Kaylin Burgess

Kaylin is a doctoral student who earned her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of North Florida and her Master of Arts from the University of Iowa.

Hyunsik Chun

I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Iowa. I use both qualitative and computational methods to examine the causes and consequences of organizational and social change, and, in particular, the role that technology and collective action play in this change.

Colter Cleary

Hillary Douglas

I graduated from Benedictine College in 2012 with my Bachelor of Arts. I majored in Economics, International Studies, and Foreign Language. After moving several times and trying my hand at various odd jobs, I started working with refugees and immigrants through AmeriCorps.

Hannah Espy

Mahdi Feyz Karimlou

I'm Mahdi and I grew up in Tehran, Iran. My interest in sociology deals with the intersection of politics and economics.

Patrick Hardy

Patrick is native of Vancouver, WA and graduated from BYU with a Bachelor's in Sociology.

Sean Kearney

I received by B.S. in criminology from Penn State in May 2016, with minors in sociology and communications arts & sciences. Unlike many of my colleagues, I didn’t perform any research of note during my time at Penn State, as my desire to pursue academia as a profession didn’t arise until late in my junior year of undergrad.

Andy Kenley

Donghyun "Henry" Kim

My name is Donghyun "Henry" Kim (김동현; 金東鉉). I obtained B.A. in Psychology and M.A. in Clinical Psychology from Chung-Ang University, South Korea. During that period, I aimed to contribute to the understanding of social anxiety disorder by investigating how individuals with social anxiety are sensitive to non-verbal social cues and how this sensitivity affects their emotions and social functioning in negative ways. 

Daniel Knipp

After earning a 4-year Bachelors of Science degree in Sociology with a Psychology minor at Northeastern University, I came to the University of Iowa to pursue a PhD and gain expertise in teaching. In December of 2019, I successfully defended my MA thesis; and in 2021 I passed my comprehensive exams in Social Psychology (with distinctions) and Mental Health.

Madlynn Libao

I received my B.A. in Sociology from Baldwin Wallace University in May 2020 with a minor in Sustainability. While at Baldwin Wallace, I had the opportunity to work on research regarding food insecurity amongst college students and the effectiveness of after school career preparatory programs, which sparked my interest in quantitative research and social inequalities.

Katherine Linder

I’m a native of Illinois. I went to Illinois College in Jacksonville, IL, for my undergraduate studies, majoring in sociology with minors in Spanish and psychology.

Yujia Lyu

My name is Yujia Lyu (吕煜佳). I am a PhD candidate in Sociology, also the Graduate Manager for the Center of the Study of Group Processes.

Asa Madison

Asa's primary research interests include social stratification and crime, specifically white-collar and corporate crime and corruption. He is interested in studying how environmental factors and geographical locations affect crime rates, as well as which demographic populations are affected the most. 

Sarah Malone

My passion for sociology started at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse where I earned a Bachelor of Science in Sociology along with a minor in Mathematics.

Kelci Mueller

I grew up in Northern Colorado near the Rocky Mountains and then I went on to graduate from Portland State University (Portland, Oregon) in 2019 with a B.A. in Criminology and Honors.

Mario Paez-Arellano

Hello. My name is Mario. I’m a Mexican-American from McAllen, TX who studies social psychology.

Alex Peralta Cornejo

I earned a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Drake University, being recognized as both a recipient of academic and departmental honors for my work.

Chad Rhym

Chad Rhym is a Graduate Student in the Department of Sociology from Athens, GA. He is a recent 2019 graduate from Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA.

Kendall Riley

I graduated from Indiana University in 2020 with B.S. degrees in human biology and psychology. My research interests lie at the intersection of public health, sociology, and criminology.

Levi Sands

I graduated from Utah State University with a BA in Sociology and a minor in Biology. While there I worked primarily with West Nile Virus in a virology laboratory.

Andrea Smith

In 2018 and 2019, I received my BS in Psychology and my BA in Sociology with a minor in LGBTQ+ studies from Louisiana State University. I then went on to get my MA in Sociology from the University of Central Florida.

Regan Smock

I graduated in May of 2022 from the University of Iowa with a Bachelor of Science degree in Sociology, with a minor in Spanish. My undergraduate thesis examined the effectiveness of three sexual assault prevention education programs completed before or during attendance at the University of Iowa, by analyzing reported bystander intervention actions.

Jay Sorensen

I’m a post-comprehensive exam PhD student in the department of sociology and criminology. My primary research interests are gender, sexualities, masculinities, and the sociology of culture, especially media and popular culture.

Philip Tostado

I obtained an MA in Sociology at Portland State University and wrote my thesis on how racial heterogeneity in adolescent friendship networks impacts mental health outcomes.

KaLeigh White

My name is KaLeigh White and I am a PhD candidate in sociology. I study social inequality, social policy, poverty alleviation, and equity in education.

Hannah Zadeh

Hannah is a recent graduate from the University of Iowa with a B.S. in sociology. For their undergraduate thesis, they developed a case study of a racialized medical algorithm to study how ideas about race travel through citation networks.