Graduate Students

2009-2010 GSA Representatives

Madhavi Cherian, mcherian@nyu.edu
Jeremy Cohan, jc3383@nyu.edu
Zalman Newfield, szn203@nyu.edu
David Wachsmuth, dwachsmuth@nyu.edu

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

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Hillary Angelo	B.A. in Urban Studies, Vassar College, 2003 Interests: Public space, Civic participation, Public Art hillary.angelo@nyu.edu
Jenna Appelbaum	B.A. in Psychology and Women's Studies, Duke University, 2002 Interests: transitional justice in Africa, international criminal law, sexual violence, genocide, women’s rights jba248@nyu.edu

B

Leslie-Ann Bolden	B.A. in Sociology, Hunter College, CUNY, 2003 Interests: Globalization, Immigration, Technology and Developing Countries with Emphasis on Latin America and the Caribbean leslieann.bolden@nyu.edu
Ruth Braunstein	B.S. in Foreign Service in Culture and Politics, Georgetown University, 2003 Interests: Political Sociology, Culture and Religion rb1644@nyu.edu

C

Madhavi Cherian	B.A. in Economics, University of Delhi, 2002 M.A. in Economics, IUPUI, 2005 Interests: Development & Inequality mcherian@nyu.edu
Jeremy Cohan	B.A. in Music, University of Chicago, 2006 B.A. in Philosophy, University of Chicago, 2006 Interests: Social Theory, Social Movements/The Left, Marxist Theory, Socialism, Historical Sociology, Political Economy, Sociology of Art, Intellectual History jc3383@nyu.edu
Mark Cohen	B.A. in Philosophy, Columbia University, 2007 Interests: Political Economy, Historical Sociology, Development, Japan. mc2579@nyu.edu
Malia Coloma	B.A. in Sociology, University of California-Berkeley, 2007 Interests: Family, Education, Gender, Sociology of Law mnc238@nyu.edu
Jill Conte	B.A. in Biology, Wesleyan University, 1998 Interests: Gender and Sexuality, Science and Culture, the Body jill.conte@nyu.edu

D

Nandi E. Dill

B.A. in Economics, Emory University 2002
Interests: Crime, deviance, and punishment; Race; Class and Inequality; African Diaspora; Research methods
nandi.dill@nyu.edu

F

Meghan Falvey	B.A. in Sociology, Swarthmore College Interests: Inequality, particularly gender stratification; and State Policy meghan.falvey@nyu.edu
Michael Friedson	B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies, University of Pittsburgh, 2000 J.D. (magna cum laude, Order of the Coif), NYU School of Law, 2004 Interests: Punishment, Capitalism, Sociology of Illegal Drugs, Race, Critical Sociology of the Intrapsychic michael.friedson@nyu.edu

H

Jennifer Heerwig	B.A., New York University Interests: Political and economic sociology, Research Methods ennif@nyu.edu
Giselle Hendrie	Interests: Education, Culture, Religion, Social Change giselle.hendrie@nyu.edu

J

Jane Jones

B.A. in Sociology, University of Chicago, 2002
Interests: Urban Sociology, Sociology of Sexuality
jane.jones@nyu.edu

K

Pamela Kaufman	B.A. in Social Anthropology, University of Michigan, 2005 Interests: Gender, Family, Culture pgk216@nyu.edu
Sarah Beth Kaufman	B.A., Wesleyan University, 1997; M.A., Tulane University, 2003 Interests: Knowledge, Culture, Punishment, Law, Medicine sarah.kaufman@nyu.edu
Issa Kohler-Hausmann	B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000 M.A. in Sociology, Northwestern University, 2006 J.D., Yale Law School, 2008 Interests: Sociology of Law, Sociology of Crime, Inequality ikh210@nyu.edu

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Ellen Lamont	B.A., UC Berkeley, Peace and Conflict Studies, 2001 M.A., University of Chicago, International Relations, 2003 Interests: Gender and Power ellen.lamont@nyu.edu
Abby Larson	B.A., Stanford University, International Relations, 2001 M.A., Stanford University, Sociology, 2001 Interests: Organizations, Economics, Finance, Networks, Media abby.larson@nyu.edu
Jonathan Lassen	jjl357@nyu.edu
Amy LeClair	B.A. in Sociology, Providence College, 2002 M.Phil. in Modern Society and Global Transformations, Cambridge University, 2003 Interests: Gender and Sexuality, Culture and Media amy.leclair@nyu.edu
Suzy Lee	B.A. in Political Science, Columbia University, 2001 J.D., Harvard Law School, 2004 Interests: Migration, Development, Law and Society, State Theory, Gender, Race skl283@nyu.edu
Emi Lesure	sel322@nyu.edu

M

Miranda March	miranda.march@nyu.edu
Nada Matta	B.A. in Psychology and Media, Tel-Aviv University M.A. in Communication Culture and Society, Goldsmith College University Interests: Political Sociology, State Theory, Capitalism, Transitions to Democracy in the Middle East, Palestine-Israel Studies nm1100@nyu.edu
Brian McCabe	B.S. in International Relations, Georgetown University (2002) MSc in Geography (Cities, Space & Society), London School of Economics (2004) Interests: Urban Sociology, Political Sociology, Research Methods bjmcc@nyu.edu
Michael McCarthy	B.A. in Sociology, UCLA, 2005 Interests: Political Sociology, Party Formation, Employer Strategies, the Welfare State, Comparative-Historical Methods michael.mccarthy@nyu.edu
Allison McKim	B.A. in Sociology, Barnard College 2001 M.A. in Sociology, NYU 2007 Interests: Gender and sexuality, punishment, institutions of social control, politics of reproduction, law, the welfare state, drugs and society, feminist theory. allison.mckim@nyu.edu
Noah McClain	B.A., Sarah Lawrence College, 1998 Interests: Urban sociology, Social theory, Sociology of knowledge, Historical sociology and institutions noah.mcclain@nyu.edu
Tey Meadow	B.A. in Psychology and Women’s Studies, Barnard College, 1998; JD Fordham Law School, 2003 Interests: Law and Society, Social Movements, Gender and Sexuality, Social Theory tey.meadow@nyu.edu
Ashley Mears	B.A. in Sociology, University of Georgia, 2003 Interests: Economic Sociology, Gender, Sociology of the Body, Work and Occupations, Fashion and Beauty ashley.mears@nyu.edu

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Schneur Zalman Newfield	B.A. in Psychology, Brooklyn College-CUNY, 2007 Interests: Sociology of Religion, Social Movements, Sociology of Knowledge, Ethnography szn203@nyu.edu
Laura Noren	B.S. in Comparative Media Studies B.S.A.D. in History, Theory and Criticism in Art and Architecture; MIT Interests: Onscreen Interaction, Digital Spaces, Immigration, Social Networks, Culture laura.noren@nyu.edu

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Sheera Olasky	B.A. in Women's Studies, University of Pennsylvania Interests: Social Movements and Social Policy, Political Sociology, Urban Sociology, Environmental Justice, Public Health sheera.olasky@nyu.edu
Amaka Okechukwu	B.A. in Sociology, University of Southern California, 2008 B.A. in English-Creative Writing, University of Southern California, 2008 Interests: Social Movements, Culture, Arts, Race, Urban Sociology, Ethnography, Qualitative Methods aco237@nyu.edu

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Jennifer Petersen	B.A. in Anthropology, Occidental College Interests: Urban Sociology: urban planning and redevelopment, megaprojects. Political Economy, Ethnography. jen.petersen@nyu.edu
Deinya Phenix	B.A., Williams College, Religion and Art; M.A., University of New Mexico, Sociology Interests: Criminology, Research Methods, Education deinya.phenix@nyu.edu
Alton Phillips	B.A. in Gender & Sexuality Studies and Mathematics, Vassar College Interests: Urban studies, political sociology and sociology of the body alton.phillips@nyu.edu
Glen Pine	glen.pine@nyu.edu
Devyani Prabhat	B.A., LL.B (Hons), National Law School (Bangalore, India) LL.M, New York University School of Law Interests: Sociology of Law, Political Sociology (and the interactions between the two), Sociological Theory dp636@nyu.edu
Doreet Preiss	B.A. in Sociology/French, Hamilton College, 2004 Interests: Sociology of Education drp281@nyu.edu

R

Emily Rauscher	B.A., Wesleyan University, 1999 M.S., Univ. of Southern California, 2004 M.Phil., Trinity College, Dublin, 2005 Interests: Adolescence, Race and Ethnicity, Stratification, Education emily.rauscher@nyu.edu
René Rojas	B.A. in Government, Harvard University, 1994 M.A. in Latin American Studies, University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1998 Interests: Political Sociology, Historical and Comparative Sociology, Development, Neoliberalism in Latin America, Marxist Theory rer271@nyu.edu
Michael Rowan	B.A. in History, Geneva College, 2000 J.D., Florida State University, 2004 Interests: Sociology of Law, Sociology of Punishment, Critical Criminology, Social Change mtr270@nyu.edu
Poulami Roychowdhury	B.A. in Political Science and Economics, Swarthmore College Interests: Neoliberalization, India, Feminist Theory, Marxist Theory pr667@nyu.edu

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Ihsan Ercan Sadi	B.A. in Economics, Middle East Technical University, 2006 M.A. in Political Sciences and Public Administration, Middle East Technical University, 2008 Interests: Economic Sociology, Institutional Political Economy, Comparative-Historical Sociology i.e.sadi@nyu.edu
Curtis Sarles	B.A., New College of Florida Interests: Historical Sociology, especially state formation and the transformation of nature, Critical Theory curtis.sarles@nyu.edu
David Schleifer	Interests: Science and Technology, Food and the Food Industry, Sexuality and Culture david.schleifer@nyu.edu
Jason Stanley	B.A. in Asian Studies, Williams College, 2000 M.Phil. in Development Studies, Oxford University, 2002 M.Sc. in Forced Migration Studies, Oxford University, 2003 Interests: Labor and Social Movements, Political Economy, Marxist Theory, Mass Media jts350@nyu.edu
Miodrag Stojnic	B.A. in Sociology, American University in Kyrgyzstan, 2002 Interests: Development, Globalization, Political Sociology, Economic Sociology, Social Change miodrag.stojnic@nyu.edu

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Jason Thompson	B.A. in Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, 2005 Interests: Economic Sociology, Education, Inequality, Immigration, Race and Ethnicity, Religion, Stratification
Stacy Torres	B.A. in Comparative Literature, Fordham University, 2002 M.F.A. in Creative Writing (Nonfiction), Columbia University, 2007 Interests: Urban Sociology, Ethnography, Stratification/Inequality, Medical Sociology smt339@nyu.edu
Mark Treskon	B.A. in Geographical Studies, University of Chicago (1999) M.Sc. in Urban Planning, University of Toronto (2001) Interests: Urban Sociology, Public Space, Housing mark.treskon@nyu.edu

V

Melissa Velez

B.A. in Psychology, Princeton University, 2001
Interests: Ethnic studies, Minority achievement gap
melissa.velez@nyu.edu

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Robert Weide

B.A., UC Santa Barbara, 2002
Interests: Criminology, Criminal Justice, Race and Ethnicity
robert.weide@nyu.edu

Owen Whooley

M.A. in Sociology, Boston College
B.A. in Sociology and History, Catholic University of America
Interests: Social Movements, Sociology of Knowledge, Collective Memory, Historical Sociology
owen.whooley@nyu.edu

Y

Grace Yukich

M.A., Indiana University, 2004
B.A., University of Alabama, 2002
Interests: Religion, Movements, Culture, Migration, Urban Sociology
grace.yukich@nyu.edu