Sociology PhD Students
First cohort (2011-12) of the new Sociology PhD Program: DJ Wolover, C Thompson, M Caldwell, M Pylman and K Jackson
Caldwell, Mark
Areas of Interest: Urban institutions and racial inequality, critical GIS and knowledge production through mapping mediums, agri-food systems and commodity fetishism, organizational processes and cultural codes within food production schemes
mac4@uwm.edu
Calkins, Thomas
Areas of Interest: Cultural Sociology, specifically the Consumption and Production of Music and Art, Mural production in Northern Ireland, the Intersection of Class and Taste, Social Inequality, Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
tcalkins@uwm.edu
Coleman, Atiera
Areas of Interest: Social Inequality, Education (Adolescent Intervention Programs), Race Relations, Intersection of Race and Gender, Quantitative Analysis
atiera@uwm.edu
Collins, Karen
Areas of Interest: Urban Poverty; Social Inequality; Sociology of Education; Race, Ethnicity, and Class; Residential Segregation; Social Policy; Mass Incarceration
smith693@uwm.edu
Jackson, Kenneth
Areas of Interest: Sociology of Culture and Subculture; Social Stratification; Religion; Deviance, Criminology (theory), and Middle Eastern and North African Societies
ejackson@uwm.edu
McCarthy, Matthew
Areas of Interest: Information Control and its Processes including the Powers and Resistances that Form Around It; Surveillance Studies; Nexus of Smart ID cards and Internet Usage; Digital Divide, specifically at the third level; Political Sociology; Theory
mccart74@uwm.edu
Pylman, Maureen
Areas of Interest: Education (Retention in Higher Education, Transition from Secondary to Post-Secondary Institutions, Schools as Workplaces), Research Methods, Neighborhoods, Friendship, Midwifery/Medicalization
mepylman@uwm.edu
Ray-Grover, Teameaka
Areas of Interest: Social Inequality, Research Methods, Urban Inequality, Blacks, Urban Crime, and the Criminal Justice System, Urban Studies, Social Institutions: Marriage and Family, Qualitative Analysis
ray3@uwm.edu
Thompson, Cassandra
Areas of Interest:
cot@uwm.edu
Wolover, David (DJ)
Areas of Interest: Sociology of Media (New Media, journalism, and news production), technology and its impact on culture, international & transnational sociology, political sociology & social movements, social networks, theory
dwolover@uwm.edu