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2006-2007
Faculty
Chris Smith received numerous grant awards this year. They include: $1,096,631 from Lilly Endowment Inc. for a project entitled "Tracking the Religious Lives of American Youth into Emerging Adulthood: A Proposal for NSYR Wave 3" (January 1, 2007-December 31, 2010); $99,750 from the John Templeton Foundation for a project on "Continuity and Change in the Religious lives of American Youth" (July 1, 2007-June 30, 2009); $160,127 from the John Templeton Foundation for a project on "Human Personhood and Social Science" (January 1, 2007-December 31, 2007); $99,920 from the John Templeton Foundation for a "Religion Survey Data Expansion Project" (May 15, 2007-May 14, 2008); $99,894 from the John Templeton Foundation for a project on "Innovative Research on Generosity" (May 15, 2007-May 14, 2008); and a $291,905 subcontract with the University of North Carolina for a Lilly Endowment Inc. funded grant entitled "The Religious Practices of American Youth" (July 1, 2006-December 31,2007).
Kevin Christiano has been elected Secretary-Treasurer of the Section on the Sociology of Religion of the ASA. Kevin also recently learned that Cambridge University Press is going to bring out a paperback edition of his first book, Religious Diversity and Social Change: American Cities, 1890-1906, twenty years after its initial publication (1987).
Lyn Spillman is Chair-Elect of the Culture Section of the American Sociological Association, the second largest ASA section with over a thousand members. She was also invited Plenary Speaker at the meetings of the Research Network on the Sociology of Culture of the European Sociological Association in Gent, Belgium in November and invited Plenary Speaker at the Spring 2007 conference of the Center for Cultural Sociology, Yale University.
David Hachen is a co-PI on a 3-year NSF funded project designed to develop an emergency response system which can identify emergency situations by detecting anomalies in cell phone usage and network patterns. Read full story >
Bill Carbonaro has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure.
Juli Sobolewski's contract as Assistant Professor has been renewed.
Dan Myers won the 2007 Sheedy Award for teaching excellence in the College of Arts and Letters. The Sheedy Award was established in 1968 by an anonymous donor to honor Rev. Charles E. Sheedy, C.S.C. The award is given annually to an outstanding teacher in the College of Arts and Letters. Father Sheedy, who died in 1990, served as the dean of Notre Dame's College of Arts and Letters for 16 years.
Dan has also accepted a position as Director of Research and Faculty Development for the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. This position will have him working half-time in an administrative role at Kroc and half-time as a sociology faculty member.
Notre Dame professor says mortgage crisis to affect housing segregation: In the old days, mortgage lending was just like Jimmy Stewart in “It’s a Wonderful Life,” says Notre Dame sociologist Richard A. Williams. You got a mortgage from the savings and loan, and the loan was offered at a fixed rate for 15 or 30 years. Read full story >
Maureen Hallinan received the Notre Dame Award for Excellence in Research on Catholic Education.
Jorge A. Bustamante, Eugene Conley Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame, has been named the 2007 recipient of the American Sociological Association's Cox-Johnson-Frazier Award. One of the most prestigious professional honors in sociology, the award is given annually either to a sociologist for a lifetime of research, teaching, and service to the community or to an academic institution for its work in assisting the development of scholarly efforts in this tradition. The Cox-Johnson-Frazier award honors the intellectual traditions and contributions of Oliver Cox, Charles S. Johnson and E. Franklin Frazier. Read full story >
Samuel Valenzuela and graduate student Nicolás Somma, along with Political Scinece Professor Tim Scully, won the "Federico Gil Prize" awarded by the Chilean Political Science Association for the "best paper" presented at its meetings in the field of Comparative Politics. The jury was composed of four past presidents of the association and its current president. The paper is entitled "The Enduring Presence of Religion in Chilean Ideological Positionings and Voter Options."
Graduate Students
Nicolás Somma won 3rd place in the 2007 North Central Sociological Association's graduate student paper competition for his paper “The Conditional Effectiveness of Strong Ties in Protest Recruitment Attempts.”
Karen Boyd has accepted a tenure-track position at Methodist University in Fayetteville, NC.
Yuting Wang has been selected for a pre-doctoral fellowship sponsored by the Kaneb Institute. The Fellowship will support her during the 2007/2008 academic year and will allow her to teach and to work on her dissertation while in residence at Northwestern University.
Doris Zhou won the Jeanine Becker Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award.
Brandy Ellison won the John J. Kane Memorial Award. This award is presented annually to the department's most outstanding graduate student.
Karen Boyd won the David L. Dodge Memorial Teaching Award. This award is conferred annually on the graduate student in our program who has most distinguished himself or herself in the teaching of undergraduates.
Undergraduate Majors
Maryann Erigha is the winner of the 2007 Margaret Eisch Memorial Award. The Eisch Award is given each year to the outstanding graduating senior majoring in Sociology. The Eisch family established the award in memory of their daughter Margaret, a Notre Dame Sociology major who died in 1976.
Maryann also received the University of Notre Dame Alumni Association's 2007 Distinguished Student Award. Read full story >
Claire Duncan is the winner of the 2007 Sociology Senior Essay Award. This award is given each year for the best essay or research paper submitted by a graduating senior or seniors on a topic of sociological relevance. Claire's paper was entitled "Activism, Activist Diversity, and Voter Turnout. "
Seniors Nevert Badreldin, Chloe Bekavac, Claire Duncan, Maryann Erigha, Stephen Fabian, Brittany Faron, Caitlin Hawryszkow, Jennifer Heissel, Naseem Helo, Kristin Hopson, Rachel Lewis, Erin Kelsey, Claire Kerner, Ariel Klingaman, Emily Krisciunas, Amanda McBride, Kelly McDermott, Joshua Pasquesi, Lauren Plenn, Daniel Scholz, Damian Sclafani, Leanne Wiborg and Rena Zarah have been selected for induction into AKD, the Sociological Honor Society.
Juniors Emily Cooperstein, Kathleen Daley, Kelly Jones, Matthew Poczatek, Nicole Ruggirello, Renee Rzepka, Margarett Schramm, and Kimberly Tavarez have been selected for induction into AKD, the Sociological Honor Society.
Claire Duncan, Maryann Erigha, Erin Kelsey and Rachel Lewis have successfully completed the Sociology Capstone Project.
Alumni
Saskia Sassen (Ph.D. 1974) received Notre Dame's first Distinguished Alumnus Award. The award was established to mark the school’s first commencement ceremony and is presented to an individual who has received a graduate degree from Notre Dame and made a difference to his or her field, community or society at large. Sassen is the Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago and Centennial Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics. She is recognized worldwide as one of the most important social science voices on the subject of globalization. Read full story >
2005-2006
Faculty
Jorge Bustamante has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. The nomination recognizes his tireless advocacy for the human and labor rights of immigrants.
Kevin Christiano has been elected Council member at-large for the North Central Sociological Association.
Mark Gunty and Chuck Pressler were named winners of Kaneb Undergraduate Teaching awards. The Kaneb Awards recognize outstanding teaching by tenured faculty and professional specialists.
Maureen Hallinan has been selected by her peers at the University of Notre Dame as the recipient of the 2006 Faculty Award. A member of the faculty since 1984 and an award-winning teacher and scholar, Hallinan is one of the nation’s leading researchers on education quality.
Daniel Myers has been re-appointed as Chair of the Department of Sociology. Dan will also serve the College as the Senior Executive Fellow for the Social Sciences, where his duties will include finding strategies to enhance research funding, reviewing and advancing infrastructure support, and making initial preparations for seeking resources for additional space for the social sciences. He has also been named editor of Mobilization, the leading journal for the social movements and collective behavior specialty area. Dan officially begins his term in January 2007. Starting in Fall 2006, Dan will also head up a new university research center called the "Center for the Study of Social Movements and Social Change."
Chris Smith won the Christianity and Culture Award from Christianity Today for his book, written with Melinda Lundquist Denton SOUL SEARCHING: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers. Among the book’s findings is that American teenagers are far more influenced by the religious beliefs and practices of their parents than commonly thought, and that greater teenage religious involvement is significantly associated with more positive adolescent life outcomes. Chris was also recently elected chair of the ASA Section on the Sociology of Religion. Chris joins the Notre Dame faculty this year as the Director of the Center for the Study of Religion.
David Sikkink has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure.
Michael Welch has been promoted to Full Professor.
Graduate Students
Brandy Ellison is the winner of a 2006 Kaneb Graduate Student Teaching Award.
Sarah MacMillan received the Jeanine Becker Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award.
David Ortiz won the John J. Kane Memorial Award. This award is presented annually to the department's most outstanding graduate student.
Matt Larner received the David L. Dodge Memorial Teaching Award. This award is conferred annually on the graduate student in our program who has most distinguished himself or herself in the teaching of undergraduates.
Undergraduate Majors
Elizabeth Bullock is the winner of the 2006 Margaret Eisch Memorial Award. The Eisch Award is given each year to the outstanding graduating senior majoring in Sociology. The Eisch family established the award in memory of their daughter Margaret, a Notre Dame Sociology major who died in 1976.
She has also been appointed a Junior Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. This program recognizes the very best undergraduate students for their achievements in analyzing social problems and for their promise of becoming tomorrow’s outstanding social scientists.
Rachel Thelen is the winner of the 2006 Sociology Senior Essay Award. This award is given each year for the best essay or research paper submitted by a graduating senior or seniors on a topic of sociological relevance. Rachel's paper was entitled "Policy Preference, Party Affiliation, and Protest."
Seniors Charlene Baron, Megan Bears, Marques Bolden, Kathleen Brophy, Elizabeth Bullock, Kelli Delay, Stephan Heiny, Sean Huang, Michele Jeffers, Rebecca Keller, William Kiolbasa, Molly Miner, Christina Ostrowski, Kara Santelli, Megan Sheehan, Aimee Shelide, Jennifer Smith, Edward Song, Anne St. Claire, Rachel Thelen, and Anthony Velardi have been selected for induction into AKD, the Sociological Honor Society.
Juniors Clare Duncan, Maryann Erigha, Rachel Lewis, Amanda McBride, and Kelly McDermott have been selected for induction into AKD, the Sociological Honor Society.
Charlene Baron, Marques Bolden, Elizabeth Bullock, and Rachel Thelen have successfully completed the Sociology Capstone Project.
Alumni
Sung Chang Chun has joined the faculty of Mercy College in Ohio as an Assistant Professor.
Michelle Janning (Ph.D. 2000) has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure at Whitman College.
Eileen Diaz McConnell has accepted a position as Assistant Professor at Arizona State University.
Lissa Yogan (Ph.D. 2000) has been elected Vice President of the North Central Sociological Association.
2004-2005
Faculty
Robert Fishman, author of Democracy's Voices, which won Honorable Mention for best book in Political Sociology at the 2005 ASA meetings.
Daniel Myers, who, along with Beth Schaefer Caniglia (Ph.D. 2001), received the Best Published Article Award from the American Sociological Association (ASA) for their paper titled "All the Rioting That's Fit to Print: Selection Effects in National Newspaper Coverage of Civil Disorders, 1968-1969." The article appeared in the August 2004 issue of the "American Sociological Review."
Leonard Chrobot, who has been named by the Orchard Lake Schools Board of Regents as the recipient of its prestigious Fidelitas Medal. Past recipients of the award include National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, Archbishop of Philadelphia John Cardinal Krol, and Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine. Father Chrobot's scholarly research has centered on societal movement from traditional to contemporary culture and its implications in education. He has published numerous articles and lectured nationally at more than 60 colleges and universities and at hundreds of parishes and groups on ethnicity and cultural pluralism.
Felicia LeClere, winner of the 2005 Rodney F. Ganey, Ph.D., Faculty Community-Based Research Award. Presented by the University's Center for Social Concerns, the award is named after a former Notre Dame professor and recognizes the work of faculty members who have conducted research at the request of local nonprofit or community organizations. Felicia was honored for her work with the Robinson Community Learning Center, The South Bend Center for the Homeless, and the St. Joseph Medical System.
Erica Summers-Effler who, along with graduate student Brandy Ellison, won a Ganey mini-grant for community-based research. They will work with Refugee and Immigration Services of South Bend to assess attempts to find employment for the area’s recently arrived refugees.
Robert Fishman, who has been promoted to Full Professor with tenure. Robert's books include "Democracy's Voices: Social Ties and the Quality of Public Life in Spain" (Cornell University Press, 2004); "Working Class Organization and the Return to Democracy in Spain" (Cornell University Press, 1990); and [co-edited with Tony Messina], "The Year of the Euro: The Cultural, Social and Political Import of Europe's Single Currency" (University of Notre Dame Press).
Rory McVeigh, who has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure. Rory's work has appeared in Social Forces, the American Sociological Review, and other top journals, and has addressed such topics as the United Farm Workers movement, the Ku Klux Klan, ballot initiative voting in Colorado, and protest participation among representative samples of Americans. Current research projects include studies of the Ku Klux Klan’s influence on presidential politics in the 1920s, structural influences on mobilization of contemporary hate groups, and relationships between crime, non-voting, and organized protest.
Andy Weigert, winner of a Kaneb Undergraduate Teaching award. The Kaneb Awards recognize outstanding teaching by tenured faculty and professional specialists.
David Sikkink, who in Fall 2005 will become the director of the Center for the Study of Religion (currently known as the DuBois Center). The center will continue to develop research work focusing on the practice of religion in everyday life and on the connections between religion and race. The initial activities of the center will focus on the Lilly-funded longitudinal study of religious commitment and practice that David is conducting with Michael Emerson.
Kevin Christiano, President of the American Council for Quebec Studies, which has been recognized with the Prix du 3-juillet-1608. This award is conferred each year by the government of Quebec on an organization somewhere in North America that promotes the use and diffusion of the French language.
Graduate Students
Keely Jones, who this fall will be starting a tenure track Assistant Professor position at the University of Georgia, Department of Public Policy and Administration, developing a concentration in nonprofit studies.
Sarah MacMillen, winner of a 2005 Institute for the Scholarship in Liberal Arts Faculty-Graduate Student Research Proposal Grant (with Andy Weigert) for "Empathy and Civil Society in Israel-Palestine", and "Encountering the Other: Religious Arguments for Tolerance." Sarah also won a 2005 Kellogg Institute Seed Money grant for "Empathy and Civil Society in Israel-Palestine, the Parents Circle."
Stephanie Arnett, winner of a Graduate School Award for summer 2005 to attend a Linear Modeling workshop at the University of Massachusetts; and Brandy Ellison, winner of a Graduate School Award for summer 2005 to attend Juan Sisay Spanish School in Guatemala.
Carrie Erlin, winner of a dissertation fellowship through the Center for Women's Intercultural Leadership at Saint Mary's. The fellowship was awarded after a national search and sponsors both teaching within the Sociology Department at Saint Mary's and research into women's intercultural issues. After Carrie completes her dissertation, it will become a postdoctoral fellowship.
Valerie Lewis, winner of a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. The award provides three years of tuition and stipend support.
Eugene Walls and Maureen Wynne, winners of 2005 Kaneb Graduate Student Teaching Awards.
Xochitl Bada, who has won a grant from the Zahm Research Travel Fund for $4600 to support her research in Mexico.
Sarah MacMillen, who has won a grant from the Zahm Research Travel Fund for $1800 to support her research in Israel and Palestine.
Matt Larner, Sarah MacMillen, and David Ortiz, winners of Graduate Teaching Fellowships for next year. The awards are sponsored by the Graduate School, the College of Arts and Letters, and the University Writing Program.
Valerie Lewis, who won third prize in the Midwest Sociological Society's Graduate Student Paper Competition. Her paper was called "Social Energy Theory Extended."
Eugene Walls, winner of the 2005 Graduate Student Symposium in Gender Studies/Graduate Student Research Grant from the UND Gender Studies Program for his paper, "Cultural Feminism’s Vision of Womanhood: Grappling with the Influence of Positive Stereotypes on Support for Women’s Rights, Abortion Rights, and Affirmative Action Policies for Women."
Eugene Walls, who has accepted a tenure track, assistant professor in the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver.
Brian Conway, winner of an $1,100 Zahm Research Travel Grant for his research on Ireland.
David Ortiz, winner of the inaugural Jeanine Becker Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award.
Eugene Walls, winner of the John J. Kane Memorial Award. This award is presented annually to the department's most outstanding graduate student.
Eugene Walls, winner of the David L. Dodge Memorial Teaching Award. This award is conferred annually on the graduate student in our program who has most distinguished himself or herself in the teaching of undergraduates.
Undergraduate Majors
Seniors Benjamin Butwin, Jacqueline Dammann, Carrie Graf, Christopher Harris, Jacqueline Heap, Kathryn Koellner, Emily Loomis, *Shannon McGonigle, Elizabeth Monteleone, Kimberly Moore, Nicholas Morrison, Brenda Natzke, Leah Nedderman, *Jennifer Nokes, Amy Padjen, Courtney Paquette, *Cara Spicer, *Anne Stolz, Rebecca VanSchoick, and Anthony Velardi, who have been selected for induction into AKD, the Sociological Honor Society.
Juniors Kathleen Brophy, Elizabeth Bullock, Sean Huang, Michelle Jeffers, Rebecca Keller, Christina Ostrowski, Aimee Shelide, Jennifer Smith, Anne St. Clair, and Rachel Thelen, who have been selected for induction into AKD, the Sociological Honor Society.
Kimmie Moore, who successfully completed the Sociology Honors Thesis. Kimmie's thesis was entitled “Body Satisfaction and Workout Consistency” and her advisor was Eugene Halton.
Jacqueline Heap, winner of the 2005 Margaret Eisch Memorial Award. The Eisch Award is given each year to the outstanding graduating senior majoring in Sociology. The Eisch family established the award in memory of their daughter Margaret, a Notre Dame Sociology major who died in 1976.
Shannon McGonigle, winner of the 2005 Sociology Senior Essay Award. This award is given each year for the best essay or research paper submitted by a graduating senior or seniors on a topic of sociological relevance. Shannon's paper was entitled “A Nation of Song: The Role of Traditional Music in Defining Irishness”.
Alumni
Frances Kominkiewicz (Ph.D. 2000), who was named as the 2005 Women of the Year in Education by the St. Joseph County YWCA. After working for several years as a local social worker, Fran went on to help establish the master's degree program in social work at Indiana University South Bend. She then moved to her present role as director of the social work program at Saint Mary's College, helping that program to gain national accreditation.
Hyejin Kim (BA 2004), who won the ASA's Section on Race & Ethnic Minorities 2005 Joe R. Feagin Distinguished Undergraduate Student Paper Award. This paper recognizes the best undergraduate student paper that focuses specifically on the relation between or issues relevant to socially divided racial and ethnic groups, uses an integrative race, class, gender analysis, and/or make an important theoretical, methodological, or empirical contribution in the field of Race/Racism/Race Relations Studies. Hyejin also won BOTH the North Central Sociological Association's AND the Midwest Sociological Society's Undergraduate Student Paper Competitions. Hyejin was one of the students working in Dan Myers' research group and wrote her paper on Korean/African-American conflict in Los Angeles. The paper title was "Class, Culture, and Conflict: African American-Korean American Conflict in South Central Los Angeles."
Catherine Bolzendahl (BA 2000), now a graduate student at Indiana University, took second prize in the Midwest Sociological Society Graduate Student Paper competition with her co-authored paper "Public Solutions or Private Problems? Understanding U.S. Support for Family Policy in a Comparative Perspective."
2003-2004
Faculty
Maureen Hallinan, who has been selected as the 2004 recipient of the Willard Waller Award for her career of work in the field of Sociology of Education. Maureen will receive her award at the ASA meetings in San Francisco August 2004.
Kevin Christiano, who has been elected to the Presidency of the Association for the Sociology of Religion (ASR). The ASR is the oldest and largest scholarly society in its field and claims more than 800 members throughout the United States and across the world. Kevin will serve as President-Elect in 2004-2005 and as President in 2005-2006. He will preside over the ASR's 2006 Annual Meeting in New York City.
Dan Myers, Department Chair, who has been promoted to full professor. You can read about Dan's teaching and research on his web page at http://www.nd.edu/~dmyers/.
Andy Weigert, who has won a $6,200 grant from the Lilly Faculty Fellows Program. These awards, funded by a $2 million grant from the Lilly Endowment, are meant to further the goals of encouraging students to envision their future in terms not merely of "career" but also of "vocation."
Kevin Christiano, who was named to the international board of editorial consultants of Mens: Revue d'histoire intellectuelle de l'Amerique francaise.
Graduate Students
Brian Conway, who was awarded a fellowship to attend the 3-week Irish Seminar on Ireland: Boston or Berlin? at the Keough-Notre Dame Centre, Dublin, in summer 2004. The seminar is hosted by the Keough Institute for Irish Studies.
Sarah MacMillen, who has received a $500 Midwest Sociological Society Scholarship Development Award for her work on religion and narratives of grief.
Xiao-qing Wang, who has accepted a postdoctoral position at the California Institute of Technology.
Eugene Walls, who has been awarded a Clogg Scholarship to attend the Summer Program in Quantitative Methods at ICPSR during summer 2004.
Brooke Fischer, who was awarded a $5,000 grant from the Farabaugh Fund for the Study of Substance Abuse. Brooke will examine alcohol consumption by first year college students.
Matt Loveland, who has won a prestigious dissertation fellowship from the Louisville Institute for his dissertation project, "Civic Congregations: Congregational Dynamics and Individual Civic Choices." The Louisville Institute funds research that promises to increase understanding of religious communities.
Eugene Walls, winner of the Kaneb Center's Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award for Sociology. This award recognizes TAs who have demonstrated excellence in the classroom or laboratory.
Joe Rumbo, who has accepted a tenure-track Assistant Professor position at James Madison University.
Rob Bossarte, who has accepted a position with the Epidemic Intelligence Service at the Centers for Disease Control. The program is a prestigious 2-year post-doctoral program. In the 50 year history of the program, there have only been 17 anthropologists or sociologists invited to participate. Its alumni include two former surgeon generals, deans, faculty, and researchers in various fields.
Jerry Park, who has accepted a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Department of Sociology at Baylor University.
Jessica Ziembroski, who has accepted a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Missouri (Columbia) in the Rural Poverty Research Institute with a joint appointment in the Truman School of Public Affairs.
Joseph Rumbo, winner of the 2002/2003 John J. Kane Memorial Award. This award is presented annually to the department's most outstanding graduate student.
Carrie Erlin, winner of the 2002/2003 David L. Dodge Memorial Teaching Award. This award is conferred annually on the graduate student in our program who has most distinguished himself or herself in the teaching of undergraduates.
Undergraduate Majors
Justin Golbabai, winner of the 2004 Margaret Eisch Memorial Award. The Eisch Award is given each year to the outstanding graduating senior majoring in Sociology. The Eisch family established the award in memory of their daughter Margaret, a Notre Dame Sociology major who died in 1976.
Hyejin Kim , winner of the 2004 Sociology Senior Essay Award. This award is given each year for the best essay or research paper submitted by a graduating senior or seniors on a topic of sociological relevance. Hyejin's essay was entitled "The Trajectory of African American-Korean Conflict in Los Angeles Before and After the Los Angeles Riot in 1992." Dan Myers was Hyejin's advisor and the work was conducted as part of the Sociology Department's National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates Workshop.
Seniors John Bacsik, Jessica Bechtold, Justin Brandon, Katharine Conklin, Denise de la Rosa, Brendan Dwyer, Colleen Gannon, Laura Fante, Katherine Francis, Justin Golbabai, Kimberly Gowen, Cole Huth , Jeneka Joyce, Kristen Kinder, Elizabeth Kopko, Diane Lane, Katherine Lutkus, Tiffany Mah, Robert McBride, Laura McDonald, Kevin Moses, Erin Mulvaney, Sarah Novak, Christine Nowak, Emily Oess, Jessica Reddinger, Sarah Resch, Laura Rimkus, Kristen Rodriguez, Shanida Sharp, Tad Skotnicki, Lindsay Slevinski, Edward Smith, Mary Kate Stickel, Andrew Troeger, Anna Villanueva, and Stephanie Yahn, who have been selected for induction into AKD, the Sociological Honor Society.
Juniors Benjamin Butwin, Jacqueline F. Heap, Shannon McGonigle, Jennifer Nokes, Cara Spicer, and Anne Stolz, who have been selected for induction into AKD, the Sociological Honor Society.
Denise de la Rosa, Justin Golbabai, Hye-Jin Kim, Kristen Rodriguez, and Shanida Sharp, who successfully completed the Sociology Honors Thesis.
Justin Golbabai, who won 1st prize in the North Central Sociological Association's Student Paper Competition for "A Quantitative Analysis of Police Departments and Riot Severity, 1964-71." Earlier in the year, Justin's paper also received the Undergraduate Research Award from the American Academy of Political and Social Science, one of 10 papers recognized in this national competition. The paper emerged from Justin's work on Dan Myers' National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates Workshop and the College of Arts and Letters' Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program. Justin was also a runner up in the undergraduate paper competition for the Midwest Sociological Society.
Justin Golbabai, who has been elected as a Junior Fellow of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences.
Alumni
Thor Bjarnason (Ph.D. 2000), who has accepted a position as Full Professor at the University of Akureyri in Iceland.
Dave Brunsma (Ph.D., 1998), who has accepted a joint position in Sociology and Black Studies at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He will start Fall of 2004. Also, Dave has a book coming out this summer entitled A Symbolic Crusade: The School Uniform Movement and What it Tells Us About American Education. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.
Frances Kominkiewicz (Ph.D., 2000), who has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure at St. Mary's College, in the Department of Anthropology and Social Work.
2002-2003
Faculty
Bill Carbonaro, who has been awarded a $50,000 post-doctoral fellowship from the National Academy of Education (NAE)/Spencer Foundation. Bill will be a fellow from fall 2003 until fall 2005 and will work on a project entitled "Racial/Ethnic Differences in College Graduation: The Lasting Effects of Students’ High School Experiences." Bill also received a $32,700 Grant from the American Educational Research Association for this same project.
Dan Myers, who has been named a Consulting Editor for AJS for 2003-2005.
Maureen Hallinan, winner of the University's 2003 Research Achievement Award. Sponsored by the Graduate School Office of Research, the award was established in 2001 to recognize a faculty member who has made significant contributions to scholarship in his or her discipline and to the research and graduate education goals of the University. Hallinan is a past President of the American Sociological Association and was honored for her work in Sociology of Education. Click here for Notre Dame's press release on the award.
Richard Williams, winner of the 2003 Rodney F. Ganey, Ph.D., Faculty Community-Based Research Award. Presented by the University's Center for Social Concerns, the award is named after a former Notre Dame professor and recognizes the work of faculty members who have conducted research at the request of local nonprofit or community organizations. Rich was honored for his work on a project entitled "Racial, Economic and Institutional Disparities in Home Mortgage Lending." Click here and here for more details.
Felicia LeClere and graduate student N. Eugene Walls, winners of the 2003 Rodney F. Ganey, Ph.D. Collaborative Community-Based Research Mini-Grant from the Center for Social Concerns for their project titled Toward a Research-Practice Model, Phase II: Improving the Center for the Homeless' Capacity for Integration of Research into Program Development, Capacity Building and Community Education. The $5,000 award will be used to purchase equipment and fund a research project intern at the Center for the Homeless to further their research into the factors predicting the likelihood of repeated episodes of homelessness and the duration of the episodes. Click here for more details.
Richard Lamanna, who received a 2003 Urban League Community Service and Civil Rights Award from the Urban League of South Bend and St. Joseph County. The award is presented annually to an individual or organization who has worked diligently in the community to further the goals and aspirations of the Urban League movement. Dick was honored for his work on analyzing options for the recent school redistricting in South Bend.
Dan Myers, winner of a $14,000 Pilot Funds Grant for Faculty-Student Research Teams in the Social Sciences, from Notre Dame's Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts. Dan's project is entitled Comprehensive Data on Protest and Collective Violence in the United States.
David Yamane, who was selected for the Young Scholars in American Religion Program.
Graduate Students
Xochitl Bada, who, along with Kimbra Smith, visiting assistant professor of anthropology, has received a $2,500 Course Development Grant from Notre Dame's Center for Social Concerns. The class is entitled "Applied Anthropology: Immigrant Labor Rights." . In addition to classroom lectures and discussions on the history of Hispanic immigration in the Michiana area, ethnographic methods, and ethical issues arising from anthropological field work, the course will entail extensive interviews with members of the immigrant community in Elkhart, Ind. The course also will produce written policy recommendations to community organizations serving local immigrants.
Rob Bossarte, who has been awarded a Clogg Scholarship to attend the Summer Program in Quantitative Methods at ICPSR this summer.
Jessica Ziembroski, who has been awarded a Summer 2003 Retirement Research Foundation's Fellowship. Jessica will be doing research on "Social networks, integration and support and the health of retirement age women: The influences of socioeconomic status and race".
Xiao-Qing Wang, winner of a Zahm Research Fund Travel Grant.
Carrie Erlin, winner of the Kaneb Center's Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award for Sociology for 2002/2003. This award recognizes TAs who have demonstrated excellence in the classroom or laboratory.
Jason Maki, winner of a Graduate Teaching Fellowship for 2003-04.
David Ortiz, winner of the 2003 Midwest Sociological Society's Graduate Student Paper Competition. David's paper is titled "Confronting Oppression with Violence: Inequality, Military Infrastructure, and Dissident Repression" and is based on the research he did for his Master's Thesis.
Jerry Park, winner of the 2001/2002 John J. Kane Memorial Award. This award is presented annually to the department's most outstanding graduate student.
Jason Maki, winner of the 2001/2002 David L. Dodge Memorial Teaching Award. This award is conferred annually on the graduate student in our program who has most distinguished himself or herself in the teaching of undergraduates.
Undergraduate Majors
Elias J. Koliopoulos, winner of the 2003 Margaret Eisch Memorial Award. The Eisch Award is given each year to the outstanding graduating senior majoring in Sociology. The Eisch family established the award in memory of their daughter Margaret, a Notre Dame Sociology major who died in 1976.
Catherine C. Eichers and Jamie L. Moran, co-winners of the 2003 Sociology Senior Essay Award. This award is given each year for the best essay or research paper submitted by a graduating senior or seniors on a topic of sociological relevance.
Rebecca Luckett, Kara Roché, Annise Maguire, Michael McGarry, Michael Snow, Catherine Eichers, and Jamie Moran, who successfully completed the Sociology Honors Thesis.
Seniors Jill Adimari, Rebecca Luckett, Kara Roché, Julie Davis, Annise Maguire, Saturnina Siggins, Ashley Dryer, Michael McGarry, Michael Snow, Catherine Eichers, Kathryn Mitchell, Carolyn Tampe, Anne Gallagher, Jamie Moran, Eileen Turpin, Kathryn Golden, Marissa Moschel, Erin Vanden Busch, Annette Gonzalez, Andrew Orosz, Kathleen Van Tiem, Elias Koliopoulos, Teresa Paulus, Jaime Volkmer, Brennan Leddy, Lara Pozorski, and Lauren Wendeln , who have been selected for induction into AKD, the Sociological Honor Society.
Juniors John Bacsik, Kristen Kinder, Emily Oess, Colleen Gannon, Elizabeth Kopko, Laura Rimkus, Cole Huth, Christine Nowak, and Lindsay Slevinski , who have been selected for induction into AKD, the Sociological Honor Society.
Justin Golbabai, who received a a summer research fellowship for $3,600 from the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, University of Notre Dame. He will work with Eugene Walls and Dan Myers on a project called A Quantitative Analysis of Police Departments and Riot Severity, 1967-71. Earlier in the year Justin also received a $408 ISLA UROP Award for A Quantitative Analysis of Police Departments and Riot Frequency, 1966-69.
Hye-Jin Kim. 2002-2003, The Trajectory of African American-Korean American Conflict before and after the Los Angeles Riots of 1992. Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, University of Notre Dame, $1500.
Kristen Rodriguez. 2002-2003, Framing Theory and the Marketing Concept: A Comparative Analysis, Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, University of Notre Dame, $150.
Tona Boyd. 2002-2003, The U.S. Civil Rights Movement's Influence on Black Liberation in South Africa, Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, University of Notre Dame, $600.
Alumni
Kerry Rockquemore (Ph.D., 1999), who has accepted a tenured position as Associate Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Min Liu (Ph.D., 2000), who has accepted a position as tenure track Assistant Professor at Ashland University in Ashland, Ohio.
Eileen Diaz McConnell (Ph.D., 2001), who has accepted a position as tenure track Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois-Urbana, Champaign. Eileen will have a joint appointment in the departments of Sociology and Latino Studies.
Staff
Pat Kipker, who has received the Spirit Award of Excellence from Notre Dame's Department of Human Resources. The award is presented to those whose dedication to exceptional service has inspired others to greater levels of achievement.
2001-2002
Faculty
Andrew Weigert, winner of the Annual Sheedy Award for Outstanding Teaching in the College of Arts and Letters. Andy was nominated for teaching awards by both the Sociology Department and the College Core Program. More details are available here and here.
Richard Lamanna, co-winner of the inaugural Rodney F. Ganey, Ph.D., Faculty Community-Based Research Award. Presented by the University's Center for Social Concerns, the award is named after a former Notre Dame professor and recognizes the work of faculty members who have conducted research at the request of local nonprofit or community organizations. Click here and here for more details.
David Yamane, who has been named a Lilly Faculty Fellow of the Notre Dame Vocation Initiative for 2002-2003. During his year as Fellow, David will be developing a new course, "Sociology of/as a Vocation," the unifying theme of which is the crisis that is created when our lives and work are divorced from the religious foundation that constitutes them as a Christian vocation in the world.
Joan Aldous, The William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology, who was recognized as an outstanding alumni Ph.D. in the publication, 100 Years of Sociology at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.
David Yamane, winner of a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Virginia Center on Religion and Democracy. David will use the fellowship to complete his national study of State Catholic Conferences and write a book entitled Religion in the Statehouses: Negotiating Prophetic Demands and Political Realities.
Vibha Pingle, who will be a Fellow in Governance at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. The fellowship will allow Vibha to spend the next two years studying Islamic communities in Nigeria and Mali.
Dan Myers and David Yamane, who have been selected for the Editorial Board of the American Sociological Review. Dan was also named the book review editor for the social movements journal, Mobilization.
Gene Halton and Joe Rumbo, David Sikkink and Stephanie Arnett, and Mike Welch and Courtney Wampler, who have won awards in the graduate school's summer grant-writing competition.
Andrew Weigert and Dan Myers, winners of Kaneb Teaching Awards. The Kaneb Awards recognize outstanding teaching by tenured faculty and professional specialists.
David Sikkink and Dan Myers, who have received a grant of $49,894 from the Louisville Institute for the Study of American Religion. They will conduct a study entitled "Congregational Responses to September 11th."
Dan Myers, who has received a grant of $155,269 from the National Science Foundation. Dan will work for three years with a team of undergraduate researchers on a project called "Research on Riots, Protest, and Activism."
Graduate Students
Jason Maki, Gail Mulligan, and Joseph Rumbo, winners of Dissertation Year Fellowships; Yuri Chumakov, Xaio-qing Wang, and Jessica Ziembroski, winners of Moore Fellowships; and Jerry Park, winner of a Graduate Teaching Fellowship.
Jason Maki, winner of a Kaneb Center Outstanding Graduate TA Award.
Gail Mulligan, winner of the 2000/2001 John J. Kane Memorial Award. This award is presented annually to the department's most outstanding graduate student.
Paul Magro, winner of the 2000/2001 David L. Dodge Memorial Teaching Award. This award is conferred annually on the graduate student in our program who has most distinguished himself or herself in the teaching of undergraduates.
Undergraduate Majors
Elizabeth Fordyce, winner of the 2002 Margaret Eisch Memorial Award. The Eisch Award is given each year to the outstanding graduating senior majoring in Sociology. The Eisch family established the award in memory of their daughter Margaret, a Notre Dame Sociology major who died in 1976.
Anabel Navarro, winner of the 2002 Sociology Senior Essay Award. This award is given each year for the best essay or research paper submitted by a graduating senior or seniors on a topic of sociological relevance. Anabel's paper was entitled "Understanding Sociocultural Factors Influencing the HIV/AIDS Risk Behavior of Latinos/Latinas."
Seniors Sara Campney, Courtney Mercer, Kevin Coleman, Sarah Miller, Kelly Cooke, Michelle Moschel, Kelly Crosby, Anabel Navarro, Elizabeth Fordyce, Patricia Parker, Russell Giancola, Michelle Petersen, Laura Heim, Amy Stoelb, Edward Johnston, Kelly Tulisiak, Elizabeth Kaufman, Andrea Will, Megan Lagoski, and Susan Wong, who have been selected for induction into AKD, the Sociological Honor Society.
Juniors Julie Davis, Michael McGarry, Anne Gallagher, Jamie Moran, Kathryn Golden, Andrew Orosz, Annette Gonzalez, Teresa Paulus, Chad Kohorst, Lara Pozorski, Elias Koliopoulos, Michael Snow, Rebecca Luckett, Carolyn Tampe, Annise Maguire, and Lauren Willoughby, who have been selected for induction into AKD, the Sociological Honor Society.
Teresa Paulus, who received a grant for $750 from the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program of ND's Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts. Teresa will work with Professor Dan Myers on a project entitled Police Action in the Genesis and Suppression of Celebratory Riots.
Alumni
Tom Petee (Ph.D., 1989), who has been promoted to Full Professor and named Chair of the Department at Auburn University.
Tony Cortese (Ph.D., 1980), who has been promoted to Full Professor.
Mike Keen (Ph.D., 1985), who has been promoted to Full Professor at Indiana University, South Bend.
Bryan Byers (Ph.D., 1991), who has been awarded tenure at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.
Eileen Diaz McConnell (Ph.D., 2001), who won honorable mention at the 2001 Graduate Student Paper Competition, International Migration Section of the American Sociological Association, for her paper "Modeling Locational Choice: Mexican Immigrants in the Southwestern and Midwestern United States."
Bill Babiuch (Ph.D., 1992), who has been named Technology Manager of the Analytic Studies program at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The goal of the Analytic Studies program is to advance the understanding of current and potential energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies.
2000-2001
Faculty
Dan Myers, who has received a grant for $150,995 from the National Science Foundation. Dan will work on "Race and Collective Violence,1967-1972."
Richard Williams, who has received a grant for $113,000 from the National Science Foundation. Rich will spend the next two years working on a project entitled "The Effect of Racial, Economic, and Institutional Characteristics on Home Mortgage Lending to Underserved Markets."
Gilberto Cárdenas, who has received a presidential appointment to the President's Commission on White House Fellowships. Established in 1964, the White House Fellowships are the nation's most prestigious program for leadership and public service. Each fellow serves for a year as a full-time special assistant to a Cabinet member or senior White House staff and participates in an education program designed to nurture his or her development as a leader. Click here for more information.
Dan Myers, who has been elected to a three-year term as Secretary-Treasurer of the ASA's Section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements.
Richard Williams, who has received a $39,999 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Rich will work on a project entitled "Are the GSEs Leading, and If So Do They Have Any Followers? An Analysis of the GSEs' Impact on Home Purchase Lending to Underserved Markets During the 1990s."
David Yamane, who has received $49,670 from the Louisville Institute for the Study of American Religion General Grants Program. David's study is entitled "Becoming Catholic: Ritual and Experience in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults." This spring David also received $2,000 from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and $1,000 from the Religious Research Association for this same project.
David Sikkink, who has received a $50,000 postdoctoral fellowship from the National Academy of Education. The fellowships are sponsored by the Spencer Foundation. David will spend next year working on a project entitled "Religion, Race and Schooling Choices for Children." Click here for more information.
Dan Myers, who has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure.
David Yamane, whose contract as assistant professor has been renewed for another three years.
Dave Sikkink, Mike Welch, and David Yamane have been selected to participate in a summer seminar headed by Professor Christian Smith (Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), entitled "Religion, Morality and Culture". The seminar will be held at Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Michigan), as part of the Seminars in Christian Scholarship Program sponsored by the Pew Trust. Dave, Mike and David will be working on papers that will eventually be published as chapters in an edited volume that is scheduled to emerge from the seminar.
Lyn Spillman, winner of a 2001 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship. Lyn will spend the next year working on a project entitled "Cultural Dimensions of Retail Market Exchange."
Maureen Hallinan, Editor of the Handbook of the Sociology of Education, which has been selected by CHOICE as one of their Outstanding Academic Titles. Libraries rely on Choice to select books to purchase. Of all the books published each year, Choice awards this recognition to about one hundred.
Maureen Hallinan, Director of the Program on the Social Organization of Schools, which has received a $2.55 million appropriation for the comparative analysis of best practices in public and private elementary and secondary schools. The project is supported through the Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Education.
Graduate Students
Jerry Park, co-winner of the ASA Section on Religion Outstanding Paper Award.
Yan Elaine Li, winner of the 2001 Braverman Award for her paper "The Model Minority Advantage or Race Discrimination: Exploring the Sources of Earnings Disparities between White and Asian American Women." This award is presented annually to the best graduate student paper by the Labor Section of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. This marks the sixth consecutive year that ND Sociology students have won a national writing award.
Paul Magro, who has accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice/Sociology at St. Joseph's College in Rensselaer, Indiana.
Eric Stromberg, who has won a Graduate Teaching Fellowship for next school year. Eric will teach a course for the Sociology Department in the spring.
Yan Zhang, Kim Galipeau, and Roshin Sen, who have received Farabaugh Fund Grants from the Notre Dame Graduate School. Yan received $2,600 for a study of immigrant children and substance abuse. She will work with Professor David Klein. Kim and Roshin will use their $5,000 for an analysis of adolescent sexual behavior and substance. Professor Felicia LeClere is their advisor on the study.
Eileen McConnell, winner of the Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Outstanding Graduate Student in the Social Sciences Award. This award goes to a recent graduate in the social sciences who has exhibited superior ability according to the criteria of grades, research and publication records, fellowships and other awards received, and teaching ability. Eileen is the 4th consecutive Sociology graduate student and the 7th in 11 years to win this award. Eileen graduated in January and is currently a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Latino Studies Program at Indiana University. Click here for Notre Dame's press release on Eileen's award.
Paul Magro, who has received one of the Kaneb Center's Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Awards.
Amy Orr, who has accepted a tenure track assistant professor position at Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon.
Eileen McConnell, winner of the Best Graduate Student Paper Award at the Southern Demographic Association Meetings, New Orleans, October 2000. Eileen's paper was entitled "Modeling Locational Choice: The Determinants of Mexican Migration to the Southwestern and Midwestern United States."
Eileen McConnell, winner of the 1999/2000 John J. Kane Memorial Award. This award is presented annually to the department's most outstanding graduate student.
Amy Orr, winner of the 1999/2000 David L. Dodge Memorial Teaching Award. This award is conferred annually on the graduate student in our program who has most distinguished himself or herself in the teaching of undergraduates.
Undergraduate Majors
Matthew Bagetta, winner of the 2001 Margaret Eisch Memorial Award. The Eisch Award is given each year to the outstanding graduating senior majoring in Sociology. The Eisch family established the award in memory of their daughter Margaret, a Notre Dame Sociology major who died in 1976.
Seniors Matthew Baggetta, Kelly Balok, Michael Barranda, Sallie Baumgartner, Anna Benjamin, Kimberly Berg, Todd Callais, Karen Callan, Katherine Gaffney, Kristin Geraty, Michelle Graham, Eileen Gribbin, Kara Hamby, Salvador Hernandez, John Khym, Tiffany Monroy, Anthony Perez, Jeff Russ, Monica Salazar, Rhonda Stewart, Celeste Warda, Jennifer Weaver, Karen Wiener, and Kathryn Wood, who have been selected for induction into AKD, the Sociological Honor Society.
Juniors Kelly Crosby, Elizabeth Fordyce, Laura Heim, Patricia Parker, and Michelle Petersen, who have been selected for induction into AKD, the Sociological Honor Society.
Matthew Bagetta, Todd Callais, Nathan Farley, Anthony Perez, and Jennifer Weaver, who successfully completed the Sociology Honors Tutorial. Matt's work was entitled "Frame Consistency in 15 Cities: 1968." Todd wrote on "Rap Music & the African-American Image." Nathan's thesis was entitled "Masculinity and Sexuality." Anthony worked on "Media Depictions of Collective Violence: Description Bias in the 1967-72 race riots." Jennifer's topic was "Why are the young, unattached and recruited, still inactive?"
Nathan Farley, who received a grant for $750 from the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program of ND's Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts. Nathan worked with Professor Dan Myers on a project entitled "Masculinity and Sexuality."
Tiffany Monroy, Anthony Barber, Amy Szestak, Matt Baggetta, Anthony Perez, and Andrea Will, who had papers accepted for presentation at the Midwest Sociological Meetings in April 2001. All are members of Professor Dan Myers' Research Workshop on Riots and Protest.
Tony Perez, who received a grant for $535 from the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program of ND's Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts. Tony will work with Professor Dan Myers on a project entitled "Media Depictions of Collective Violence: An Analysis of Media Bias in the 1967-1972 Race Riots."
Tiffany Monroy and Anthony Barber, who received a grant for $870 from the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program of ND's Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts. Tiffany and Anthony will work with Professor Dan Myers on a project entitled "Examining the Contemporary Media's Adherence to Past Recommendations during Civil Disturbances."
Andi Will and Amy Szestak, who received a grant for $668 from the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program of ND's Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts. Andi and Amy will work with Professor Dan Myers on a project entitled "Racial Perceptions of Social Disturbances."
Alumni
Sharon Miller (Ph.D., 2000), who will be the Associate Director of Auburn Seminary's Center for Research in Theological Education. In this capacity she will be organizing and overseeing a variety of research projects related to seminaries and theological education. In the future she will have the opportunity to teach graduate classes at Auburn Seminary or Union Seminary.
Lynda Nyce (Ph.D., 2000), who has been promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure at Bluffton College in Bluffton, Ohio.
Mel Hall (Ph.D., 1992), who has been promoted to Chief Executive Officer at Press Ganey Associates. Press Ganey measures patient satisfaction for more than 2500 medical facilities in the U.S., Canada and Australia.
Antonio Menendez (Ph.D., 1991), who has been promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure at Butler University.
Volker Frank (Ph.D., 1996), who has received tenure from the University of North Carolina-Ashville.
Lisa Riley (Ph.D., 1996), who has been promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska.
Michael Davern (Ph.D., 1999), who has accepted a position as Research Associate with the University of Minnesota's School of Public Health, Division of Health Sciences Research and Policy.
Bryan Byers (Ph.D., 1991), who was awarded the Ball State University Outstanding Faculty Service Award for 1999-2000..
1999-2000
Faculty
Naomi Cassirer, whose contract as Assistant Professor has been renewed for another three years. Naomi will be a visiting scholar at Harvard next year.
Dan Myers and David Sikkink, who (along with Ben Radcliff) have won a $75,000 award from the ISLA Multiyear Collaborative Research Grant Competition. Their three-year project is entitled "Religion and Politics: Conventional Political Action-Taking and Activism."
Dan Myers, Father Patrick Sullivan, David Sikkink, Mike Welch, and Richard Williams, who have won summer grant-writing fellowships from the ND graduate school. They will work with graduate student assistants to produce research grant applications that will be submitted to foundations or government agencies by the end of 2000.
Maureen Hallinan, who will serve as President of the Sociological Research Association next year. Also, in May, Maureen will start a three year term on the NCES Advisory Council on Educational Statistics. Earlier this year, Maureen was elected to the National Academy of Education.
Joan Aldous, who has received a foundation grant for $27,000. Joan and her students will work on a project entitled "Volunteering after Graduation".
Felicia Leclere, who has received a grant for $107,179 from the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development. Felicia will spend the next two years working on a project entitled "Residential Enclaves and Immigrant Health."
David Yamane, who received $10,920 in Pilot Funds from ISLA for a Faculty-Student Team in the Social Sciences. David and his students will work on a project entitled "Becoming Catholic: A Longitudinal Study of Conversion and Commitment to the Roman Catholic Church Through the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults."
Dan Myers, who received $12,000 in Pilot Funds from ISLA for a Faculty-Student Team in the Social Sciences. Dan and his students will work on a project entitled "A Re-Evaluation of Riots and Protests in the 1960s."
Graduate Students
Paul Perl and Jamie McClintock, winners of the McNamara Award for the best graduate student paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Association for the Sociology of Religion. This marks the fifth consecutive year that ND Sociology students have won a national writing award.
Paul Perl, who has accepted a research job with the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate. The Center is Associated with Georgetown University.
Jerry Park, who has been selected for a spot in the Pew Younger Scholars Mentoring Program, which is designed to bring together Christian graduate students with other Christian scholars. Jerry will work with Robert Wuthnow of Princeton, one of the leading figures in Sociology of Religion. Jerry was also one of four recipients of a Year 2000 Constant Jacquet Research Award from the Religious Research Association. The $1,980 award will support Jerry's work on "Religious and Ethnic Identities of Rising Asian American College Leaders."
Viviana Bompadre, who was one of 25 graduate students nationwide selected to participate in the "Graduate Workshop on National Identity and Public Policy in Comparative Perspective" to be held at Princeton September 29 - October 1, 2000.
Neal Christopherson, Michelle Janning, and Eileen McConnell, who won the University of Notre Dame 2000 Gender Studies Graduate Essay Award for "Two Kicks Forward, One Kick Back: A Content Analysis of Media Discourses on the 1999 Women's World Cup Soccer Championship."
Suzanne Coshow, winner of a Graduate Teaching Fellowship for next school year. In Spring 2001, Suzanne will teach a course entitled "Social Problems Through Film."
Kerry Rockquemore, who has accepted a tenure track assistant professor position in the School of Family Studies at the University of Connecticut.
Eileen McConnell, who has accepted a two year appointment as Visiting Assistant Professor of Latino Studies at the University of Indiana. Eileen also received, but declined, a job offer from the Census Bureau.
Thor Bjarnason, winner of the Alumni Association Research Award. This award is presented annually to the University's most outstanding graduate student researcher. Thor's work has appeared in such places as the American Sociological Review, Journal of Marriage and the Family, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, and the Journal of Drug Issues.
Kerry Rockquemore, winner of the Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Outstanding Graduate Student in the Social Sciences Award. This award goes to a recent graduate in the social sciences who has exhibited superior ability according to the criteria of grades, research and publication records, fellowships and other awards received, and teaching ability. Kerry is the sixth Sociology graduate student to win this award in the last 10 years.
Sharon Miller, who has accepted a tenure track assistant professor job at St. Mary's University in Winona, Minnesota.
Thor Bjarnason, who has received a twelve thousand dollar research grant from the Scandinavian Research Council on Criminology for a project entitled "Violence and Victimization among Nordic and Baltic Youth".
Beth Caniglia, who has accepted a tenure-track job at Oklahoma State University.
Neal Christopherson, who has been hired as the Assistant Director of Institutional Research at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington.
Paul Magro, who is one of the Teaching Assistants selected to receive the Kaneb Center's Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award.
Thor Bjarnason, who has accepted a tenure track assistant professor position at SUNY-Albany. US News ranks SUNY-Albany 21st in the country among Sociology Graduate programs. Thor was also offered, but declined, a job at Texas A & M.
Michelle Janning, who has accepted a tenure track assistant professor job at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington.
Michelle Janning, winner of the 1998/1999 John J. Kane Memorial Award. This award is presented annually to the department's most outstanding graduate student.
Beth Caniglia, winner of the 1998/1999 David L. Dodge Memorial Teaching Award. This award is conferred annually on the graduate student in our program who has most distinguished himself or herself in the teaching of undergraduates.
Undergraduate Majors
Stephanie Munns, winner of the 2000 Margaret Eisch Memorial Award. The Eisch Award is given each year to the outstanding graduating senior majoring in Sociology. The Eisch family established the award in memory of their daughter Margaret, a Notre Dame Sociology major who died in 1976.
Catherine Bolzendahl, winner of the 2000 Sociology Senior Essay Award. This award is given each year for the best essay or research paper submitted by a graduating senior or seniors on a topic of sociological relevance. Catherine's paper was entitled "Moving on Up? A Study of Internal Migration in the United Kingdom."
Catherine Bolzendahl, Scott Potter and Andrea Wald, who successfully completed the Sociology Honors Tutorial. Catherine's thesis was entitled "Influences on Feminist Attitudes in Women and Men." Scott wrote on "Are Only Some Dead Men Walking? A Simulation of Racial Discrimination and the Death Penalty." Andrea's work was entitled "An Examination of the Quantity And Quality of Family Relationships That Develop in Families that Home School."
Seniors Sallie Baumgartner, Catherine Bolzendahl, Kelly Boyle, William Broderick, Anne Deitch, Ayana Fakhir, Mary Hogan, Amy Keller, Megan Kelly, Margaret Kizer, Rachel Lauzon, Robert Miyakawa, Stephanie Munns, Sheila Okninski, Monica Park, Rebecca Pfouts, Scott Potter, Colleen Quinlan, Nicole Shirilla, David Spinola, Adrienne String, Cynthia Vega, Jessica Verduzco, Andrea Wald, Kristin Wheeler, Kay Williams, and Catalina Yanez, who have been selected for induction into AKD, the Sociological Honor Society.
Juniors Matthew Bagetta, Anna Benjamin, Karen Callan, Carrie Fitzgerald, John Khym, Gina Montenaro, Sarah Polito, Ruth Riley, Jeff Russ, Jennifer Weaver, Karen Wiener, and Kathryn Wood, who have been selected for induction into AKD, the Sociological Honor Society.
Colleen Quinlan, who received a grant for $650 from the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program of ND's Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts. Colleen will work with Professor Dan Myers on a project entitled "The Benefits of Grassroots, Peaceful, and Youth Led Initiatives in Curbing Violence on the City Streets."
Matt Bagetta, who received a grant for $720 from the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program of ND's Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts. Matt will work with Professor Dan Myers on a project entitled "Frame Development and Alignment in the U.S. -- 1967-68."
Matt Bagetta, Beth Kirvida, Francisco Sanchez, Kimberly M. Berg, Anthony Perez, and Colleen Quinlan, who had papers accepted for presentation at the Midwest Sociological Meetings in April 2000. All are members of Professor Dan Myers' Research Workshop on Riots and Protest.
Alumni
Patty O'Donnell Brummett (Ph.D., 1994), who has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure at California State University, Northridge. This next year Patty will direct the Center for Southern California Studies in the College Of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Northridge.
Mike Keene (Ph.D., 1985), whose book, Stalking the Sociological Imagination: J. Edgar Hoover's FBI Surveillance of American Sociology (Greenwood, 1999), has been awarded the North Central Sociological Association's Scholarly Achievement Award.
Cindy Sutton (Ph.D., 1994), who has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure at Thiel College in Greenville, Pennsylvania.
Julie Hart (Ph.D., 1995), who has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure at Bethel College in Newton, Kansas.
Jay Howard (Ph.D., 1992), who has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure at Indiana University/Purdue University-Columbus. Jay's co-authored book, Apostles of Rock: The Splintered World of Contemporary Christian Music, has been published by the University Press of Kentucky. Jay was also recently appointed Assistant Dean for Budget and Planning at IUPU-Columbus.
1998-1999
Faculty
Naomi Cassirer and Felicia Leclere, who (along with Patricia Hulick and Julia Braungart-Rieker) have won a $75,000 award from the ISLA Multiyear Collaborative Research Grant Competition. Their three-year project is entitled "The Effects of Maternal Employment on Children's Behavioral, Cognitive, and Educational Outcomes."
Andrew Weigert, winner of an inaugural Kaneb Teaching Award. The Kaneb Awards recognize outstanding teaching by tenured faculty and professional specialists. Andy was recognized for both his teaching in sociology and for his long service to the Core program.
Naomi Cassirer, David Hachen, Felicia LeClere, and Richard Williams, who won summer graduate research fellowships in a competition co-sponsored by ISLA and the ND graduate school. They will work with graduate student assistants to produce research grants that will be submitted to foundations or government agencies by the end of 1999.
Lyn Spillman, who received a $7,300 ISLA Tenured Faculty Summer Stipend Award. The award will fund Lyn and a student as they work on a project entitled "New Directions in Cultural Sociology."
Naomi Cassirer, who received a $6,734 ISLA Junior Faculty Summer Stipend. The award will fund Naomi and a student as they work on a project entitled "The Effects of Black Representation in Local Labor Markets on Racial Inequality."
Felicia Leclere, who received a $3,500 ISLA New Course Preparation Award for her class entitled "Primary Data Collection and Survey Methodology." David Yamane, who received a $7,500 Faculty Research Program Grant from the Graduate School. David's project is entitled "Becoming Catholic: A Longitudinal Study of Conversion and Commitment to the Roman Catholic Church through the rite of Christian Initiation of Adults."
Dan Myers, who received a $7,475 Faculty Research Program Grant from the Graduate School. Dan will use the money for his work on "Racial Riots in the United States, 1967-1972." To learn more about Dan's research, see his web page at http://www.nd.edu/~dmyers/team/. Dan's work will be featured in a forthcoming article in the American Journal of Sociology. Dan also recently won the University of Wisconsin's Katherine DuPre Lumpkin Award for the best dissertation in Sociology, 1997-1998.
Maureen Hallinan, who won a $35,000 grant from the Spencer Foundation for her project entitled "Changing high school class schedules: Determinants and consequences."
Robert Fishman, who received a Kellogg Faculty Residential Fellowship for Fall 1999. The fellowship will pay Robert's salary while he works on a project entitled "Social Ties and the Quality of Democratic Life: Workers and Intellectuals in Contemporary Spain."
Graduate Students
Ana Laura Rodriguez-Gusta, winner of the 1999 Braverman Award. This award is presented annually to the best graduate student paper in the Labor Section of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. This marks the fourth consecutive year that a Notre Dame graduate student has captured a first place national writing award.
Kerry Rockquemore, who has accepted a tenure track assistant professor position at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.
Neil Christopherson, Suzanne Coshow, Pablo Forni, Fran Kominkiewicz, and Eileen McConnell, who have won dissertation year fellowships from the department of Sociology for academic year 1999-2000.
Ana Laura Rodriguez-Gusta, who has received a dissertation year fellowship from the Kellogg Institute for academic year 1999-2000.
Michael Davern, winner of the Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Outstanding Graduate Student in the Social Sciences Award. This award goes to a recent graduate in the social sciences who has exhibited superior ability according to the criteria of grades, research and publication records, fellowships and other awards received, and teaching ability. Mike is the fifth Sociology graduate student to win this award in the 1990s.
Michelle Janning, winner of the 1999 Alumni Association Teaching Award. This award is presented annually to the University's most outstanding graduate student teacher. Michelle is the third sociology student to capture this honor during the 1990s.
Asia Kaftan, winner of a Fulbright Award for academic year 1999-2000. Asia will work in Poland next year.
Thor Bjarnason, winner of a Farabaugh Fund Grant for $2,900. Thor will use the funds to assist with his dissertation analysis of alcohol and drugs in three North Atlantic societies.
Viviana Bompadre, winner of a Zahm Research Travel Grant for $1,500 for study in Argentina.
Frances Kominkiewicz, who was named Social Worker of the Year by the Indiana Chapter-Region 2 of the National Association of Social Workers. Among other things, Fran was recognized for her work as Director of the Social Work Program at St. Mary's College, which she helped to get accredited.
Michelle Janning and Amy Orr, who have won Graduate Teaching Fellowships for next school year. In Fall 1999, Michelle will teach a course entitled "From Barbie to Superman: Images of Gender in Popular Culture." In Spring 2000, Amy will teach "Race & Ethnicity in America."
Michael Davern, who began a job as a statistician at the Census Bureau in January 1999.
Kerry Rockquemore, winner of the 1997/1998 John J. Kane Memorial Award. This award is presented annually to the department's most outstanding graduate student.
Michelle Janning, winner of the 1997/1998 David L. Dodge Memorial Teaching Award. This award is conferred annually on the graduate student in our program who has most distinguished himself or herself in the teaching of undergraduates.
Undergraduate Majors
Brandon Roach, who was named Salutatorian for the 1999 ND graduating class. Brandon gave the invocation at the May commencement exercises. Brandon was also inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. After a year off for travel, Brandon will begin study at Yale Law School.
Brandon Roach, winner of the 1999 Margaret Eisch Memorial Award. The Eisch Award is given each year to the outstanding graduating senior majoring in Sociology. The Eisch family established the award in memory of their daughter Margaret, a Notre Dame Sociology major who died in 1976.
Timothy Engelhardt and Jeremiah Long, co-winners of the 1999 Sociology Senior Essay Award. This award is given each year for the best essay or research paper submitted by a graduating senior or seniors on a topic of sociological relevance. Their co-authored paper was entitled "Boomer Consumers and Eldercare: An application of social and economic theory toward predicting the consumption habits of the Baby Boomers as they mature into the eldercare market."
Seniors Nicole Amy, Erin Bliss, Jennifer Boatwright, Amanda Bona, James Brockmole, Julie Burke, Cori Casey, Timothy Engelhardt, Clare Felton, Laurie Friedman, Erika Fuehrmeyer, Chad Green, Scott Giuliani, Cindy Harding, John Hazelrigg, Gretchen Herman, Sarah Jost, Janelle LaBine, Jeremiah Long, Mark Massoud, Kimberly Mathews, Kristie McCann, Danielle Moore, Lauren O'Brien, Maureen O'Connell, Katherine Peak, James Piatt, Elizabeth Rakowski, Brandon Roach, Jamiko Rose, Nicole Stenke and Stephanie Wilkins, who have been inducted into AKD, the Sociological Honor Society.
Juniors Catherine Bolzendahl, William Broderick, Mary Hogan, Amy Keller, Megan Kelly, Rachel Lauzon, Stephanie Munns, Sheila Okninski, Nicole Shirilla, David Spinola, Andrea Wald, and Kristin Wheeler, who have been inducted into AKD, the Sociological Honor Society.
Anthony D. Perez and Kimberly M. Berg, who received a grant for $1,496 from the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program of ND's Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts. Anthony and Kimberly will work with Professor Dan Myers on a project entitled "The Contribution of Policing to Racial Rioting in the 1960s."
Francisco Sanchez and Beth M. Kirvida, who received a grant for $1,396 from the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program of ND's Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts. Francisco and Beth will work with Professor Dan Myers on a project entitled "The Effects of Desegregation and Administrative Actions on School Riots in the Late 1960s."
Mark Massoud, who was nominated for a Fulbright Fellowship.
Alumni
Bryan Byers (Ph.D., 1991), who has recently been promoted to Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Ball State University.
Patty O'Donnell (Ph.D., 1994), who is the co-principal investigator for a $100,000 study of a unique gang prevention program in California.
1997-1998
Faculty
Rebecca Bordt, who will serve a two year term as Chair of the North Central Sociological Association's Scholarly Achievement Award Committee.
David Klein, who will be a visiting scholar at the American Studies Institute of the University of Warsaw during summer 1999.
Richard Lamanna and 1972 ND Sociology Ph.D. Kathleen Maas Weigert, winners of The National Conference of Catechetical Leadership1998 Award for Excellence in Research, for their co-authored book, The Search for Common Ground: What Unites and Divides Catholic Americans.
Maureen Hallinan, who was inducted into AKD, the Sociological Honor Society.
Dan Myers, who won a $3,234 ISLA Graduate Student Assistant Award for his proposal, "The Diffusion of Collective Violence: Relationships among Campus and Urban Riots." Dan also received an $850 research travel grant from the graduate school.
Naomi Cassirer, who won a $3,500 ISLA Junior Faculty Summer Stipend for her proposal entitled "The Consequences of Growth in Nonstandard Work Arrangements for Sex and Race Wage Inequality in the United States." Naomi also received a $3,234 ISLA Graduate Student Assistant Award for this work.
Patty Chang, who won a $3,500 ISLA Junior Faculty Summer Stipend for her proposal entitled "Too Many Pastors: A Study of Clergy Labor Supply, 1950-1993."
Richard Williams, who has received a $40,000 research grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Rich's project is entitled The Effect of GSEs, CRA, and Institutional Characteristics on Home Mortgage Lending to Underserved Markets.
Graduate Students
Michelle Janning, who won first prize in the Family Division's Graduate Student Paper Competition sponsored by the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Michelle will receive her award and present her paper, "Exploring Work-Family Relationships for Professional Married Co-Workers: A Conceptual Model," at the ASA meetings in San Francisco. This marks the third consecutive year that a Notre Dame graduate student has captured a first place national writing award.
Kerry Rockquemore, who won the Outstanding Student Paper Award from the North Central Sociological Association. This is Kerry's second major writing award in less than a year. At last August's ASA meetings she won the Annual Graduate Student Paper Competition sponsored by the Association of Black Sociologists.
Min Liu, who has accepted a tenure track assistant professor position with Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania. U.S. News ranks Elizabethtown as one of the Top 5 Northern Liberal Arts Colleges. Min was also offered a Research Analyst position with Harper College in Chicago.
David Brunsma, who has accepted a tenure track assistant professor position at the University of Alabama-Huntsville. Dave was also offered but declined a position at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas.
Sharon Miller, who has received a contract from Alta Mira Press for her co-authored book, Financing of American Religion. This Fall Sharon will be a visiting professor at Hope College in Michigan.
Neal Christopherson, winner of the Gender Studies Outstanding Graduate Student Essay Award. Suzanne Coshow, winner of the John Joyce Award for an essay, poem or paper about "The American Worker," presented by the Higgins Labor Research Center.
Vladimir Khmelkov, Jerry Park, and Ann Power, who were inducted into AKD, the Sociological Honor Society.
James Cavendish, winner of the Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Outstanding Graduate Student in the Social Sciences Award. This award goes to a recent graduate in the social sciences who has exhibited superior ability according to the criteria of grades, research and publication records, fellowships and other awards received, and teaching ability.
Beth Caniglia, winner of a Graduate Teaching Fellowship; and Michelle Janning, who also was offered a Teaching Fellowship but declined.
Mike Davern, Michelle Janning, Amy Orr, and Paul Perl, winners of Dissertation Fellowships for academic year 1998-1999.
Min Liu, who won the Outstanding Student Paper Award at the 1997 Annual Meetings of the Southern Demographic Association. Min's paper was entitled "Minority status and fertility: The case of second generation non-European women."
Michael Davern, winner of the 1996/1997 John J. Kane Memorial Award. This award is presented annually to the department's most outstanding graduate student.
David Brunsma, winner of the 1996/1997 David L. Dodge Memorial Teaching Award. This award is conferred annually on the graduate student in our program who has most distinguished himself or herself in the teaching of undergraduates.
Undergraduate Majors
Mary M. Harris and John R. Yanchak, co-winners of the 1998 Margaret Eisch Memorial Award. The Eisch Award is given each year to the outstanding graduating senior(s) majoring in Sociology. The Eisch family established the award in memory of their daughter Margaret, a Notre Dame Sociology major who died in 1976.
Colleen M. Burns, winner of the 1998 Sociology Senior Essay Award. This award is given each year for the best essay or research paper submitted by a graduating senior on a topic of sociological relevance. Colleen won for her work entitled Should Young Handicapped Children be Mainstreamed?
Mark Massoud, winner of a $3,369 Kellogg Institute Summer Research Grant for his project entitled "Constituting Human Rights in an Emerging Democracy: Social Justice after Apartheid."
Kenneth Juster, who successfully completed the Sociology Honors Program. Kenneth's Thesis was entitled "A New Literacy: Institutions of Higher Education and the Computerization Movement in America" and was written under the direction of Professor David Klein.
Seniors Derek Blaida, Erin Brophy, Colleen Burns, Sara Cazoniero, Susan Chuey, Courtenay Collins, Laurie Drew, Joseph Egender, Betsey Ferrer, Mary Harris, Charlotte Kibler, Barbara Kurcz, Alice Laeger, Julie Lyzinski, Megan Massucci, Maura McCauley, John McDonagh, Elizabeth Merritt, Brian Najarian, Melissa Radey, Karen Randesi, Andrea Rohrs, Eva Sanchez, Kristin Schaner, Nicolas Schnabel, Melody Woznicki, and John Yanchak, who have been inducted into AKD, the Sociological Honor Society.
Juniors Nicole Amy, Jennifer Boatwright, James Brockmole, Neil Friery, Chad Green, Cindy Harding, Mark Massoud, Elizabeth Rakowski, Brandon Roach, and Stephanie Wilkins, who have been inducted into AKD, the Sociological Honor Society.
Postdoctoral Fellows
Kathryn Schiller, who has accepted an assistant professor position in the School of Education at SUNY-Albany. Katy also received tenure track job offers from Georgia Southern University and from CUNY's Baruch College in Public Affairs. In addition, Katy was offered a position as research analyst at the Educational Statistics Services Institute, part of the American Institutes of Research .
Alumni
Suzanne Bianchi (M.A., 1974), who has been elected President of the Population Association of America. Dr. Bianchi is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland-College Park. Previously, she was employed for many years at the United States Census Bureau, where she worked for the former Dean of the ND Business School, John Keane. She is the author or co-author of several books and monographs, including American Women in Transition, Family Disruption and Economic Hardship: The Short-Run Picture for Children, American Women: Three Decades of Change, and Women, Work, and Family in America.
Peter Blum (Ph.D., 1993), who has been promoted to Associate Professor with tenure at Hillsdale College.
Ruth Wallace (M.A., 1963), winner of the American Sociological Association's 1998 Jesse Bernard Award. This is one of ASA's highest honors and is given in recognition of scholarly work that has enlarged the horizons of sociology to encompass fully the role of women in society. Dr. Wallace is currently a professor at George Washington University and is a past President of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. Her books include Feminism and Sociological Theory and They Call Her Pastor: A New Role for Catholic Women.
Patty O'Donnell (Ph.D., 1994), who is the co-author of a $255,000 grant from the Department of Education. For the next two years Patty will work on Important Linkages: The Relationship of Alcohol and Other Drugs to Violence - A Campus/Community Partnership.
1996-1997
Faculty
Maureen Hallinan, who received a special Presidential Award at Notre Dame's Annual Banquet. Among other things, Hallinan was recognized for being the first "Irish Catholic woman" ever to serve as President of the American Sociological Association. Click here for complete citation.
Lyn Spillman, who was honored at the ND Presidential Banquet for being promoted to Associate Professor with tenure. Spillman's tenure comes just months after the publication of her book, Nation and Commemoration: Creating National Identities in the United States and Australia, which critics are hailing as a "pathbreaking work" and "a towering achievement."
Patty Chang, who has been named as an Associate Editor of Sociology of Religion.
Rebecca Bordt, whose contract as Assistant Professor has been renewed for another three years. Bordt, a past nominee for the O'Malley Teaching Award, is the author of the forthcoming book The Structure of Women's Nonprofit Organizations.
Lyn Spillman, who has been offered a Spring 1998 Visiting Fellowship in the Sociology Program of the Division of Demography and Sociology at the Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. Lyn was also named as an alternate for an Annenberg Scholar position during Fall 1997 at The Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania.
Patty Chang, winner of an ISLA New Course Preparation award, for her proposal entitled "Undergraduate Sociological Methods Course."
Maureen Hallinan, winner of an ISLA 1997 Graduate Student Assistant award. The award will let Maureen and a graduate student work this summer on a project entitled "True" effects of tracking on student achievement.
Graduate Students
Kerry Rockquemore, who won first place in the Annual Graduate Student Paper Competition sponsored by the Association of Black Sociologists. Kerry's paper was entitled "Race and Identity: Exploring the 'Biracial' Experience." This marks the second straight year that an ND student has captured one of ASA's top writing awards.
Ana-Laura Rodriguez-Gusta, who received "Honorable Mention" for the 1997 James D. Thompson Award of the ASA's Organizations, Occupations and Work Section. The award honors an outstanding paper by a graduate student. Ana's paper was entitled "The Social Side of Economic Efforts: A Case Study of a Woman's Cooperative."
Min Liu, who has received a $1,000 Population Association of America IUSSP Travel Award. Min will attend the October 1997 IUSSP General Conference in Beijing, China, and present a paper entitled "Lunar Calendar, Holidays and Demographic Behavior: Demographic Triviality and Its Implications for China – Review and Prognosis."
Dave Brunsma and Vladimir Khmelkov, who were invited to participate in the National Center for Education Statistics Advanced Studies Longitudinal Database Training Seminar. The seminar was an all-expenses paid opportunity to learn three datasets (NELS:88, BPS and B&B) from the scholars who designed them.
Keiko Hirao, Samuel Reimer, and Lisa Riley, who had their Ph.D. degrees conferred at Notre Dame's 1997 Spring Commencement; and Jim Cavendish, who got his degree in the summer.
Ana-Laura Rodriguez-Gusta, winner of a Zahm Travel Grant to do research on her project entitled Professional Women and Power in the Uruguayan Bureaucracy.
Michelle Janning, winner of the 1997 Graduate Student Union Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student. More than 30 students were nominated for the prize. Michelle was recognized for her Fall 1996 work as instructor of Sociology 242, Marriage and the Family. Michelle's accomplishments were profiled on the front page of the April 15, 1997 issue of the Observer.
Jim Cavendish, who has accepted a tenure track assistant professor position at the University of South Florida. Jim also received, but declined, an offer of a Research Associate position at The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University.
Min Liu, who has been offered an Academic Year Internship with the Population Reference Bureau.
Stacy Gonzalez and Douglas Strickler, incoming students who have been awarded Presidential Fellowships for graduate study at Notre Dame.
Thoroddur Bjarnason, whose paper "Modeling Durkheim on the Micro Level: A Study of Youth Suicidality" (co-authored with Thorolfur Thorlindsson) has been accepted for publication in the American Sociological Review.
Tom Trozzolo, who has been appointed as the Andrews Research Fellow at the Center for Social Concerns. The position is funded by an endowment from ND Trustee Kathleen Andrews. Tom will assist with research on the impact of Notre Dame's Summer Service Project, which over 1400 students have participated in since the 1970's.
Dave Brunsma, Beth Caniglia, Vladimir Khmelkov, Sharon Miller, and Ann Power, winners of Dissertation Fellowships for academic year 1997-1998.
Michael Davern, winner of a $4,204 National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Award, for his work entitled Social Networks and Labor Market Mobility. Mike is our fifth student in seven years to win one of these prestigious and highly competitive awards.
Ana-Laura Rodriguez-Gusta, Jihad Hamad, and Arul Arokiasamy, winners of Kellogg Seed Money Grants.
Beth Caniglia and Sharon Miller, winners of Graduate Teaching Fellowships; and Dave Brunsma, an alternate for that same award.
Min Liu, winner of a $2,000 Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Scholarship for Outstanding Chinese Students and Scholars in the Social Sciences and Humanities.
Keiko Hirao, winner of the 1995/1996 John J. Kane Memorial Award. This award is presented annually to the department's most outstanding graduate student.
Lynda Nyce, winner of the 1995/1996 David L. Dodge Memorial Teaching Award. This award is conferred annually on the graduate student in our program who has most distinguished himself or herself in the teaching of undergraduates.
Undergraduate Majors
Anthony Pohlen, who graduated Summa Cum Laude in May 1997 and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.
Sarah Carroll and Carrie McKnight, who successfully completed the Sociology Honors Program. Sarah's Thesis was entitled "Does Durkheim Apply to the Golden Dome? Comparing The Division of Labor in Society to the University of Notre Dame (1842-1997)" and was written under the direction of Professor Lyn Spillman. Carrie's Thesis was entitled "A Study of the Connection Between Social Policy and Implementation of Services for the Homeless in the United States" and was written under the direction of Ann Power.
Anthony Pohlen, winner of the 1997 Margaret Eisch Memorial Award. The Eisch Award is given each year to the outstanding graduating senior majoring in Sociology. The Eisch family established the award in memory of their daughter Margaret, a Notre Dame Sociology major who died in 1976.
Dana Russo, winner of the 1997 Sociology Senior Essay Award. This award is given each year for the best essay or research paper submitted by a graduating senior on a topic of sociological relevance. Dana won for her work entitled Suicide Among Young Adults: A Closer Look.
Seniors Amanda Ahlstrad, Jennifer Briggs, Steven Hernandez, Tanya Lenko, Jocelyn Pagana, Anthony Pohlen, Sean Reidy, Jennifer Rockwell, Peter Rubinas, Dana Russo, Monica Seidel, Karen Shaw, Amy Shulkowski, Elizabeth Tiongson, Christina Tomaras, Melissa Wright, and Juniors Erin Brophy, Courtenay Collins, Betsey Ferrer, Charlotte Kibler, Barbara Kurcz, Megan Massucci, John McDonagh, John Yanchak, who were inducted into AKD, the Sociological Honor Society.
1995-1996
Faculty
Maureen Hallinan, who concluded her year as President of the American Sociological Association with her address entitled "The Sociological Study of Social Change". Maureen was also recently elected President of the Sociological Research Association.
Samuel Valenzuela, winner of a Guggenheim Foundation Award. Samuel will use the award to pursue research on comparative labor movement formation.
Kevin Christiano, who was elected to a three year term on the Executive Council of the ASA Section on the Sociology of Religion
Katy Schiller, who was selected for a Summer Institute Fellowship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences in Stanford, CA. Her $4,500 stipend supported her during six weeks of study on urban education
David Hachen, who was awarded an ISLA New Course Preparation Grant for his proposal entitled "Sociology in Action: Making Connections."
Maureen Hallinan, winner of an ISLA Graduate Student Summer Stipend. The award allowed Maureen and a graduate student to pursue work on "Effects of Track Misplacement on Student Achievement."
Joan Aldous, who was honored at the YWCA Tribute to Women for her work on the Library Board
Rebecca Bordt, who was one of a select few faculty that were invited to participate in last summer's Wakonse Conference on College Teaching
Graduate Students
Jim Cavendish, winner of the 1994/1995 John J. Kane Memorial Award. This award is presented annually to the department's most outstanding graduate student.
Sam Reimer, winner of the 1994/1995 David L. Dodge Memorial Teaching Award. This award is conferred annually on the graduate student in our program who has most distinguished himself or herself in the teaching of undergraduates.
Sung Chun, who has received three research and travel grants totalling $5,200: A $1,200 Notre Dame Zahm Travel Grant, a $2,000 award from the Constant H. Jacquet Awards Committee, and a $2,000 award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. These funds will help support Sung's research entitled "Evangelicalism: A Force for Assimilation and/or for Ethnicity."
Beth Schaefer Caniglia, whose Master's thesis (Classifying proenvironmental behaviors and revisiting their link with ecological concern ) won the Marvin Olsen Outstanding Graduate Student Paper competition. The award is presented by the Environment and Technology Section of the ASA to one graduate student presenting a paper on a topic of interest to the section. Beth received her award at the Environment & Technology business meeting last Friday, August 16th in New York. The award included $200 to defray the costs of travel and lodging at the meetings.
Keiko Hirao, who won a Social Science Research Council Japan Program Dissertation Fellowship. The award will help fund Keiko's research from June 1996 through February 1997. Keiko also won a Sociology/ICPSR Clifford Clogg Scholarship, which allowed her to participate in ICPSR's summer workshops at the University of Michigan. As noted in Keiko's award letter, "The Clogg Award is made each year to a handful of sociology and political science graduate students. The process of application is highly competitive. Designation as a finalist for the Clogg Award is recognition of outstanding potential to be a successful social science research professional." Last year, Keiko was a semi-finalist for a Spencer Foundation Award.
Lynda Nyce, who accepted a tenure-track assistant professor position at Bluffton College in Bluffton, Ohio. Lynda also received offers from Southwest Missouri State and Indiana University-South Bend.
Sam Reimer, who is now on the faculty of Atlantic Baptist University in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Volker Frank, who is now a tenure-track assistant professor at the University of North Carolina-Ashville
Lynda Nyce, co-recipient of the Sixth Annual Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate Student Award. This award is based on service to Notre Dame, service to the community and good academic standing.
Volker Frank, winner of the Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Outstanding Graduate Student in the Social Sciences Award. This award goes to a recent graduate in the social sciences who has exhibited superior ability according to the criteria of grades, research and publication records, fellowships and other awards received, and teaching ability.
Keiko Hirao, Sung Chun, Michael Davern, and Min Liu, who were selected as Sociology Dissertation Fellowship Winners
Michelle Janning, whose paper, "The situation for working mothers and fathers in Sweden and the United States," received honorable mention in the Graduate Student Paper Competition sponsored by the Family Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Michelle received her $50 prize at the SSSP meetings last August 17
Jim Cavendish, winner of a College Teaching Fellowship. Jim will teach a Freshman Seminar while continuing work on his dissertation.
Undergraduate Majors
Christina Lenko, who won a grant from ISLA's Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program for her work entitled "On a sliding scale: Weighing the costs of eating disorders theory and treatment for all women". Congratulations also go out to Chris for being an award winner in the Martin Luther King Essay Competition
Cybelle Egan, who was the 1995/1996 winner of the Margaret Eisch Memorial Award, presented annually to the Outstanding Senior in Sociology.
Courtney Grounds, winner of the 1996 University-wide competition for the John Joyce Paper Award on the American Worker, sponsored by the Higgins Labor Research Center.
Marie Wirka, 1996 Sociology Senior Essay Award Winner. Marie's work was entitled "An analysis of the child support assurance system as developed in Wisconsin."
Rolland Avedician, Jeanne Boyle, Amannda DePaolo, Cybelle Egan, Laurel Fabiano, Dona Gray, Sarah Kahler, Michaela Kendall, Christina Lenko, Joy Michnowicz, Tara Naughton, Cheryl O'Brien, Anthony Pohlen, Karen Shaw, Laura Slicker, Erin Trahan, Stephanie Walker, and Marie Wirka, who were selected in 1996 for induction into AKD, the Sociological Honor Society.
Elizabeth Foran, who is editor-in-chief of the OBSERVER for the 1996/1997 school year