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College of Liberal Arts
3384 Faner Hall
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale IL, 62901
618-453-2494
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Where Recent Alumni of the Graduate Program Are
2021 Graduates
- Trisha Crawshaw, PhD, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Franklin College in Indiana
- Rebecca Tuxhorn, PhD, Instructor of Sociology at Southeastern Louisiana University
2020 Graduates
- Debaleena Ghosh, PhD, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Georgia Southwestern State University
- Kristie Perry, PhD, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Southern University
2019 Graduates
- Korey Phelan, PhD. Assistant Professor of Sociology at Dixie State University
- Marcie Phillis, PhD. Community Engagement Coordinator at Meridian Health.
- Ann Johnson, PhD, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Murray State University
2018 Graduates
- Amanda Patrick, PhD, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Austin Peay University
- Derek Lehman, PhD, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Tarleton State University
2017 Graduates
- Debadatta Chakraborty, MS, PhD Student at University of Massachusetts
- Milos Djeric, MA, 2017. On the Market
- Saiful Islam, PhD, Assistant Professor, Minnesota State University, Mankato
- Kate Niman, PhD, Instructor, Des Moines Area Community College, Des Moines
- Nishanth V-Sanjithkumar, PhD, Entrepreneur and CEO of Valle Lilly Enterprise LTD
2016 graduates
- Amanda Buday, PhD, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Grand Valley State University
- Ryan Ceresola, PhD, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Hartwick College
2015 Graduates
- Kristi Brownfield, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor at Northern State University
- Tony Silva, MA, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of British Columbia
- Megan Rabe, MA: US Bureau of the Census
- Trisha Crawshaw, MA: PhD Student at SIU.
2014 Graduates
- Justin Martin, PhD, Assistant Professor of Sociology at University of Tennessee Martin
- Jessica Young - Adjunct Lecturer, Queens College--CUNY
2013 Graduates
- Mallary Allen, PhD, Director of Survey Research Services at Iowa State University
- Lubna Asif - Additional Commissioner of Inland Revenut in Karachi, Pakistan and Visiting Professor, Institute of Business Administration in Pakistan
- Kristie Lipford - Assistant Professor, Tougaloo College
2012 Graduates
- Nadia Amin - Assistant Professor, Zayed University
- Muhammed Asadi - Visiting Assistant Professor, Lahore University of Management Sciences in Lahore, Pakistan
- Margaret Cooper - Instructor at University of South Florida
- Aleta Top Gustavson, PhD, 2012: Assessment Coordinator for Education and Adjunct Professor of Sociology at Central College, Iowa
- Wanda Hunter - Assistant Director, McNair Program, Henderson State University
- Gregory Maddox, Lecturer, Southern Illinois University
2011 Graduates
- Jessica Abbott - Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Pembroke
- S.J. Creek - Assistant Professor of Sociology, McKendree University
2010 Graduates
- Kylan de Vries - Program Coordinator, Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies, Southern Oregon University
- Michelle Henton - Senior Research Assistant, The Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado
- Melencia Johnson - Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of South Carolina - Aiken
What Recent Alumni of the Undergraduate Program Are Doing
2022 Graduates
- Sam Kortkamp, Assessment Clinician at Chestnut Health Services
- Ma’Kel Calhoun, currently finishing his last football season at SIU, will likely apply for grad school in the fall at SIU
2020 Graduates
- Olivia Roberts, Recruiter at an employment agency Nashville, TN
- Maria Ross, Master’s student in Sociology at Illinois State University, Normal, IL
- Daniel Vega, Junior Account Coordinator at Microsoft, Chicago IL
- Randall Grider, Founded nonprofit aimed at assisting first generation college students and Master's student in the Health Psychology Program at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
- Brittany Hammett, Master’s student in Sociology at St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO
2019 Graduates
- Tatiana Green, Dorm Parent Assistant at Brehm Preparatory School, Carbondale, IL
- Jacqueline Harsy, School Social Worker and Master’s student in the Social Work Program at SIU, Carbondale, IL
- Baylee Hudgens, PhD student in Sociology at Purdue University, Lafayette, IN
- Drew Donelson, Restaurant Supervisor at The Old Spaghetti Factory, Harrisburg, IL
- Jawuan Monroe, Manager at LA Fitness, Chicago, IL
- Taylor Griffin, Teacher at Rainbow’s End Child Development Center and Masters student in Early Childhood Education at SIU, Carbondale, IL
- Megan Hurd, Americorps with Sea Island Habitat for Humanity, Charleston, SC
2018 Graduates
- Michael W. Wilson, Police Officer, Mount Vernon, IL Police Department
- Anthony Deuel, Elementary Music Teacher and Master’s student in the Teaching Program at Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA,
- Ayla Gehner, Admissions Representative at Stevens Institute of Business and Arts, St. Louis, MO
- Phillip Hammer, CEO and Co-founder of Big Picture Machine, a technology service company in Chicago, IL
- Megan Monaco, Area Expert at Henry Schein, Inc., Kenosha, WI
- Brooke Ross, Project Coordinator Consultant at Insight Global, Round Lake, IL
- Simba Woodward, Community Engagement Specialist and Program Coordinator at Southern Word, Nashville, TN
- Elana Cruz, Gallery Professional at Carbondale Community Arts, Carbondale IL
- Jessica Liberman, Master’s student in the Social Science Program at Clemson University, Clemson, SC
2017 Graduates
- Emily Staniec, Human Resources Consultant II at Paylocity, Chicago IL
- Davorian Ware, Consulting Analyst at Gallup, Washington, DC
- Shantriece Burnett, Human Resources Junior Generalist/Coordinator at Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL
MA and PhD Alumni List
Name |
Yr. |
Deg. |
Current Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|
|
2011 |
Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Pembroke |
|
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Jeanie Akamanti |
2010 |
Ph.D |
|
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Rifat Akhter |
2006 |
Ph.D |
Assistant Professor, University of Central Arkansas |
|
Fawaz O.F. Alanezi |
2004 |
Ph.D. |
Director of Survey Research Services at Iowa State University |
|
Jennifer M. Allen |
2002 |
Ph.D. |
Associate Professor, Western Illinois University |
|
Mallary Allen |
2013 |
Ph.D. |
|
|
Nadia Amin |
2012 |
Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor, Zayed University |
|
Hakan Arikan |
2004 |
Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor, Kirikkale University |
|
Janet S. Armitage |
2002 |
Ph.D. |
Associate Professor, St. Mary’s University |
|
Muhammed Asadi |
2012 |
Ph.D. |
Visiting Assistant Professor, Lahore University of Management Sciences in Lahore, Pakistan |
|
Lubna Asif |
2013 |
Ph.D. |
Additional Commissioner of Inland Revenue in Karachi, Pakistan and Visiting Professor, Institute of Business Administration in Pakistan |
|
April K. Bartnick |
2002 |
MA |
Employed by a law firm in Carbondale, IL |
|
Todd E. Bernhardt |
2003 |
Ph.D |
Assistant Professor, Broward Community College |
|
Curt Ricky Blakely |
2003 |
Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor, Truman State University |
|
John G. Boulahanis |
2002 |
Ph.D. |
Associate Professor, Southeastern Louisiana University |
|
Wendy Bressner |
2013 |
MA |
|
|
Charles M. Brown |
2002 |
Ph.D. |
Associate Professor, Albright College |
|
Amanda Buday |
2016 |
Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor of Sociology at Grand Valley State University |
|
Sara Burge |
2001 |
MA |
Probation Officer, St. Louis, MO |
|
Ruth A. Chananie-Hill |
2007 |
Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor, Northern Iowa |
|
Reshmi Chowdhury |
2004 |
MA |
|
|
Peter D. Collings |
2000 |
MA |
|
|
Addrain S. Conyers |
2007 |
Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor, Marist College |
|
Margaret Cooper |
2012 |
Ph.D. |
Instructor at University of South Florida |
|
S.J. Creek |
2011 |
Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor, McKendree University |
|
Tim Cullinane |
2003 |
MA |
|
|
Shyamal Kumar Das |
2005 |
Ph.D. |
Associate Professor/SOC Coordinator, Sociology, Elizabeth City State University |
|
Dorothy R. DeBoer |
2005 |
Ph.D. |
Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point |
|
Shiloh Deitz |
2014 |
MA |
|
|
Kylan de Vries |
2010 |
Ph.D. |
Program Coordinator, Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies, Southern Oregon University |
|
Rebecca Donna |
2001 |
Ph.D. |
Director, Criminal Justice, Illinois Valley Community College, |
|
Jeffrey W. Durbin |
2002 |
Ph.D. |
Instructional Specialist/Fellow, Chicago Public Schools/Northwestern University |
|
Kristina Anne Dzara |
2009 |
Ph.D. |
Research Associate II - Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine |
|
2000 |
MA |
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Heather Smith Feldhaus |
2002 |
Ph.D. |
Associate Professor and Dept. Chair, Bloomsburg University |
|
Debaleena Ghosh |
2020 |
Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor of Sociology at Georgia Southwestern State University |
|
Trey Green |
2013 |
MA |
|
|
Aleta Top Gustavson |
2002 |
MA |
|
|
Stephen Hagan |
2009 |
Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor, McKendree University |
|
An'Drea Hall |
2014 |
MA |
|
|
DaeHoon Han |
2000 |
MA |
|
|
Holly Haywood |
2008 |
MA |
|
|
Martha J. Heltsley |
2003 |
Ph.D. |
|
|
Geraldine M. Hendrix-Sloan |
2009 |
Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor, Minnesota State University Moorhead |
|
Michelle Henton |
2010 |
MA |
Senior Research Assistant, The Institute for Health Research, Kaiser Permanente Colorado |
|
Jeong Hun Choi Hinton |
2000 |
MA |
|
|
Changdeog Huh |
2006 |
Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor, Yeungnam University, South Korea |
|
Wanda Hunter |
2012 |
Ph.D. |
Assistant Director, McNair Program, Henderson State University |
|
AKM Saiful Islam |
2002 |
MA |
|
|
Jacob Jantzer |
2009 |
Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor, South Dakota State University |
|
Robert B. Jenkot |
2005 |
Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor, Coastal Carolina University |
|
Ann Johnson |
2019 |
Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor of Sociology at Murray State University |
|
Melencia Johnson |
2010 |
Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor, University of South Carolina Aiken |
|
Tim J. Kubal |
2001 |
Ph.D. |
Associate Professor, California State University Fresno |
|
2014 |
MA |
||
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Derek Lehman |
|
Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor of Sociology at Tarleton State University |
|
Jason J. Leiker |
2003 |
Ph.D. |
Lecturer, Utah State University |
|
Kristie Lipford |
2013 |
Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor, Tougaloo College |
|
William E. Lovekamp |
2006 |
Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor, Eastern Illinois University |
|
Gregory Maddox |
2012 |
Ph.D. |
Lecturer, Southern Illinois University |
|
Justin Martin |
2014 |
Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor of Sociology at University of Tennessee Martin |
|
Teri J. Mason |
2007 |
Ph.D. |
Associate Professor, Christian Brothers University |
|
Shelly McGrath |
2009 |
Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor, University of Alabama Birmingham |
|
Minyoung Moon |
2010 |
MA |
|
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Mary Lee O'Hara |
2004 |
Ph.D. |
|
|
Amanda Patrick |
2018 |
Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor of Sociology at Austin Peay University |
|
Kristie Perry |
2020 |
Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor of Sociology at Southern University |
|
Korey Phelan |
2019 |
Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor of Sociology at Dixie State University |
|
Marcie Phillis |
2019 |
Ph.D. |
Community Engagement Coordinator at Meridian Health |
|
Melissa Powell-Williams |
2008 |
Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor, Augusta State University |
|
Todd Powell-Williams |
2008 |
Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor, Augusta State University |
|
Nicole Elizabeth Rader |
2005 |
Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor, Director of Gender Studies Program, Mississippi State University |
|
Fahmida Rahman |
2002 |
MA |
|
|
Frances Rodriguez |
2002 |
MA |
|
|
Christopher D. Rose |
2002 |
Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh |
|
Jamie Royal |
2005 |
MA |
Assistant General Counsel, Florida Department of Health |
|
Tony Silva |
2015 |
MA |
Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of British Columbia |
|
David S. Sizemore |
2002 |
Ph.D. |
Research Coordinator, Texas Lottery Commission |
|
Rebecca Staudt |
2013 |
MA |
|
|
Suzanne Stoelting |
2008 |
Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor, Fontbonne University |
|
2002 |
MA |
Certified Licensed Addiction Counselor, Wilderness Treatment Center |
|
|
Rebecca Tuxhorn |
2021 |
Ph.D. |
Instructor of Sociology at Southeastern Louisiana University |
|
Charles A. Ubah |
2001 |
Ph.D. |
Associate Professor, Georgia College and State University |
|
Ahmet Uysal |
2003 |
Ph.D. |
Teaching in Turkey |
|
Wan Kamal WanNapi |
2007 |
Ph.D. |
|
|
LaSheila S. Williams |
2007 |
MA |
|
|
Evonnia Woods |
2009 |
MA |
|
|
Jessica Young |
2014 |
MA |
Adjunct Lecturer, Queens College--CUNY |
|
Muhammad Zannoun |
2013 |
Ph.D. |