2008-2009 GSA Representatives

Courtney Abrams

Interests:  Social policy and the family; Race, poverty, and the welfare state; Gender
courtney.abrams@nyu.edu

Garrett Batten

garrett.batten@nyu.edu

Danielle Bessett

B.A., Mount Holyoke College, 1996
M.A., New York University, 2000
Interests: Gender and Inequality, Health and Medicine, Family, Science and Technology, Feminist Theory, Popular Culture and Media Dissertation draws from content analysis, ethnographic observations, and longitudinal qualitative interviews with sixty-four women in Manhattan, Connecticut, and the Bronx to consider how expecting mothers from diverse backgrounds construct normality in the highly-stratified context of medicalized pregnancy and how their invocations
of normality express understandings of individual well-being, family, and social life more generally.
danielle.bessett@nyu.edu     [website]

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

B.S. in Foreign Service in Culture and Politics, Georgetown University, 2003
Interests:  Political Sociology, Culture and Religion
rb1644@nyu.edu 

Amanda Cissner

amanda.cissner@nyu.edu

Jill Conte

B.A. in Biology, Wesleyan University, 1998
Interests: Gender and Sexuality, Science and Culture, the Body
jill.conte@nyu.edu

Sarah Damaske

B.A. in Comparative Literature, Hamilton College
Interests: The Family, Gender, Stratification and Inequality, Race
sarah.damaske@nyu.edu

Elizabeth Duthie

B.A. in Philosophy, St. Olaf College, 2005
Interests:  Social Justice and Inequality, especially in education and immigration
ead325@nyu.edu

Meghan Falvey

B.A. in Sociology, Swarthmore College
Interests: Inequality, particularly gender stratification; and State Policy
meghan.falvey@nyu.edu

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

Kate Gualtieri

kathleen.gualtieri@nyu.edu

Giselle Hendrie

Interests: Education, Culture, Religion, Social Change
giselle.hendrie@nyu.edu

Amie Hess

Interests: Gender, Social Policy, and Sexuality 
amie.hess@nyu.edu

Jane Jones

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

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

Monika Krause

M.Sc. in Political Sociology, London School of Economics
Interests: Critical theory, Sociology of culture, Citizenship, Human rights, Humanitarian relief
monika.krause@nyu.edu

B.A., Stanford University, International Relations, 2001
M.A., Stanford University, Sociology, 2001
Interests: Organizations, networks, law
abby.larson@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

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

Samantha MacBride

B.A. in Biology, Johns Hopkins University; M.P.A. Policy, New York University
Interests: Environmental Sociology, Urban Sociology, Political Economy, Public Policy, Marxian Ecology 
Researching the political economy of waste management in NYC. 
samantha.macbride@nyu.edu

Aaron Major

aaron.major@nyu.edu

Miranda March

miranda.march@nyu.edu

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

B.A. in Sociology, UCLA, 2005
Interests: Marxist theory, Political Economy, Latin American Politics,
Organizations, State Theory, Labor Organizations (especially issues of union democracy), Development, and Regional Integration.
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

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

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

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

Jennifer Petersen

B.A. in Anthropology, Occidental College
Interests: Urban Sociology: urban planning and redevelopment, megaprojects. Political Economy, Ethnography.
jen.petersen@nyu.edu

Kathryn Pfeiffer

B.A. in Sociology, Temple University
Interests: Inequality, Sociology of Education, Race and Ethnicity
kathryn.pfeiffer@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

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

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

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

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

Melissa Velez

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

Robert Weide

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

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

Grace Yukich

M.A., Indiana University, 2004
B.A., University of Alabama, 2002
Interests: Religion, Movements, Culture, Peace Studies, Research Methods
grace.yukich@nyu.edu