Duke University Sociology Ph.D.s on the Job Market
2007-2008

Julianne Weinzimmer(Ph.D. expected May 2008)

Dissertation Title: "The Distant Reach of the Middle East: How Perceptions of Conflict Affect Jewish Israeli American and Palestinian American Identity"

Committee: Suzanne Shanahan, Chair John Wilson, Mary Hovsepian Ed Tiryakian Eduardo Bonilla-Silva

Areas:
Social Stratification
Inequality
Race Ethnicity
Qualitative Methods
Juvenile Delinquency

Elizabeth Essary Ph.D. (expected May 2008)

Dissertation Title: "Latent Destinies: Incorporation and Nationalism in Hawai'i, Alaska, and Puerto Rico."

Committee: Suzanne Shanahan (chair), Dave Brady, Ed Tiryakian, John Wilson, and Charles Kurzman

Areas of Interest:
Social Movements,
Cultural Sociology
Comparative Historical Sociology
Qualitative & Quantitative Methods
Globalization
Stratification

Joonmo Son Ph.D. (expected May 2008)

Dissertation: "Institutional Constraints and Social Capital of Individuals in the Labor
Markets: Comparison among the United States, China, and Taiwan."

Committee: Nan Lin (Chair), Edward A. Tiryakian, Lynn Smith-Lovin, John Wilson, Angela M. O'Rand, Linda K. George.

Areas of Interest:
Economic Sociology
Social Capital
Health and Social Support
Genetics and Social Behaviors
Comparative/Historical Sociology
Quantitative Methods

Ryan Denniston Ph.D. (expected May 2008)

Dissertation: " Globalization, Institutions, and Varieties of Industry Change in
the Tobacco and Hog Farming Industries"

Committee: Gary Gereffi (chair), Dave Brady, Bai Gao, Suzanne Shanahan, Ken Spenner

Areas of Interest:
Comparative/historical sociology
Economic sociology
Organizational sociology
Collective action
Rural sociology

Denise Kall Ph.D. (expected May 2008)

Dissertation title: “Environmental Risks to Cognitive Development: The
Effects of Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, and Nicotine on Children’s Educational
Outcomes”

Committee: S. Philip Morgan (Chair), Marie Lynn Miranda, Linda
K. George, Kenneth C. Land, Angela M. O’Rand

Areas of Specialization:
Stratification
Environmental Sociology
Medical Sociology
Sociology of Education
Research Methods

Li-Hsuan Cheng Ph.D. (expected May 2008)

Dissertation: "Ideas, Efficiency and Power:  Corporate Legislation in Japan, 1974-2006"

Committee: Bai Gao (chair), Nan Lin, Gary Gerreffi, Suzanne Shanahan, Edward Tiryakian

Areas of Interest:
Economic Sociology
Comparative and Historical Sociology
Social Demography
Social Capital
East Asian Political Economy
Japanese Society

Don Ebel Ph.D. (expected May, 2008)

Dissertation: "The Sacred Enterprise: Religion and Attitudes toward Work and Retirement in the United States."

Committee: Angela O'Rand (Chair), Linda K. George; Kenneth C.
Land; Suzanne Shanahan; Edward A. Tiryakian

Areas of Interest:
Aging and the Life Course
Religion
Work and Retirement
Comparative / Historical
Research Methods

Last Updated: September, 2007