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Graduate Student Accomplishments

Recent Accomplishments of Department of Sociology Graduate Students

(For publications and presentations that have multiple authors, sociology graduate students' names are in bold type.)

Graduate Student Publications

  • Fatema, Kaniz and Joseph T. Lariscy. (2020). Mass Media Exposure and Maternal Healthcare Utilization in South Asia. Social Science & Medicine–Population Health 11: 100614.
  • Lariscy, Joseph T., Samia Tasmim, and Sarah Collins. (2020). Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health. In Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Danan Gu and Matthew E. Dupre (eds.). Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
  • Bohm-Jordan, Maggie, Derrick Shapley, and Michael Topping. (2019). Influence of Language and English Proficiency on Asian American Educational Attainment and Multigenerational Assimilation. Journal of Humanities and Education Development 1(4): 153-163.
  • Rambo, C., Presson, B., Gaines, V. L., and Barnes, B. (2019). Autoethnography as a research method in the study of social problems. In A. Marvasti & J. Trevino (Eds.), Research Methods in Social Problems (Pp. 122-138). Routledge/Taylor and Francis Group: London.
  • Stone Jr., A. J., & Rambo, C. (2019). Surviving racism and genocide: Native American caricature iconography and racial formation projects. Studies in Symbolic Interaction 53: 91-115.
  • Church, Anna. (2018). “An Analysis of Breastfeeding Initiation Trends of Shelby County, TN Women from 2007 to 2015.” Quaesitum 5: 93-109.
  • Johnson, A. E. and Stone Jr., A. J. (2018). "The most dangerous negro in America:" Rhetoric, race and the prophetic pessimism of Martin Luther King Jr. Journal of Communication and Religion 41(1): 8-22.
  • Loren, D., and Rambo, C. (2018). "God smites you!" Atheists' experiences of stigma, identity politics, and queerness. Deviant Behavior 40(4): 445-460.
  • Binnix, T., Rambo, C., Abrutyn, S., and Mueller, A.S. (2017). The dialectics of stigma, silence, and misunderstanding in suicidality survival narratives. Deviant Behavior 39(8): 1095-1106.
  • James, Wesley L., Karen C. Matthews, Peter A. Albrecht, Shelby Fox, and Anna Church. (2017). Evidence of a Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Improving the Health of Chronically Ill Patients in the Mississippi Delta. Journal of Preventive Medicine and Care 1(4): 8-16.
  • Barry, Colin M., Sam R. Bell, K. Chad Clay, Michael E. Flynn, and Amanda Murdie. (2015). "Choosing the Best House in a Bad Neighborhood: Location Strategies of Human Rights INGOs in the Non-Western World." International Studies Quarterly 59(1): 86-98.
  • Mueller, Anna S., Seth Abrutyn, and Cynthia Stockton. (2015). Can Social Ties be Harmful? Examining the Social Dynamics of Suicide Suggestion in Early Adulthood. Sociological Perspectives 58(2): 204-222.
  • Presson, Brittany, and Carol Rambo. (2015). Claiming, Resisting, and Exempting Pathology in the Identities of Self-injurers. Deviant Behavior 37(2): 1-18.
  • Barry, Colin M., K. Chad Clay, Michael E. Flynn, and Gregory Robinson. (2014). Freedom of Foreign Movement, Economic Opportunities Abroad, and Protest in Non-Democratic Regimes. Journal of Peace Research 51(5): 574-588.
  • Bell, Sam R., K. Chad Clay, Amanda Murdie, and James A. Piazza. (2014). Opening Yourself Up: The Role of External and Internal Transparency in Terrorism Attacks. Political Research Quarterly 67(3): 603-614.
  • Bell, Sam R., Tavishi Bhasin, K. Chad Clay, and Amanda Murdie. (2014). Taking the Fight to Them: Neighborhood Human Rights Organizations and Domestic Protest. British Journal of Political Science 44(4): 853-875.
  • Grier, T., Rambo, C., and Taylor, M. (2014). "What are you?": Racial ambiguity, stigma, and the racial formation project interrupted. Deviant Behavior 35(12): 1006-1022.
  • Pruit, John C. (2014). Identity Work. Encyclopedia of Social Deviance, edited by C. Forsyth and H. Copes: Sage.
  • Taylor, M., and Rambo, C. (2014). White shame, white pride: Emotional cultures, feeling rules, and emotion exemplars in white supremacist movement music. International Journal of Crime, Criminal Justice, and Law 8(1-2): 107-134.

Professional Presentations by Sociology Graduate Students

  • Ricahrdson, Jacob. 2022. "Queering Edgework: An Autoethnographic Account of Cruising for Sex." American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA.
  • Arismendy, Melissa. 2022. “Media's Influence on COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Across the Different Racial Communities.” Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Birmingham, AL.
  • Harris, Clarion, Jeni Loftus, and Melissa Bamford. 2022. “Household Composition and Child Mental Health Outcome.” Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Birmingham, AL.
  • Richardson, Jacob. 2022. “‘It doesn’t include us’: Heterosexual Bias and Gay Men’s Struggle to See Themselves in Affirmative Consent Policies.” Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Birmingham, AL.
  • Gibson, Tierica and Jeni Loftus. 2022. “If You Want the Milk, Buy the Cow: Young Black Women's Experiences with Situationships.” Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Birmingham, AL.
  • Baker, Benjamin. 2021. “Furry Hate.” Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting (Virtual).
  • Stewart, Brandon. 2021. “Masculinity & Homophobia: Examining Health Disparities Between Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer & Straight Men Using Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Data.” Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting (Virtual).
  • Moten, Octavian. 2021. “The African American Student Center: Black Student Placemaking at Primarily White Institutions of Higher Education.” Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting (Virtual).
  • Barnes, B. 2019. "Defining Diagnosis/Defining Self: Reflections on Dis-ease and Misdiagnosis." Presented at the Fifteenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Champagne-Urbana, IL.
  • Stone Jr., A. J., & Rambo, C. 2019. Erase-ism:(Re)writing and (Re)righting Native American racial formation projects. Presented at the Fifteenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Champagne-Urbana, IL.
  • Pallotta, Hannah. 2019. "The Global Citizen, Global Trust, & National Privilege: A Study of Individualized Identity in a Globalized World."  Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
  • Reilly, Caroline. 2019. "Creating Whiteness: The Processes of Irish White Identity Formation on Seventeenth-Century Barbados and Montserrat."  Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
  • Church, Anna. 2019. "'It Can be Done Anywhere, Anytime': Public Breastfeeding and Social Media Resistance."  Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
  • Tasmim, Samia and Junmin Wang. 2019. "Are Free Trade Agreements Associated with Better Health? An Empirical Analysis to Conceptualize the Impact of Trade Agreements on Health Outcomes." Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
  • Topping, Michael. 2019. "The Relationship of Risk Factors and Undergraduate Retention: A Study of a Rural University's Undergraduate Student Population and their Likelihood of Persistence."  Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
  • Fatema, Kaniz. 2019. "Impact of Mass Media on the Utilization of Maternal Healthcare Service."  Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
  • Stone Jr., A. J. 2018. "I am a cartoon? Not me!": Racial identity work and resistance to Native American caricature iconography. Presented at the Fourteenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Champagne-Urbana, IL.
  • Fatema, Kaniz. 2018. "Women Entrepreneurs and Their Vulnerability in Informal Sector: A Study on Women Street Vendors in Dhaka City." Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
  • Stone, Anthony. 2018. "I Am a Cartoon? Not Me!": Racial Identity Work and Resistance to Native American Caricature Iconography Erasure." Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
  • Gaines, Victoria. "Self-Injury and Stigma." 2018. Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA.
  • Church, Anna Claire. 2018. "Sociodemographic Predictors of Infant Mortality: An Analysis of Race and Place-Based Disparities." Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
  • Cooley, Caleb Cameron. 2018. "Sexual Minority Health Behaviors, and Potential Benefits of Same Sex Marriage." Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
  • Wright Thayer, Krista. 2018. "Social Services Workers' Perspective on Clients and Public Assistance." Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
  • Sandifer, J. Dylan. 2018. "Computing our Politics: Bias in Social Media Algorithms." Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
  • Gaines, Victoria. 2017. "Drug Use as Edgework Among Adolescent Populations." Southern Demographic Association Annual Meeting. Morgantown, WV.
  • Presson, B., Rambo, C., Loren, D., & Gaines, V. 2017. "Self-injury and risk: Considering an edgework approach." Paper presented at the Thirteenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Champaign–Urbana, IL.
  • Loren, D. 2017. "God smites you!": Atheists' experiences of stigma and identity politics. Paper presented at the Thirteenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Champaign-Urbana, IL.
  • Binnix, T., Rambo, C., Abrutyn, S., & Mueller, A. 2017. "The dialectics of stigma, silence, and misunderstandings in suicidality narratives." Paper presented at the Thirteenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Champaign–Urbana, IL.
  • Sandifer, J. Dylan. 2017. "Colonizing Sexuality: How Ideas of Queerness are Built on Western Religious Power Structures." American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC, Canada
  • Boudreaux, JoAnna. 2017. "Unveiling the Veil: American Muslim Women and Identity." Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Greenville, SC.
  • Loftus, Jeni and Degan Loren. 2017. "Increasing Support for the Civil Liberties of Atheists in the United States: Product of Changing Demographics?" Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Greenville, SC.
  • Erigha, Maryann and Anthony Jerome Stone, Jr. 2017. "Political White Saviors: White Candidates and Black Citizens in Democratic Campaign Advertisements." Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Greenville, SC.
  • Garcia, Melissa J. 2017. "Neighborhood Study in Memphis, TN." Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Greenville, SC.
  • Peterson, Gretchen and Daisy Angeles. 2017. "When is a Behavior Considered Cheating?: Conditions Impacting Perceptions of Cheating by Self and Others." Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Greenville, SC.
  • Stone, Anthony Jerome. 2017. "The F!#@ Y'all Lookin'At? The Invisibility of White Privilege as Presented in Aaron McGruder's "The Boondocks". Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Greenville, SC.
  • Angeles, Daisy. 2017. "Communication and Health: Hispanic Advantage or Disadvantage?" Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Greenville, SC.
  • Cooley, Caleb Cameron. 2017. "LGBT Healthcare Access." Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Greenville, SC.
  • Loren, D. 2016. Atheist individuals and identity formation processes. Paper presented at the Twelfth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Champaign–Urbana, IL.
  • Garcia, Melissa. 2016. "Undocumented Latino Immigrants and the Right to the City: A Case Study of Three Cities." Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA.
  • Bang, Karishma Sonny. 2016. "Health Care Access Disparities in the United States." Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA.
  • Binnix, Taylor M. 2016. "Suicidality and the Family: Examining Emotions, Relationship Quality, and Interpersonal Dynamics." Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Atlanta, GA.
  • Shuker, Zeinab F. 2015. "Oil, Polity, and Civil Society: The Construction of the Hegemonic Apparatus in Iraq." Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
  • Shuker, Zeinab F. 2015. "Women in Rentier States: The Role of Rent Economy And The Civil Sphere in Shaping Gender Relations in Iraq." Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
  • Campagna, Brittany Kay and Wesley James. 2015. "Walking In Memphis: Lack of Access and Availability to Healthy Food in a Stratified Metropolitan Food Desert in the South." Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
  • Blume, Amelia. "Swept Under the Red Carpet: Scripting Pride, Silencing Shame in a New Religious Movement." International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. Urbana-Champagne, IL. 2014.
  • Campagna, Brittany Kay. "Walking in Memphis: Racial, Economic, and Residential Disparities in Access to Healthy Food in a Metropolitan Food Desert." Southern Demographic Association Meetings. Memphis, TN. 2014.
  • Presson, Brittany. "Walking Among Shells: A Layered Account of Studying Self-Injury from the Inside Out." International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. Urbana-Champagne, IL. 2014.
  • Taylor, M. & Rambo, C. 2014. "Shame, pride, and the social bond: Exploring emotion cultures in white supremacist music." Paper presented at the Tenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Champaign–Urbana, IL.
  • Still, Darla. "Assessing Elements of Romantic Relationship Quality as Protective Factors against Suicidal Ideation in Young Adults." Southern Demographic Association Meetings. Memphis, TN. 2014.
  • Still, Darla. "Romantic Relationship Quality as a Protective Factor Against Suicidal Ideation." Southern Sociological Society Meetings. Charlotte, NC. 2014.
  • Still, Darla. "The Gendered Experience of Relationships as Protective Factors Against Suicidal Ideations." Sociologists for Women in Society Meetings. Nashville, TN. 2014.
  • Taylor, Marshall. "Shame, Pride, and the Social Bond: Exploring Emotion Cultures in White Supremacist Music" International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. Urbana-Champagne, IL. 2014.
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Graduate Student Awards and Honors

Anderson, Dale

  • Department of Sociology Travel Award ($300), University of Memphis, 2005.

Brown, Victoria

  • Department of Sociology Travel Award ($300), University of Memphis, 2006.
  • Graduate Student Association Travel Award ($150), University of Memphis, 2006.

Lumm, Kimberly.

  • Graduate Research Fellowship, Department of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, June-August 2005. Advising Professor, Wade Clark Roof. Research grant funded by the National Science Foundation's Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) grant NSF Grant # 8-487610-26406, through the Graduate Research Internship Program at the University of California, Santa Barbara. 2005.

Mynatt, Don

  • Managing Editor, Symbolic Interaction, 2006-07.
  • Department of Sociology Travel Award ($300), University of Memphis, 2006.
  • Graduate Student Association Travel Award ($150), University of Memphis, 2006.

Pruitt, John

  • Managing Editor, Symbolic Interaction, 2007-Present.

Robertson, Desiree

  • Tennessee Board of Regents Minority Fellowship for Graduate Study, 2003.
  • Department of Sociology Travel Award ($300), University of Memphis, 2003.

Sandifer, J. Dylan

  • American Sociological Association Student Forum Award, 2017.
  • Department of Sociology Travel Award, University of Memphis, 2017.

Stoll, Laurie Cooper

  • Morton Thesis Award, University of Memphis, "Understanding Church Growth and Decline: A Test of the Market Based Approach." 2004.
  • Department of Sociology Travel Award ($300), University of Memphis, 2004.
  • Graduate Student Paper Competition Award, Department of Sociology, University of Memphis, "Stay-at-home Moms with Degrees: A Weberian Perspective," 2003.
  • Outstanding Graduate Paper Award, Department of Sociology, University of Memphis, "Rational Choice: The Merits and Pitfalls of the Market Based Approach," 2002.
  • Undergraduate Paper Competition Award, Southwestern Sociological Association, New Orleans, "Is Birth Order Related to Educational Achievement?" 2002.
  • Undergraduate Paper Competition Award, Department of Sociology, University of Memphis, "Is Birth Order Related to Educational Achievement?" 2001.

Twombly, Corey

  • Department of Sociology Travel Award ($300),University of Memphis, 2005.

Ziegler, Steven

  • Department of Sociology Travel Award ($300), University of Memphis, 2004.