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Ms. Palmer is a PhD Candidate in Sociology and a graduate certificate student in Women's Studies at the University of Georgia. She received her B.A. in Sociology and American Studies from Indiana Univeristy and her M.A. in May of 2011 from the University of Georgia. Her current research examines intersectionality theories using a transnational lens to better understand the role culture plays in international relations. Her work has been…
I am a doctoral candidate at the University of Georgia in the department of Sociology. My work focuses on social and family contexts of crime, violence, and deviance among adolescents and young adults. In my research, I examine predictors and outcomes of intimate partner violence, sexual assault, child abuse, and other criminal, violent, and deviant behavior (e.g. delinquency, risky sex, substance use) among youth. I am particularly interested…
Eric T. Klopack is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Georgia. His research program investigates the intersections of social stress, deviant behavior, and physical health over the life course. Broadly, his research focuses on the mechanisms by which social and behavioral phenomena become biologically embedded. More specifically, he is interested in the processes by which social events and…
  Chelsea is a doctoral candidate who teaches statistics, research methods, and social psychology courses here at the University of Georgia. An experimentalist and affect control theorist, she utilizes a social psychological framework to approach her main focal areas of emotion, relationship, and culturally-based communication. Her dissertation research—funded through the Army Research Office as a…
I am a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Georgia.  My research focuses on interactional mechanisms that underpin macrosocial inequalities.  I examine how these mechanisms contribute to the reproduction of the social order and how they can potentially be used to challenge it.  To examine these topics, I primarily make use of quantitative, longitudinal methods to study face to face group…
I am a PhD candidate in my sixth year at the University of Georgia. I received my MA from the University of Arkansas and came to UGA in 2011.  My research interests include racial and intersecting inequalities, disasters, environmental sociology, and theory.  My dissertation focuses on long-term recovery from disasters and how recovery varies by location, race, gender, and class.  I utilize in-depth qualitative interviews,…
Arialle Crabtree is a doctoral candidate in the Sociology department at the University of Georgia. Her research focuses on gender, sexuality, and social movements with a specialization in qualitative methods. She has published on social media use in the marriage equality movement in the journal of Queer Studies in Media and Popular Culture, as well as co-authored a chapter in Dr. Jim Dowd's forthcoming book, Social Life in the Movies: How…
Jeff is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Georgia. He expects to complete his degree in Spring 2020. Jeff has taught Introductory Sociology (including a section with 150 students), Medical Sociology, Sociology of Health Care, and Gender and Work. He would also be enthusiastic about teaching courses focusing on Public Health, Introductory Sociology for pre-healthcare majors, and the history and future of…