Rachael Weaver Education Education: B.S. in Psychology - University of Georgia, 2023 Other Affiliations: Enter the name of department or institution you are affiliated with Research Read more about Rachael Weaver Research Areas: Medical Sociology Family, Life Course, and Aging Labs: Families, Communities, and Health Workshop Selected Publications Selected Publications: Lei, Man-Kit, Rachael Weaver (2025). “The Buffering Effect of Social Support on the Link between Biologically Embedded Childhood Maltreatment and Adult Cardiovascular Disease.” Social Science and Medicine, 384, 118530. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118530 Simons, Ronald L., Mei Ling Ong, Man-Kit Lei, Steven R.H. Beach, Yu-Wen Lu, Rachael Weaver, and Michelle M. Mielke (2025). “Diabetes and Hypertension at Midlife Predict Increases in Biomarkers of Dementia among Black Americans.” Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-025-02310-2 Rigg, Khary K., Rachael Weaver, and Ethan Kusiak (2023). “Attitudes toward Methadone Treatment among Black/African Americans: Implications for Engagement and Retention.” American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 93(6), 476-485. https://doi.org/10.1037/ort0000692.
Tamara Sezer Education Education: B.A. Sociology, University of California Riverside, 2024 Other Affiliations: Enter the name of department or institution you are affiliated with Research Read more about Tamara Sezer
Kendall Sanders Graduate Student Teaching Assistant Education Education: B.A. Sociology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2024 Research Read more about Kendall Sanders Research Areas: Race and Ethnicity Sociology of Education
Kimberly Hawkins Other Affiliations: Enter the name of department or institution you are affiliated with Research Read more about Kimberly Hawkins
Alyson Gonzalez External Link: Alyson.Gonzalez@uga.edu Education Education: B.S., Sociology, University of Southern Mississippi, 2024 B.S., Political Science, University of Southern Mississippi, 2024 Other Affiliations: Enter the name of department or institution you are affiliated with Research Read more about Alyson Gonzalez
Our New PhDs! Congratulations to Dr. Clark, Dr. Collins and Dr. Zhang! Fernando Clark successfully defended his dissertation, "Are Latinx Neighborhoods So Different? A Test of Racial Invariance Thesis and Latino Paradox." This research was completed under the direction of Tom McNulty. Fernando has accepted a faculty position at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Read more about Our New PhDs!
First ever 2nd Year Symposium is complete! Congratulations to our 2nd year graduate students on their presentations in our first ever 2nd Year Symposium. The event offers the students an opportunity to present and receive feedback on the research for their theses/2nd year papers. Topics included experiences of Black women in healthcare, public education activism, LGBTQ+ victimhood, medical avoidance after incarceration, responses to masculinity challenges, Bangladeshi women's clothing decisions and racial gray zones. Read more about First ever 2nd Year Symposium is complete!
Award Winning Department Since the start of the spring semester, our faculty and graduate students have received the following awards. Congratulations to each of them on the hard work and dedication to serving our students and UGA's mission! Steph Hanus-Knapp and Kylie Smith: Outstanding Teaching Assistant (OTA) award Read more about Award Winning Department
Spring 2024 Colloquium Series The UGA Sociology Department is excited to announce the lineup for our Spring 2024 Colloquium Series!February 16: Kirsten Vinyeta, Utah State University Sociology “Little Science, Lots of Advertising: How the U.S. Forest Service Suppressed Cultural Burning” Read more about Spring 2024 Colloquium Series
