Current Graduate Students

Iretiayo Rebecca Akinjo

Email: iakinj1@lsu.edu
Advisor:
Research interests: Rural/Agricultural sociology, Leveraging AI for Social Behavior Analysis and predictive modeling in rural communities.

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Asal Amini

Email: aamini8@lsu.edu
Advisor: Tim Slack
Research interests: Social Inequality, poverty, crime.

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Sophie Burns

Email: sburn39@lsu.edu
Advisor: Heather O’Connell
Research Interests: Race and Ethnicity; Relationships and Intimacy; Stigma and Prejudice; Gender and Sexuality; Social Inequality; Social Psychology; Media Analysis; Qualitative Methods 

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Myrissa Eisworth

Email: meiswo2@lsu.edu
Advisor: Heather Rackin
Research Interests: Gender and Sexuality, Sexual violence, Intersectionality, Public Policy, Cultural Sociology, Mixed Methods

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Marine Harutyunan

Email: mharut2@lsu.edu
Advisor: Mark Schafer
Research interests: Refugee Studies, Gender Studies. 

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Rita Kagaju

Email: rkagaj1@lsu.edu
Advisor: Tom Wooten
Research interests: Sociology of Culture, Conflict theory, Collective Memory, Cultural and Intergenerational Trauma.

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Su Min Park

Email: spar152@lsu.edu
Advisor: Mark H. Walker and Hope Xu Yan
Research interests: Stigma and social beliefs, health inequality, religion, crime and mental health, structural racism, spatial inequality.

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Mollie Schloss

Email: mschlo2@lsu.edu
Advisor: Wesley Shrum
Research interests: Internet Socialization, Sociological Theory & Qualitative Methods.

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Claire Thomas

Email: ctho429@lsu.edu
Advisor: Mark Walker
Research interests: Gender; Family; Mental Health; Media; Substance Use.

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Carine Villasanti

Email: cmor116@lsu.edu
Advisor: Tm Slack
Research Interests: communities, environmental sociology, and collaboration.

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Judith Amegbe

Email: jamegb1@lsu.edu
Advisor:  Heather O’Connell
Research Interests: Technology, Deviance, Social Networks, and Health

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Hanieh Lashkarbolouki

Email: hlashk1@lsu.edu 
Advisor: Rick Weil 
Research Interests: gender stereotypes, gender and religion, democracy, patriarchy in the middle east.

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Xinying (Nunnally) Zou

Email: xzou3@lsu.edu 
Advisor: Sam Stroope
Research Interests: Urban Sociology, Spatial Analysis, Health, Social Network

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Naduni Jayasnghe

Email: kjayas1@lsu.edu 
Advisor: Heather Rackin and Kevin T. Smiley
Research Interests: Public policy, sociology of disaster, development, economic sociology, and social capital

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Tarikat Khan

Email: tkhan8@lsu.edu 
Advisor: Heather Rackin and Tom Wooten
Research Interests: Gender, culture

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KayLynn Larrison

Email: klarri5@lsu.edu 
Advisor: Kevin T. Smiley
Research Interests: Race/ethnicity, inequality, quantitative methods

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Muhammad Saifuddin

Email: msaifu1@lsu.edu 
Advisor: Kevin T. Smiley
Research Interests: Religious and rural education, immigration, Bangladeshi Diaspora

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Windsor Adcox

Email: wadcox1@lsu.edu
Advisor: Ed Shihadeh
Research Interests: Criminology; criminal violence; juvenile crime; rehabilitation

Windsor's CV

Nana Osei Asiamah

Email: nasiam2@lsu.edu
Advisor: Wesley Shrum
Research Interests: Social Networks; technology; mental health

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Isaac Carson

Email: icarso1@lsu.edu
Advisor:
Research Interests: Corrections; juvenile delinquency; public policy; capital punishment

Zara Houser

Email: zhouse3@lsu.edu
Advisor: Heather O’Connell
Research Interests: Reproductive health; reproductive justice; race/ethnicity; gender

Houser's CV

Heath McNeese

Email: rmcnee3@lsu.edu
Advisor: Kevin T. Smiley
Research Interests: Environmental sociology; environmental justice; inequalities; social movements; social change

Arijita Pal

Email: apal9@lsu.edu
Advisor: Tim Slack
Research Interests: Social policy; human rights; child rights; agriculture; economic development

Pal's CV

Shinjini Roy

Email: sroy45@lsu.edu
Advisor: Sarah Becker
Research Interests: Childhood; parenting; digital technologies; urban spaces; South Asian studies

Roy's CV

Xiaoxu Yang

Email: xyang36@lsu.edu
Advisor: Rick Weil
Research Interests: Sociology of education; life course; social stratification
Yang's CV

Seunghwan Yoo

Email: syoo7@lsu.edu
Advisor: Heather Rackin
Research Interests: Social Demography, Marriage & Fertility, Digital Media, Narrative & Public Discourse, Social Inequality.

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Katie Cali

Email: kpatto7@lsu.edu
Advisor:
Research Interests: Religion; criminology; race; assisted suicide; death penalty

Jamila Freightman

Email: jfreightman@lsu.edu
Advisor:
Research Interests: Rural sociology; arrested mobility; race; wealth inequality; economic development.

Yoon Jung Jeong

Email: yjeong3@lsu.edu
Advisor: Sarah Becker
Research Interests: Gender; media; online culture; activism, masculinities

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Savannah Mattox

Email: smatto2@lsu.edu
Advisor: Sarah Becker
Research Interests: Race & Ethnicity, Interracial Relationships, Interracial Families, Gender & Sexualities

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Samantha Ramey

Email: sramey3@lsu.edu
Advisor: Rick Weil
Research Interests: Children & adolescence; mental health; Internet communications

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Harleen Sandhu

Email: hsandh1@lsu.edu
Advisor: Sam Stroope
Research Interests: Sociology of religion; military sociology; subaltern studies; gender studies; culture; community & urban sociology; public policy

Sandhu's CV

Katherine Seals

Email: KSeals@agcenter.lsu.edu
Advisor: Mark Schafer
Research Interests: Criminology; environmental design; perception of crime; crime & health

Seals CV

Shriya Thakkar

Email: sthakk1@lsu.edu
Advisor:Kevin T. Smiley
Research Interests:Gender; migration; development; urban slums; media; South Asia

Jonathan Yevuyibor

Jazmin Robinson-Smith

Email: Jrob293@lsu.edu
Advisor: Sarah Becker
Research Interests: Race/ethnicity; gender/sexuality; media; criminology; Black studies; romantic relationships

Brooke Barrett

Email: bbarr33@lsu.edu
Advisor: Heather O’Connell
Research Interests: Race & Ethnicity, Spatial Analysis, Racism & Prejudice, Crime & Deviance, Criminology, Media Bias
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