Students
I have had the privilege of chairing or serving on the committee of many wonderful graduate students and also of supervising many great undergraduate theses. Many of the former students are now in academic, government, civil society, or industry positions where they use their research skills from their graduate training. The following list, although incomplete, gives prospective graduate students a sense of the range of topics that students have studied:
Sulfikar Amir, who studied nationalism and the aerospace industry in Indonesia, is an associate professor of sociology at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
Barbara Allen, who did research on Louisiana's cancer alley and published it as the book Uneasy Alchemy, is a professor at the Northern Virginia program in Science, Technology, and Society of Virginia Tech.
Kate Pride Brown, who studied environmentalism in the Lake Baikal region in Russia, was my postodctoral advisee at the Vanderbilt Institute for Energy and Environment. Associate professor in the School of History and Sociology at Georgia Tech.
Dikoh (Hsin Hings) Chen, who studied labor, gender, and religion among Taiwanese machinists, is a professor in the Graduate School for Transformation Studies, Shih-Hsin University, Taiwan.
Jonathan Coley, who studied LGBT activism in Christian colleges and universities, is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Oklahoma State University.
Shib Dasgupta studied e-governance and politics in India and subsequently became executive director of DevKalpana Technologies.
Rachel Dowty Beech, who studied social aspects of neurosciences and cognition, is a senior lecturer in the Department of Fire Science at the University of New Haven.
Seval Dulgeroglu Yavez, who wrote her dissertation on gender, nationality, and other cultural dimensions of advertising representations, is Associate Dean of the School of Fine Arts in Mustafa Kemal University in Hatay, Turkey.
Virginia Eubanks, who wrote on "popular technology" and the myth of the digital divide in the U.S., is an associate professor of Women's Studies, SUNY Albany.
Patrick Feng, who studied privacy software standards for the World Wide Web, is a professor in Communicatoin Studies at the University of Calgary.
Maral Erol Jamieson, who studied menopause in Turkey, is an associate professor at Isik Universitesi in Turkey.
James Fenimore, who studied the use of information technology and multimedia in Protestant churches, was the Albany District Superintendent of the United Methodist Church and is the Congregational Consultant with Samaritan Counseling Center.
Sean Ferguson studied bioplastics at the urban level in the United States and is an assistant professor in Engineering and Society at the University of Virginia.
Jill Fisher, who studied the ethics of informed consent and the privatization of clinical trials, is an associate professor in the Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill..
Jenrose Fitzgerald, who studied globalization and Kentucky's agrarian economy, works on energy transitions in Appalachia.
Ken Fleischmann, who studied simulation technologies in biology and medical education in the U.S., is a professor in the School of Information Studies at the University of Texas.
Ethan Gibbons, whose dissertation is on the public understanding of science with respect to farming for conventional and organic farmers in Michigan, is a design researcher at Blue Cross.
Govind Gopakumar, who studied the politics of water infrastructure and sanitation in India, is an associate professor of General Studies at Concordia University.
Anna Lamprou studied NGOs, nanotechnology policy, and harmonization of EU and US policies and became a research and communciations adviser at the Panswiss Project.
Dasom Lee, who worked on measures of corporate social and environmental responsibility and also partnered with me on various projects in the NSF PIRE grant on future technologies (transactive energy, automated vehicles). Assistant professor at the KAIST.
David Levinger, who wrote his dissertation on pedestrian technologies, is president of the Mobility Education Foundation.
Quan Mai is an assistant professor of sociology at Rutgers University. He works on labor and inequality.
Rachel McKane, who works on environmental justice and inequality in urban transportation systems, as well as various other areas, is a postdoctoral researcher at Brown University. As of mid 2023, she became an assistant professor of Environmental Studies at Brandeis University.
Lisa McLoughlin, who studied women in the undergraduate engineering education, worked an adjunct professor at Greenfield Community College.
Torin Monahan, who studied globalization and information technology in the Los Angeles Unified School district, is a professor in the Department of Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapen Hill.
Dan Morrison studied patient experiences and brain implant technologies used for Parkinson's and other diseases. He was a research fellow at the Center for Biomedical Ethics at Vanderbilt University and is currently an assistant professor of sociology at Abilene Christian University.
Jay Ou, one of the many outstanding undergraduate students with whom I have worked, went on to earn his PhD in anthropology at UC Berkeley and to become the CEO of various companies, including Ecologic and Cacao Green.
Steve Pierce, who studied alternative radio and community access television, is the director of Media Alliance in Troy.
Appolonya Porcelli, who studied the various types of knowledge (public health, social science, fisheries research) related to the collapse of the anchovy industry in Peru, is an assistant professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Bucknell University.
Hector Postigo, who studied the digital rights movements, is an associate professor in the School of Communication and Theater, Temple University.
Madison Renner, undergraduate advisee and honors student, is now in the PhD program in Sociology at Harvard.
Lacee Satcher worked with me on our study of environmental justice mobilizations and outcomes that helped to launch my studies of energy infrastructure opposition. Her dissertation was on multiply deserted areas of cities, including food deserts. Assistant Professor at Boston College and winner of the American Sociological Association dissertation award.
Roli Varma, who studied changing R&D policies and their impacts on scientists, is professor of public administration, University of New Mexico.
Logan Williams studied NGOs, blindness, and the circulation of global technology based on fieldwork in Mexico, Africa, and South Asia.
Margaret Wooddell, who studied breast cancer activism and clinical trials controversies in the U.S., is a senior clinical research scientist at a biotechnology firm.
Sulfikar Amir, who studied nationalism and the aerospace industry in Indonesia, is an associate professor of sociology at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
Barbara Allen, who did research on Louisiana's cancer alley and published it as the book Uneasy Alchemy, is a professor at the Northern Virginia program in Science, Technology, and Society of Virginia Tech.
Kate Pride Brown, who studied environmentalism in the Lake Baikal region in Russia, was my postodctoral advisee at the Vanderbilt Institute for Energy and Environment. Associate professor in the School of History and Sociology at Georgia Tech.
Dikoh (Hsin Hings) Chen, who studied labor, gender, and religion among Taiwanese machinists, is a professor in the Graduate School for Transformation Studies, Shih-Hsin University, Taiwan.
Jonathan Coley, who studied LGBT activism in Christian colleges and universities, is an assistant professor in the Department of Sociology at Oklahoma State University.
Shib Dasgupta studied e-governance and politics in India and subsequently became executive director of DevKalpana Technologies.
Rachel Dowty Beech, who studied social aspects of neurosciences and cognition, is a senior lecturer in the Department of Fire Science at the University of New Haven.
Seval Dulgeroglu Yavez, who wrote her dissertation on gender, nationality, and other cultural dimensions of advertising representations, is Associate Dean of the School of Fine Arts in Mustafa Kemal University in Hatay, Turkey.
Virginia Eubanks, who wrote on "popular technology" and the myth of the digital divide in the U.S., is an associate professor of Women's Studies, SUNY Albany.
Patrick Feng, who studied privacy software standards for the World Wide Web, is a professor in Communicatoin Studies at the University of Calgary.
Maral Erol Jamieson, who studied menopause in Turkey, is an associate professor at Isik Universitesi in Turkey.
James Fenimore, who studied the use of information technology and multimedia in Protestant churches, was the Albany District Superintendent of the United Methodist Church and is the Congregational Consultant with Samaritan Counseling Center.
Sean Ferguson studied bioplastics at the urban level in the United States and is an assistant professor in Engineering and Society at the University of Virginia.
Jill Fisher, who studied the ethics of informed consent and the privatization of clinical trials, is an associate professor in the Department of Social Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill..
Jenrose Fitzgerald, who studied globalization and Kentucky's agrarian economy, works on energy transitions in Appalachia.
Ken Fleischmann, who studied simulation technologies in biology and medical education in the U.S., is a professor in the School of Information Studies at the University of Texas.
Ethan Gibbons, whose dissertation is on the public understanding of science with respect to farming for conventional and organic farmers in Michigan, is a design researcher at Blue Cross.
Govind Gopakumar, who studied the politics of water infrastructure and sanitation in India, is an associate professor of General Studies at Concordia University.
Anna Lamprou studied NGOs, nanotechnology policy, and harmonization of EU and US policies and became a research and communciations adviser at the Panswiss Project.
Dasom Lee, who worked on measures of corporate social and environmental responsibility and also partnered with me on various projects in the NSF PIRE grant on future technologies (transactive energy, automated vehicles). Assistant professor at the KAIST.
David Levinger, who wrote his dissertation on pedestrian technologies, is president of the Mobility Education Foundation.
Quan Mai is an assistant professor of sociology at Rutgers University. He works on labor and inequality.
Rachel McKane, who works on environmental justice and inequality in urban transportation systems, as well as various other areas, is a postdoctoral researcher at Brown University. As of mid 2023, she became an assistant professor of Environmental Studies at Brandeis University.
Lisa McLoughlin, who studied women in the undergraduate engineering education, worked an adjunct professor at Greenfield Community College.
Torin Monahan, who studied globalization and information technology in the Los Angeles Unified School district, is a professor in the Department of Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapen Hill.
Dan Morrison studied patient experiences and brain implant technologies used for Parkinson's and other diseases. He was a research fellow at the Center for Biomedical Ethics at Vanderbilt University and is currently an assistant professor of sociology at Abilene Christian University.
Jay Ou, one of the many outstanding undergraduate students with whom I have worked, went on to earn his PhD in anthropology at UC Berkeley and to become the CEO of various companies, including Ecologic and Cacao Green.
Steve Pierce, who studied alternative radio and community access television, is the director of Media Alliance in Troy.
Appolonya Porcelli, who studied the various types of knowledge (public health, social science, fisheries research) related to the collapse of the anchovy industry in Peru, is an assistant professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Bucknell University.
Hector Postigo, who studied the digital rights movements, is an associate professor in the School of Communication and Theater, Temple University.
Madison Renner, undergraduate advisee and honors student, is now in the PhD program in Sociology at Harvard.
Lacee Satcher worked with me on our study of environmental justice mobilizations and outcomes that helped to launch my studies of energy infrastructure opposition. Her dissertation was on multiply deserted areas of cities, including food deserts. Assistant Professor at Boston College and winner of the American Sociological Association dissertation award.
Roli Varma, who studied changing R&D policies and their impacts on scientists, is professor of public administration, University of New Mexico.
Logan Williams studied NGOs, blindness, and the circulation of global technology based on fieldwork in Mexico, Africa, and South Asia.
Margaret Wooddell, who studied breast cancer activism and clinical trials controversies in the U.S., is a senior clinical research scientist at a biotechnology firm.