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Below are recent achievements by graduate students and faculty in the Sociology Department, including awards, appointments, and publications (* denotes a current or former graduate student).<\/p>\n
Accomplishments and Appointments<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Hong Zhang*<\/strong> received her Sociology PhD in December 2016 and is now employed as an Associate\u00a0Research Fellow at the Institute of National\u00a0Governance, Sun Yat-Sen University in Guangdon Sheng, China.<\/p>\n Jarred Williams*<\/strong> accepted a position as a full-time Research Associate at the University of Michigan Law School, and is living in Ann Arbor, Michigan, while finishing his PhD dissertation.<\/p>\n Jon Schreiner* <\/strong>began work in January 2017 on the American Community Survey (ACS) Methods Panel Coordination Branch of the U.S. Bureau of the Census in Suitland, Maryland, while finishing his PhD dissertation.<\/p>\n Masters of Arts in Sociology degrees were awarded in 2016 to Lindsey Beltz*, Liz Dzialo*, Jon Dahlem*, Alana Inlow*, James McCall* and Adam Roth*<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Julie Kmec<\/strong> was appointed Editor in Chief, Sociology Compass, 2017.<\/em><\/p>\n Julie Kmec <\/strong>received a grant from the National Science Foundation: <\/strong>NSF HRD Award #1561430. \u201cCOLLABORATIVE:<\/strong> Women’s Engineering Participation in the US: What can the US Learn from Women’s Decisions to Pursue Engineering in Diverse Cultural Contexts?\u201d ($589,200) Principal investigators Dr. Julie Kmec and Dr. Jennifer DeBoer (Purdue University), co-PIs: Dr. Ashley Ater-Kranov, Dr. Nehal Abu-Lail (WSU-Engineering), Dr. Karen Bradley (Western Washington University-Sociology) (09\/2016-2018)<\/p>\n Julie Kmec <\/strong>was also awarded the prestigious Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award for Instruction.<\/p>\n Lisa J. McIntyre <\/strong>received the 2016 Graduate School Mentor Academy Award for Excellence In recognition of outstanding leadership and contributions to Graduate Education.<\/p>\n Clay Mosher<\/strong> is on a sabbatical during the current academic year, working on a marijuana policy book, \u201cThe Changing Landscape of Marijuana \u2013 Normalization, Demonization, and Legalization,\u201d to be published by Temple University Press.<\/p>\n Clay Mosher<\/strong> has received a $30,000 grant for \u201cEvaluation of Clark County Juvenile Recovery Court” – from Clark County, Wash., and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. In addition Mosher <\/strong>and Jennifer Schwartz <\/strong>have received a $110,000 grant from the Office of Juvenile Justice Racial and Ethnic Disparities Initiative.<\/p>\n James F. Short, Jr. <\/strong>has been invited to write the introductory chapter for the newly established Annual Review of Criminology<\/em>. The editors for the inaugural issue are Robert Sampson, who received our department’s William Julius Wilson Award in 2013, and Joan Petersilla.<\/p>\n Amy S. Wharton<\/strong> completed the 2016 Higher Education Resource Services (HERS) Bryn Mawr Summer Institute, July 11-23, 2016. Wharton joined 63 women leaders across the United States as part of the HERS Institute at Bryn Mawr College.<\/p>\n Bekah Torcasso* <\/strong>is now serving on the Board of Directors of Witness for Peace Southeast a non-profit organization.<\/p>\n Gina Castillo*<\/strong>\u00a0 received a Graduate Fellowship from the Ford Family Foundation that provides support for her sociology graduate work at WSU.<\/p>\n Michael Lengefeld* and Pierce Greenberg* <\/strong>each received Arnold and Julia Greenwell Memorial Scholarship Awards from the WSU Graduate School.<\/p>\n Sarah Morton <\/strong>received the Charles Allen Master’s Thesis Award from the WSU Graduate School.<\/p>\n Don A. Dillman received <\/strong>lifetime designation as a National Associate of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine in recognition of his service to the National Research Council and institute of Medicine programs. He also received the Paul F. Lazarsfeld Award for a career of scholarship in sociological methodology from the Methodology Section of the American Sociological Association.<\/p>\n Publications<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Scott, Lauren<\/strong>* and Erik W. Johnson<\/strong>. 2016. \u201cFrom Fringe to Core? The Integration of Environmental Sociology.\u201d Environmental Sociology<\/em> 1(3): 17-29.<\/p>\n Greenberg, Pierce.* <\/strong>2017. “Disproportionality and Resource-Based Environmental Inequality: An Analysis of Neighborhood Proximity to Coal Impoundments in Appalachia.” Rural Sociology<\/em>.<\/p>\n Greenberg, Pierce.*<\/strong> 2016. \u201cMapping Mine Waste<\/em> Impoundments in the Western U.S.: Understanding Community Context and Risk.<\/a>\u201d Rural Connections. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Horne, Christine<\/strong>, Pazit Ben-Nun Bloom, Kyle Irwin, Dan Miodownik, and Michael Hechter. 2016. \u201cThe Legitimacy of Alien Rulers.\u201d Swiss Political Science Review<\/em> 22(4):454-469. DOI:10.1111\/spsr.12221<\/p>\n Johnson, Monica Kirkpatrick<\/strong>, Jeremy Staff, Megan E. Patrick and John E. Schulenberg. 2016. \u201cAdolescent Adaptation Before, During, and in the Aftermath of the Great Recession in the United States.\u201d\u00a0 International Journal of Psychology<\/em>. DOI: 10.1002\/ijop.12389<\/p>\n Johnson, Monica Kirkpatrick<\/strong>, and Steven Hitlin. Forthcoming. “Family (Dis)advantage and Life Course Expectations.”\u00a0Social Forces<\/em>. DOI: 10.1093\/sf\/sow094<\/p>\n Kmec, Julie A<\/strong>., C. Elizabeth Hirsh, and Sheryl Skaggs. 2016. \u201cWorkplace Regulation of Sexual Harassment and Federal and State-Level Legal Environments.\u201d Research in the Sociology of Work <\/em>29.<\/p>\n Kennedy, E.H.<\/strong> 2016. “Environmental evaporation: The invisibility of environmental concern in food system change.”\u00a0Environmental Sociology, <\/em>2(1):18-28.<\/p>\n Kennedy, E.H. <\/strong>2016. “Environmental politics and women’s activism.” The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies<\/em>. Naples, N. [Ed]. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.<\/p>\n Kessler, A.J., J.R. Parkins, and E.H. Kennedy<\/strong>. 2016. “Environmental harm and the ‘good farmer’: Understanding narratives of environmental stewardship in the face of climate change.”\u00a0Rural Sociology<\/em> 81(2):172-193.<\/p>\n Krogman, N.T. and E.H. Kennedy<\/strong>. 2016. “The potential of emotional energy and mindfulness to expand sustainable consumption practices.”\u00a0Tvergastein: Interdisciplinary Journal of the Environment. <\/em>Issue 17: pp. 74-89. Available at: https:\/\/issuu.com\/tvergasteinjournal\/docs\/inside_web_edition<\/a>.<\/p>\n Schwadel, Phillip and Erik W. Johnson<\/strong>. Forthcoming. \u201cThe Social Origins of Evangelical Protestants\u2019 Opposition to Environmental Spending.\u201d Journal for Scientific Study of Religion.<\/em><\/p>\n Johnson, Erik W<\/strong>., Jon Schreiner*<\/strong> and Jon Agnone. 2016. \u201cMethodological Inquiry: The Effect of New York Times<\/em> Event Coding Techniques on Social Movement Analyses.\u201d Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change <\/em>40: 263-291.<\/p>\n Jennifer Schwartz<\/strong> and Anthony Vega*<\/strong>. 2017. \u201cSources of Crime Data.\u201d Pp. 155-168 in Violence and Crime Prevention<\/em>, edited by Brent Teasdale and Mindy Bradley. Advances in Prevention Science Series. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.<\/p>\n Hsieh, Ming Li and Jennifer Schwartz<\/strong>. 2016. \u201cFemale violence and gender gap trends in Taiwan: Offender-behavioral changes or net-widening enforcement explanations?\u201d Feminist Criminology. <\/em>Prepublished January 25, 2016, DOI: 10.1177\/1557085115626798.<\/p>\n Schwartz, Jennifer<\/strong> and Darrell J. Steffensmeier. 2016. \u201cGendered Opportunities and Risk Preferences for Offending across the Life-Course.\u201d Journal of Developmental and Life Course Criminology<\/em>. Prepublished November 22, 2016, DOI: 10.1007\/s40865-016-0050-5.<\/p>\n Schwartz, Jennifer<\/strong> and Anthony Vega*<\/strong>. 2016. \u201cSources of Crime Data\u201d Pp. 155-167 in Preventing Crime and Violence<\/em>, edited by Brent Teasdale and Mindy Bradley. Advances in Prevention Science Series. NY: Springer Press.<\/p>\n Meredith Kleykamp, Crosby Hipes, and Alair MacLean<\/strong>. Forthcoming. \u201cWho Supports Veterans and Who Exaggerates their Support.\u201d Armed Forces & Society<\/em>.<\/p>\n Alair MacLean<\/strong>. Forthcoming. \u201cSkills mismatch? Military Service, Combat Occupations, and Civilian Earnings.\u201d Sociological Perspectives<\/em>.<\/p>\n Kuwabara, Ko, Denise Anthony, and Christine Horne<\/strong>. 2016. \u201cIn the Shade of a Forest: Status, Reputation, and Ambiguity in an Online Microcredit Market.”\u00a0Social Science Review<\/em>. doi:10.1016\/j.ssresearch.2016.09.027<\/p>\n Mortimer, Jeylan T., Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson<\/strong>, and Arnaldo Mont\u2019Alvao. Forthcoming. \u201cEconomic Recession and Youth Achievement Orientations and Behavior.\u201d Young People’s Development and the Great Recession.\u00a0<\/em>Cambridge University Press.<\/p>\n Mont\u2019Alvao, Arnaldo, Jeylan T. Mortimer, and Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson<\/strong>. Forthcoming. \u201cEconomic recession and youth labor market outcomes in international perspective.\u201d Young People’s Development and the Great Recession. <\/em>Cambridge University Press.<\/p>\n Mortimer, Jeylan T., Lei Zhang, Chen-Yu Wu, Jeanette Hussemann, and Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson.<\/strong>\u00a0 Forthcoming. “Familial Transmission of Educational Plans and the Academic Self Concept: A Three-Generation Longitudinal Study.”\u00a0Social Psychology Quarterly.<\/em><\/p>\n Sprague, C.S. and E.H. Kennedy<\/strong>. 2016. “The cultural politics of alternative food movements: The limitations of cultivating awareness.” Book chapter in Anderson C.R., Levkoe, C., Brady, J. (eds.). Conversations in Food Studies: Transgressing Boundaries Through Critical Inquiry.<\/em> University of Manitoba Press: Winnipeg. Anderson, C., J. Brady, and C. Levkoe [Eds]. Winnipeg, MB: University of Manitoba Press.<\/p>\n Dillman, Don A<\/strong>. and Michelle L. Edwards<\/strong>. 2016. Chapter 17. “Designing a Mixed-Mode Survey.” In Wolfe, Christof, Joye, Dominique, Smith, Tom W. and Fu, Yang-chih (eds.) Sage Handbook of Survey Methodology.<\/em> Sage Publications Wolf, Joye, Smith and Fu. Thousand Oaks. CA pp.255-268<\/p>\n Harter, Rachel, Battaglia, Michael P., Buskirk, Trent D., Dillman, Don A<\/strong>., English, Ned, Mansour Fahimi,\u00a0\u00a0 Frankel, Martin R., Kennel, Timothy, McMichael, Joseph, McPhee, Cameron Brook, Montaquila, Jill, Yancey, Tracie, and Zukerberg, Andrew L. 2016. Address-base Sampling<\/em>. American Association for Public Opinion Research Task Force Report http:\/\/www.aapor.org\/getattachment\/Education-Resources\/Reports\/AAPOR_Report_1_7_16_CLEAN-COPY-FINAL-(2).pdf.aspx<\/a> 140 pages.<\/p>\n Battaglia, Michael, Dillman, Don A<\/strong>., Frankel, Martin R., Harter, Rachel, Buskirk, Trent D., McPhee Cameron Brook, Dematteis, and Jill Montaquila. 2016. “Sampling data collection and weighting procedures for address-based sample surveys.” Journal of Survey Statistics and <\/u>Methodology<\/em> 4 (4): 476-500.<\/p>\n Dillman, Don A<\/strong>., Feng Hao*<\/strong>, Morgan M. Millar*<\/strong>. In Press. Chapter 18. “Improving the Effectiveness of Online Data Collection by Mixing Survey Modes.” In\u00a0Fielding, Nigel, Raymond M. Lee and Grant Blank (eds.). Sage handbook of Online Research Methods<\/em>, 2nd<\/sup> edition. Sage Publications, London.<\/p>\n Dillman, Don A<\/strong>. Forthcoming. “Promises and perils of pushing respondents to the web in mixed-mode surveys.”\u00a0Survey Methodology. <\/em><\/p>\n Dillman, Don A.<\/strong> 2016. “Moving Survey Methodology Forward in our Rapidly Changing World: A Commentary,”\u00a0Journal of Rural Social Sciences<\/em> 31(3): 160-174<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Department Achievements and Publications Below are recent achievements by graduate students and faculty in the Sociology Department, including awards, appointments, and publications (* denotes a current or former graduate student). 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