Dissertations in Progress
(Updated 2026)
Seungyun Lee: The Social Life of Climate Fiction: Context Effects on Emotional and Imaginative Reception (Hana Shepherd, Danielle Falzon, Emily Handsman)
Aizada Arystanbek: Decolonization After Independence: Analyzing Online Discourses on Russian Imperialism in Contemporary Kazakhstan (Ethel Brooks, Arlene Stein, Danielle Falzon)
Youngjin Chae: Three Essays on Family, Fatherhood, and Children’s Lives in the Changing Family Landscape in the U.S. (Thomas Davidson, Hana Shepherd. Julie Phillips)
Fatoumata Ceesay: Unraveling Racial Dynamics in Police Discretion: The Impact of Racial Bias on Referral Outcomes to Mental Health Services within a Crisis Intervention Team (Dawne Mouzon, Ricardo Martinez-Shuldt, Kevin Dahaghi)
Juliana De Oliveria Horst: Constructing Danger: Risk Assessment in the 2024 Rio Grande do Sul Floods (Norah MacKendrick, Kevin Dahaghi, Danielle Falzon)
Yung-Ying Chang: Relational Political Identity Formation and Mobilization in a Transnational Political Field: Emerging Grassroots Activism of Chinese Immigrants in the U.S. (Hana Shepherd, Catherine Lee, Ethel Brooks)
Kathryn Delgenio: Toward a Critical Thematic Analysis of Racialized Mnemonic Reckoning (Rina Bliss, Ethel Brooks, Emily Handsman)
Brent Hoagland: Neurodiversity and Workplace Inclusion: Barriers in Employment for Autistic Adults and the Organizational Construction of Skills (Hana Shepherd, Paul McLean, Norah MacKendrick, Christopher Manente)
Apoorvaa Joshi: Beyond Colonial-Cognitive Maps: The Decolonial Imagination (Ethel Brooks, Zakia Salime, Danielle Falzon)
Anthony Landers: Carceral Toxic Exposure and Environmental Risk (Norah MacKendrick, Hana Shepherd, Sara Wakefield)
Changhye Ahn: Ethical Sex Work: Neoliberal Subjectivities in OnlyFans Adult Content Work (Zakia Salime, Arlene Stein, Leslie Kay Jones)
Jenny Enos: How Threat Cues Affect Attitudes Toward Immigration: A Mixed-Methods Approach (Hana Shepherd, Thomas Davidson, Ricardo Martinez-Schuldt)
Aaron Martin: New Modes of Expertise in Risk Governance (Hana Shepherd, Danielle Falzon, Rachael Shwom)
Sirine Mechbal: What Makes a Vendor? Solidarity-building and Meaning-Making in the New York City Street Vending Industry (Ethel Brooks, Norah Mackendrick, Hana Shepherd)