Current Graduate Students

Current graduate students are listed below alphabetical order by last name in the cohort they entered the department.

2020-2021 Cohort

Sara Brown

Email: sbro245@lsu.edu
Advisor:
Research Interests: Families; substance use; intergenerational substance use patterns; linguistics; qualitative & quantitative methods; gender & race intersectionality; recidivism; other general criminology
CV

Katie Cali

Email: kpatto7@lsu.edu
Advisor:
Research Interests: Religion; criminology; race; assisted suicide; death penalty
CV

Jamila Freightman

Email: jfreightman@lsu.edu
Advisor:
Research Interests: Rural sociology; arrested mobility; race; wealth inequality; economic development.
CV

Yoon Jung Jeong

Email: yjeong3@lsu.edu
Advisor:
Research Interests: Gender; media; online culture; activism
CV

Savannah Mattox

Email: smatto2@lsu.edu
Advisor:
Research Interests: U.S. Pan African descendants of slavery; gender; sexuality; queerness; sexual trauma; toxic masculinity; whiteness; restorative justice
CV

Samantha Ramey

Email: sramey3@lsu.edu
Advisor:
Research Interests: Children & adolescence; mental health; Internet communications
CV

Jason Savoy

Email: jsavo31@lsu.edu
Advisor:
Research Interests: Sexuality & gender; socialization; deviance; homicide & social disorganization
CV

Katherine Seals

Email: KSeals@agcenter.lsu.edu
Advisor:
Research Interests: Criminology; environmental design; perception of crime; crime & health
CV

2019-2020 Cohort

Rebecca Bock

Email: Rbock2@lsu.edu
Advisor: Rhiannon A. Kroeger
Research Interests:
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Heeya Datta

Email: hdatta1@lsu.edu
Advisor:
Research Interests:
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Mominul Haque

Email: mhaqu17@lsu.edu
Advisor:
Research Interests:
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Jazmin Robinson-Smith

Email: Jrob293@lsu.edu
Advisor: Sarah Becker
Research Interests: Race/ethnicity; gender/sexuality; media; criminology; Black studies; romantic relationships
CV

Courtney Williams

Email: wcourt2@lsu.edu
Advisor: Rhiannon A. Kroeger
Research Interests: Reproductive health; medicalization; family; gender & bodies
CV

2018-2019 Cohort

Brooke Barrett

Email: bbarr33@lsu.edu
Advisor: Matthew Valasik
Research Interests:
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Mahalia Crawford

Email: mcraw44@lsu.edu
Advisor: Lori L. Martin
Research Interests:
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Dominique Dillard

Email: ddilla4@lsu.edu
Advisor:
Research Interests:Black sexuality; sexual violence; slavery; race
CV

Jennifer LaRose

Email: jlaros7@lsu.edu
Advisor: Jose Torres
Research Interests:
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Troy Legier

Rob Matchett

Email: rmatch1@lsu.edu
Advisor: Mark H. Walker
Research Interests: Disability; social psychology; gender & sexuality
CV

Rob Matchett

Jordan Pedalino

Email: jpedal1@lsu.edu
Advisor: Michael S. Barton
Research Interests:
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Nick Van De Voorde

Email: nvande5@lsu.edu
Advisor: Michael S. Barton
Research Interests:
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2017-2018 Cohort

Caitlin Charles

Email: cchar12@lsu.edu
Advisor: Michael S. Barton
Research Interests: Domestic violence; criminology; sexual assault
CV

Ewart Ford

Ewart Forde

Email: eforde2@lsu.edu
Advisor: Lori L. Martin
Research Interests:
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Dustin Lovercamp

Dustin Hughes

Email: dlover2@lsu.edu
Advisor: Heather Rackin
Research Interests: Family, demography
CV

James Jordan

Email: jjord73@lsu.edu
Advisor: Mark J. Schafer
Research Interests: Community; altruism, morality and social solidarity; environmental sociology; collective behavior and social movements
CV

Joy Ngelor

Email: jngelo1@lsu.edu
Advisor: Michael S. Barton
Research Interests:
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Marcus Venable

Email: mvenab8@lsu.edu
Advisor: Matthew Valasik
Research Interests: Criminology, sexual assault, sex-offender recidivism, sex-offender registries
CV

2016-2017 Cohort

John K. Aggrey

Email: jaggre1@lsu.edu
Advisor: Wesley M. Shrum, Jr
Research Interests: Health, science & technology Studies, disaster, developmentt
CV

Kyle Breen

Email: kbreen3@lsu.edu
Advisor: Sarah Becker
Research Interests: Disaster, environmental justice, social vulnerability, qualitative methods
CV

Andrew Burns

Email: aburn38@lsu.edu
Advisor: Wesley M. Shrum, Jr.
Research Interests: Media, social psychology, criminology
CV

Lynnette Coto

Email: lcoto1@lsu.edu
Advisor: Dana Berkowitz
Research Interests: Gender, sexuality, race, and queer studies
CV

Ify Davis

Ifeyinwa Davis

Email: idavis3@lsu.edu
Advisor: Sarah Becker
Research Interests:
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Danequa Forrest

Email: danequalashee@yahoo.com
Advisor: Samuel Stroope
Research Interests: Health, race, applied statistics
CV

Kathryn Keating

Email: kkeati7@lsu.edu
Advisor: Tim Slack
Research Interests: Health, disaster, family
CV

Maretta McDonald

Email: mmcdo53@lsu.edu
Advisor: Lori L. Martin
Research Interests: Race/ethnicity, criminology, public policy
CV

Alana Peck

Email: apeck3@lsu.edu
Advisor: Dana Berkowitz
Research Interests:
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Kami Rutherford

Email: kruthe4@lsu.edu
Advisor: Sarah Becker
Research Interests: Gender, sexuality, culture
CV

2015-2016 Cohort

Jiabin Fan

Email: jfan7@lsu.edu
Advisor: Wesley M. Shrum, Jr.
Research Interests: Social networks, sociology of science and technology, Asian studies
CV

Oliver Garretson

Email: ogarre1@lsu.edu
Advisor: Wesley M. Shrum, Jr.
Research Interests: Social networks, new media, science & technology studies
CV

Ashley Maryland

Email: amaryl1@lsu.edu
Advisor: Lori L. Martin
Research Interests: Race, crime, policing
CV

2014-2015 Cohort

Elizabeth Brault

Email: emarks7@lsu.edu
Advisor: Michael S. Barton & Matthew Valasik
Research Interests: Reentry, community organization, social support, crime & delinquency
CV

Jahann Chandler