Anthony Ferreyra Education Education: B.A. Criminal Justice - University of Georgia, 2023 Minor in Sociology - University of Georgia, 2023 Other Affiliations: Enter the name of department or institution you are affiliated with Research Read more about Anthony Ferreyra
Katelyn Austin Education Education: B.S. In Biological Health Sciences - University of South Florida, 2024 Other Affiliations: Enter the name of department or institution you are affiliated with Research Read more about Katelyn Austin Research Interests: Medical Sociology Family, Life Course, and Aging
New Publications Alert! Meigs Professor and OIBR Director Jody Clay-Warner and incoming 26-27 faculty member Derick Baum each have published papers in a special issue of the journal Social Networks on the “The Network Scale-Up Method and Aggregate Relational Data in Social Network Research.” Recently graduated PhD student Tenshi Kawashima was also a contributor on Dr. Clay-Warner's paper. A link to each paper is below: A comparison of top-coding strategies for aggregated relational data Read more about New Publications Alert!
Gillian Slee Assistant Professor Gillian Slee is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Georgia. Her work focuses on understanding and ameliorating inequality in American state processes. To this end, she has studied issues and institutions with far-reaching consequences: public defense, eviction, child protective services, and parole. With each of her projects, Slee aims to humanize key state processes and demonstrate how institutions’ relational dynamics shape inequality. She uses a range of methods—ethnography, in-depth interviews, and statistics—and has published her work in Criminology, Theory and Society, Social Service Review, Politics & Society, and Journal of Marriage and Family. Slee completed her Ph.D. in Sociology and Social Policy at Princeton University in 2024. She earned her M.Phil. in Criminology at the University of Cambridge, where she was a Herchel Smith Harvard Scholar. Slee graduated from Harvard College with a degree in Social Studies and a minor in Psychology. She completed her postdoc at Stanford University’s Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL), where Slee was the Gerhard Casper Fellow in Rule of Law. Her research has been recognized with Centennial, Charlotte Elizabeth Procter, Marion J. Levy, Jr., and P.E.O. Scholar fellowships. Education Education: Ph.D., Sociology and Social Policy, Princeton University, 2024 M.A., Sociology, Princeton University, 2020 M.Phil., Criminology, University of Cambridge, 2017 A.B., Social Studies, Harvard College, 2016 Other Affiliations: Enter the name of department or institution you are affiliated with Research Read more about Gillian Slee Research Areas: Inequality Crime, Law, and Deviance Work, Occupations, and Organizations Selected Publications Selected Publications: Slee, Gillian. 2025. “Home but Not Free: Rule‐breaking, Withdrawal, and Dignity in Reentry.” Criminology. Gilson, Madeleine, Gillian Slee, and Matthew Desmond. 2025. “Calling on Kin: Poverty, the Family Safety Net, and Child Welfare Policy.” Journal of Marriage and Family 87(1):53–73. Slee, Gillian. 2023. “Of the State, against the State: Public Defenders, Street-Level Bureaucracy, and Discretion in Criminal Court.” Social Service Review 97(4):675–718. Slee, Gillian, and Matthew Desmond. 2023. “Resignation without Relief: Democratic Governance and the Relinquishing of Parental Rights.” Theory and Society 52(4):583–623. Slee, Gillian, and Matthew Desmond. 2023. “Eviction and Voter Turnout: The Political Consequences of Housing Instability.” Politics & Society 51(1):3–29. (Published online in 2021) Courses Regularly Taught Courses Regularly Taught: SOCI 2600 SOCI 3580
Dr. Huang wins ASA Awards! Congratulations to Assistant Professor Dr. Peng Huang! He is the recipient of this year’s Outstanding Article Publication Award from the American Sociological Association’s Section on Mathematical Sociology, and Honorable Mention for the James S. Coleman Outstanding Article Award from ASA's Decision-Making, Social Networks, and Society Section. Read more about Dr. Huang wins ASA Awards!
New study shows poor heart health increases risk of dementia for Black Americans Graduate student Rachael Weaver participated in an interview with WSB Radio to discuss a recent UGA study that showed poor heart health increases risk of dementia for Black Americans that was published in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. Her co-authors on the study included Sociology faculty Karlo Lei and Ron Simons and graduate student Yu-Wen (Winnie) Lu. Read more about New study shows poor heart health increases risk of dementia for Black Americans
Graduate Student Teaching Awards Congratulations are in order for Chelsey Adams, Shelby Clark, Makeiva Jenkins and Stephanie Hanus-Knapp as recipients of graduate student teaching awards handed out by the Graduate School and the CTL. We are proud of the work they (and all our graduate students) do in serving UGA students! Outstanding TA Award Winners Graduate Student Excellence-in-Teaching Awards Read more about Graduate Student Teaching Awards
Sociology Faculty win ASA grant Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Shannon and Dr. Diana Graizbord for being awarded ASA's Carla B. Howery Teaching Enhancement Fund grant this year. The Carla B. Howery Teaching Enhancement Fund provides small grants to support projects that advance the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) within the discipline of sociology. Sarah and Diana will use the funds to support the production and dissemination of a multimedia series on teaching sociological research methods as public sociology through their First Publics project. Read more about Sociology Faculty win ASA grant
UGA – Griffin campus hosts IDEA Symposium On Friday, April 11, the UGA – Griffin campus hosted the IDEA Symposium. This year’s symposium was entitled Singled Out No Longer: Narratives of Single Parenting. The Interdisciplinary Studies Program on the Griffin campus, which includes Psychology and Sociology, organized the event, with Dr. Matthew Peach, a Lecturer in our Department of Sociology, playing an important role. The symposium included research presentations from undergraduate students and informational sessions from a wide range of talented and dedicated practitioners. Read more about UGA – Griffin campus hosts IDEA Symposium
