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2026 Sociology Undergraduate Thesis Prizes and Academic Awards

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The department would like to congratulate the following students for their outstanding thesis work and academic achievements during the 2026 academic year: Fulton Prize Each year the Albert M. Fulton, Class of 1897, Prize is presented to the senior who...

Matthew Brooke

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(Sociology, May 2026)
Thesis Title: The Rise of Christian Right Broadcasting: From Resisting Brown to Overturning Roe
Committee: Jocelyn Viterna (Chair), Theda Skocpol, Anthony Chen (Northwestern University), and Bart Bonikowski (New York University)
Initial...

Workshops

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The department enjoys a high level of collective intellectual activity, hosting more than 10 workshops and study groups where faculty, graduate students, and visitors present current research. Below is information about the graduate workshops and study...

SOC 3328 Climate Sociology Lab

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The graduate workshop on Climate Sociology offers a venue for discussing new research that takes a sociological perspective toward climate change. Such perspectives include Environmental Sociology as well as areas of the field that have tended to develop...

Jingyun Dai

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(Sociology, May 2026)
Thesis Title: The Trap of Exceptionalism: How Elite Higher Education in China Produces Class and Gender Inequality
Committee: Michèle Lamont (Co-Chair), Xiang Zhou (Co-Chair), and Elizabeth A. Armstrong (University of Michigan-Ann...

In Jeong Hwang

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(Sociology, May 2025)
Thesis Title: Consequences of Unpaid Labor: Evidence from the U.S.
Committee: Alexandra A. Killewald (Co-Chair, University of Michigan), Daniel Schneider (Co-Chair), and David S. Pedulla
Initial Placement: Assistant Professor, Human...

John M. Towey

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Research Interests: Economic Sociology; Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility; Organizations, Occupations, and Work; Political Economy; Political Sociology; Quantitative Methods; Social Movements and Collective Behavior; Theory

John Towey is a Doctoral...

Kamaria Lee

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Kamaria Lee, '16 M.D. Candidate, Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis Ann Arbor, MI Research Assistant, University of Michigan Cancer Surveillance and Outcomes Research Team and Harvard University Department of Sociology During freshman year...

Itzel Vasquez-Rodriguez

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Itzel Vasquez-Rodriguez, '17 Peru, Fall 2017 California Assembly Fellowship, 2018-19 Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry What have been some highlights of your Sociology experience these past four years? I absolutely love the sociology cohort. We are, on the...

Mi Do Choi

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Mi Do Choi, '17 Bain and Company What have been some highlights of your Sociology experience these past four years? As nerdy as it sounds, I really enjoyed reading and talking about Durkheim, Weber, and Marx (soc 97). Through the class, not only did I...

Rachael Stein

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Rachel Stein, '17 Associate, The Boston Consulting Group 1) Some of the highlights of my sociology experience over the past few years have been conducting independent research supervised by Frank Dobbin through the Soc 92r course and doing archival...

William Gardner

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William Gardner, '17 Fellow, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation University of Washington in Seattle What have been some highlights of your Sociology experience these part four years? I think the biggest highlights for me have been interactions...