States and Canada
Associate Professor, University California Berkeley
Xiaojiang Hu (2004)
The Little Shops of Lhasa: Migrant Businesses and the Formation of Markets in a Transnational Economy
Beijing Normal University
Dan M. Zuberi (2004)
Differences Matter: The Impact of Social Policy on the Working Poor in Canada and the U.S.
Assistant Professor, Sociology, University of British Columbia
Heather Jacobson (2006, Sociology, Brandeis University)
Culture Keeping: White Mothers, International Adoption, and the Social Construction of Race and Ethnicity
Assistant Professor, Sociology, University of Texas at Arlington
Sue-Jean Cho (2007, History and East Asian Languages)
Inventing Koreans Abroad: Immigration, Cultural Citizenship, and History Making, 1903-2003
Stacey Bosick (2009)
Crime and the Transition to Adulthood: A Person-Centered Analysis of At-Risk Boys Coming of Age in 1940s Boston, 1970s London, and 1990s Pittsburgh
Assistant Professor, Sociology, University of Denver
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