Jorge Bautista, Ivan Cruz, Estefani Reyes Moreno, and Esmeralda Bibian Rodriguez served as student panelists for the Coalition for Urban and Metropolitan Universities Latine Student Communities Huddle: "Introducing Themes and Exploring What Works from the Student Perspective."
Natalie Cholula, Sociology graduate student, passed the qualifying exams in Crime, Law, and Deviance, supported by committee chair Melissa Thompson and committee members Aaron Roussell and Lindsey Wilkinson (all Sociology faculty).
Natalie Cholula, Sociology graduate student, started working as a Graduate Research Assistant with Dr. Lisa Bates in the Urban Studies department on a project evaluating a tenant legal defense program in Oregon.
Erika Carpenter, Sociology graduate student, passed comprehensive exams.
Erika Carpenter, Sociology graduate student, presented "Increasing School Connectedness: Youth Perspectives and Strategy Recommendations" to the Oregon Youth Sexual Health Partnership.
Jenna DePasquale, Sociology graduate student, was invited to speak on an upcoming panel on sex work education by PSU’s Queer Resource Center.
Joe Eichenlaub, Sociology graduate student, successfully defended their thesis "Values of Young Adults in an Increasingly Secular World," with the support of a committee including Alex Stepick (Chair, Sociology faculty), Daniel Jaffee (Sociology faculty), and Dara Shifrer (Sociology faculty).
Joe Eichenlaub, Sociology graduate student, and Essma Nasher, Sociology graduate student, co-authored "Thematic Content Analysis of Newspaper Coverage of the Causes of the Opioid Crisis," forthcoming in Open Access Journal of Sociology.
Hannah Sean Ellefritz, Sociology graduate student, is teaching MIT 510: Instruction for Secondary Teachers at Washington State University Vancouver.
Ana Tijerina Esquino, Civil & Environmental Engineering graduate student, received a $5,000 Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program (DDETFP) Graduate Fellowship from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Daniel Mackin Freeman, Sociology graduate student, successfully passed the qualifying exam in sociology of education.
Elizabeth Hulen, Sociology graduate student, successfully defended their dissertation "Exploring ‘What Works’ in Veterans Affairs Home-Based Primary Care," with the support of a committee including Hyeyoung Woo (Chair, Sociology faculty), Melissa Thompson (PSU Sociology faculty), Samuel T. Edwards (VA Portland Health Care System and OHSU), and Paula Carder (OHSU-PSU School of Public Health).
Anne Johnson, Sociology graduate student, accepted a Scholarly Assistant Professor of Sociology position at Washington State University Vancouver.
Nakeshia Knight-Coyle, Sociology graduate student, successfully defended their dissertation proposal "Conditions of Slow Death: Experiences of Black Women Direct Care Workers in Long-Term Care," with the support of a committee including Amy Lubitow (Chair, Sociology faculty), Shirley Jackson (Sociology faculty), Julius McGee, and Ozcan Tunalilar.
Byeongdon (“Don”) Oh, Sociology postdoctoral fellow, had his article "Do Parents Matter for Student Loan Repayment after Graduation?" featured in This Month in ASA Journals (Socius) and in The Hill.
Kayla Sorenson, Civil & Environmental Engineering graduate student, received a $10,000 Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program (DDETFP) Graduate Fellowship from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Rachel Springer, Sociology graduate student, and Andrea Baron, Sociology graduate student, co-authored "Intervention to Improve Psychosocial Care for People with Type 2 Diabetes" for the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine alongside Deborah J. Cohen, PhD; Shannon M. Sweeney, MPH, PhD; Bijal A. Balasubramanian, MBBS, PhD; LeAnn Michaels; Miguel Marino, PhD; Danielle Hessler, PhD; and Johanna Nesse, FNP.
Dani Standridge, Sociology graduate student, received a Special Acts and Service Award for her work at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health.
Sonja Taylor, Sociology PhD graduate, was approved for continuous appointment in PSU’s University Studies.
Ned Tilbrook, Sociology graduate student, was invited to give a talk at Harvard University’s Science Education Department in the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics on his study: Tilbrook, Ned, and Dara Shifrer. 2021. "Field-Specific Cultural Capital and Persistence in College." Social Science Research.