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Recent Graduate Placement/Alumni

2009

Abrutyn, Seth
Dissertation Title: A General Theory of Institutional Autonomy

Lio, Shoon
Dissertation Title: Redeeming America: The Narrative Constitution of American Citizenship in Collective Memory
University of Illinois, Springfield

2008

Harrod, Michael
Dissertation Title: Towards Understanding the Role of Attributions in Identity Theory
Central Washington University

Juge, Tony
Dissertation Title: Racism in France: The Civilizing Mission of  Whiteness
Pasadena City College

Luther, Kate
Dissertation Title:
Predicting Risky and Delinquent Behaviors Among Children of Mexican Origin: The Role of Generational Status and Parental Monitoring
Pacific Lutheran University

Schmitt, Christopher
Dissertation Title
: Oregon Country Fair: The Once a Year Community

Wilson, Jake
Dissertation Title:
Race, Gender, and Conflict on the Waterfront:  Longshore Workers and the Ports of Southern California
California State University, Long Beach

2007

Turk-Bicacki, Lori
Dissertation Title:
The Development of Social Movement Programs and Departments in Higher Education:  Women's and Ethnic Studies from 1975 to 2000

Murphy, Lisa
Dissertation Title:
The Consequences of Violent Victimization:  A Development Perspective
California State University, Long Beach

Ramirez, Elvia
Dissertation Title:
Navigating Through Highly Unequal Terrain:  Chicanos/as and Latinos/as in Graduate Education
San Jose State University

2006

Giedraitis, Vincent
Dissertation Title:
Multi-Dependency in the Post-Socialist Period:  The Case of Lithuania
Vilnius University, Lithuania

Hirose, Akihiko
Dissertation Title:
Towards a Theory of Social Structure:  Governance Mechanisms of Social and Economic Organizations
University of Colorado at Denver

McElvain, James
Dissertation Title:
Shots Fired: An Examination of Police Shootings and Citizen Behaviors
Riverside County Sheriff's Department

Stogner, Angela
Dissertation Title:
Racializing California Society: Constitutional Conventions, Supreme Court Land Decisions, and the Transplantation of Whiteness
Ridgemore Elementary School