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The professional impact of faculty and graduate students occurs in multiple ways, many of which we highlight below. This year, we are especially pleased that 17 students completed advanced degrees in sociology.<\/p>\n
Nine individuals\u2014Annika Anderson, Joseph Astorino, Sarah Blake, Katie Clemons, Andrew Crookston, Ardavan Davaran, Elizabeth Harris, Feng Hao,<\/strong> and Joseph Kremer<\/strong>\u2014completed their doctoral degrees and are now working in a variety of positions throughout the United States. Those positions illustrate the diverse application of sociological skills, ranging from employment in university teaching positions to research and administrative work in social and human service agencies. We look forward to following their careers with much interest.<\/p>\n Eight other students completed the master of arts degree: Yikang Bai<\/strong>, Elyse Bean<\/strong>, Pierce Greenberg<\/strong>, Darcy Hauslik<\/strong>, Nathan Lindstedt<\/strong>, Jordan Reinhart<\/strong>, Heather Reyes<\/strong>, and Jarred Williams<\/strong>. Most are continuing their work toward a PhD.<\/p>\n Other departmental accomplishments are diverse, ranging from new grants to the wide variety of publications from highly theoretical to applied. As described in the introduction to this issue, major works edited by Alair MacLean <\/strong>and Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson <\/strong>just recently appeared in print. We also find of particular interest the translation into Arabic of Amy Wharton<\/strong>‘s book, The Sociology of Gender: An Introduction to Theory and Research<\/em>, 2nd edition.<\/p>\n Many of the publications in this issue include coauthors who completed their MA and\/or PhD in an earlier year. These individuals are identified with an asterisk, while all current graduate students and faculty are listed in bold type.<\/p>\n Awards, Events, and Workshops<\/strong> Erik Johnson <\/strong>and Jennifer Schwartz<\/strong> received an Edward R. Meyer Project Grant for \u201cProtecting Water, Air, Land, & Health: The Nature of Serious Environmental Crimes and Socio-legal Responses.\u201d We are building a database of all federal criminal prosecutions of cases forwarded by the EPA (1983-2013). Data will be used to analyze changes in the working definition of environmental crime and to assess gender roles in crime groups.<\/p>\n Brice Darras <\/strong>was awarded the Anne and Russ Fuller Scholarship for Interdisciplinary Research from the Graduate School. The scholarship is for $4,000.<\/p>\n Pierce Greenberg<\/strong> received the WSU College of Arts and Sciences\u2019 Boeing Graduate Fellowship in Environmental Studies ($3,000).<\/p>\n Clay Mosher<\/strong> received a $30,000 grant through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and Clark County Superior Court to evaluate Clark County\u2019s Juvenile Recovery Court. He also received a $60,000 grant through the Washington State Partnership Council on Juvenile Justice and the Clark County Juvenile Court to examine racial and ethnic disparities in juvenile justice processing. Jennifer Schwartz<\/strong> will collaborate on the project.<\/p>\n Emily Huddart Kennedy<\/strong> was an invited participant in a workshop on Consumption and Social Change, hosted by the Sustainable Consumption Research and Action Initiative (SCORAI) at the Tellus Institute, Boston, MA, in October.<\/p>\n Don Dillman<\/strong> gave an invited seminar to the Department of Statistics at Iowa State University in September. He also was an invited discussant for newly released Plans of the U.S. Census Bureau for conducting the 2020 Census at a National Academies Public Seminar in Washington, D.C., in October.<\/p>\n Katie Bittinger <\/strong>worked with the Social and Economic Sciences Research Center to conduct a needs assessment for Whitman County. <\/a><\/p>\n Recent Publications<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Givens, Jennifer E.<\/strong> 2015. \u201cUrbanization, Slums, and the Carbon Intensity of Well-being: Implications for Sustainable Development.\u201d\u00a0 Human Ecology Review<\/em> 22(1):107-128.<\/p>\n Jorgenson, Andrew K. and Jennifer E. Givens<\/strong>. 2015. \u201cThe Changing Effect of Economic Development on the Consumption-Based Carbon Intensity of Well-Being, 1990\u20132008.\u201d PLoS ONE<\/em> 10(5): e0123920.<\/p>\n Greenberg, Pierce. <\/strong>2015. \u201cStrengthening Sociological Research through Public Records Requests<\/a>.\u201d Social Currents<\/em>.<\/p>\n Hao, Feng.<\/strong> Forthcoming \u201cA Panel Regression Study on Multiple Predictors of Environmental Concern for 82 Countries across 7 Years.\u201d Social Science Quarterly.<\/em><\/p>\n Hao, Feng. <\/strong>2015. \u201cThe Analysis of Social Capital Generation among Coalfield Residents at Harlan County, Kentucky.\u201d The International Journal of Social Quality 5(1): 67-83.<\/p>\n Horne, Christine<\/strong> and Kyle Irwin. Forthcoming. \u201cMetanorms and Antisocial Punishment.\u201d Social Influence<\/em>.<\/p>\n Erik Johnson, Jon Schreiner, <\/strong>and Jon Agnone. “Accessing Newspaper Event Data: A Comparison of Index and Full-story Retrieval\u201d Forthcoming. Research in <\/em>Social Movements, Conflicts, and Change, <\/em>Vol. 40.<\/p>\n Shanahan, Michael J., Jeylan T. Mortimer, and Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson<\/strong> (Eds). 2016. Handbook of the Life Course<\/em>, Volume 2. Springer.<\/p>\n Johnson, Monica Kirkpatrick,<\/strong> Jeremy Staff, John E. Schulenberg, and Megan E. Patrick. 2016.\u00a0 \u201cLiving Healthier and Longer: A Life Course Perspective on Education and Health.\u201d Pp. 369-388 in Handbook of the Life Course<\/em>, edited by Shanahan, Mortimer, and Johnson. Springer.<\/p>\n Mont\u2019Alvao, Arnaldo, and Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson.\u00a0<\/strong> Forthcoming.\u00a0 \u201cThe Great Recession and Young Adults\u2019 Labor Market Outcomes around the World.\u201d\u00a0 Emerging Trends in the Behavioral and Social Sciences<\/em>, edited by Robert A. Scott, Stephen M. Kosslyn, and Marlis Buchmann.<\/p>\n Kennedy, Emily H.,<\/strong> Maurie J. Cohen and Naomi T. Krogman (editors). 2016. Putting Sustainability into Practice: Applications and Advances in the Study of Sustainable Consumption<\/em>. Edward Elgar Publishing.)<\/p>\n Kennedy, Emily H.<\/strong> and Liz Dzialo<\/strong>. 2015. Locating gender in environmental sociology. Sociology Compass\u00a0 <\/em>9(10): 920-929.<\/p>\n
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