Sociology

In its Honors Program the Sociology Department awards Honors, High Honors, or Highest Honors to student research projects. The projects listed below have been defended successfully, and a copy of the thesis deposited in Swem Library.

Key:

• Student, "Thesis" (Honors level)
  Committee Chair + Other Committee Members

2010-2011

• Sarah Ebert, "The Influence of Risk Society on Summer Camp Programs: A Comparative Analysis of Two Enrichment  Programs in Distinctive Contexts" (Honors)
   Graham Ousey + Amy Quark, Danielle Dallaire

2009-10

• Margaret Anne Clendenen, "Many Voices in the Temple: Liberal California Religious Leaders' Responses to Proposition 8" (High Honors)
  Thomas Linneman + Kathleen Jenkins, Maureen Fitzgerald
• Allen Koji Ukai, "Interpreting Whiteness: Grappling with Race and Identity"
  Kathleen Jenkins + Jennifer Bickham Mendez, Anne Charity Hudley

2008-09

• Kimberly Mason, "Duesenberg, America's Premier Historical Automobile" (Honors)
  Jennifer Mendez + Rene Cabral-Daniels, Jonathan Arries
  
• Franklin Desean McFadden, "'Lifting as we climb': An Exploration of Older Black Men's Willingness to Help Younger Black Men Seeking Work" (High Honors)
  Deirdre Royster + Jennifer Bickham-Mendez, David Aday, Michael Blakey

2007-08

• Lauren Marie Hum, "Completing the Puzzle: Towards a Multi-faceted Sociological Explanation of the Gender Disparity in Criminal Offending" (Honors)
  Graham Ousey + Kathleen Slevin, Janice Zeman

2006-07

• Amma Yvonne Agyemang, "Disease in the Media: A Content Analysis of a Sample of HIV/AIDS-Related Articles in Four U.S. Print Media from 1981 to 2006"(Honors)
  Katherine Walker + Kathleen Slevin, Brad Weiss
• Richael Adrianne Faithful, "When Racial Controversy Erupts on a College Campus: Interrogating Institutional and Student Responses to Controversy, Diversity, and Affirmative Action" (Highest Honors)
  Dee Royster + Monica Griffin, Leisa Meyer
• Katherine Elizabeth Perkins, "Spirit Moving to the Margins: Religious Identity in the New Monasticism" (High Honors)
  Kathleen Jenkins + Thomas Linneman, Seth Feman
• Kelly Stearnes Waldrop, "Man the Guns: Gender and Ritual in Military Institutions" (High Honors)
  Thomas Linneman + Salvatore Saporito, Leisa Meyer

2004-05

• Wesley Allen
  Thomas Linneman + Jennifer Bickham-Mendez, Leisa Meyer
• Jana Chavers
  Deenesh Sohoni + Kelly Joyce, Lynn Pelco
• Sheila Leonard
  Katherine Slevin + Kelly Joyce, Leisa Meyer
• Erin Nowak
  Kelly Joyce + Thomas Linneman, Jenny Putzi