Graduate Students

Nicole Aschoff, M.A., Johns Hopkins University, 2005.  B.A., Rutgers University-Rutgers College, 2002. aschoff@jhu.edu 
Interests: historical sociology, labor movements, comparative national development.

Astra Bonini, M.A., Johns Hopkins University, 2007.  MIA, Columbia University, 2002.  B.S., Oregon State University, 1997.  astra@jhu.edu
Interests: World-systems analysis; global inequalities of income and well-being; society and natural resources; environmental movements; sociology of knowledge; comparative and historical methods.

Mindelyn Buford,II, M.A., Johns Hopkins University, 2007. 

B.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 2004.  mbuford@jhu.edu
Interests:  Social inequality, racial and ethnic minorities, international migration, qualitative research methodology.

Laila Bushra, B. Sc., Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan, 1999.
laila@jhu.edu
Interests:

Sanda Chelliah, B.S., Virginia Tech, 2006.  schelli3@jhu.edu
Interests: Development, public health, international migration, racial and gender identities

Rachel Core, MSc, University of London, 2003, BA, Carleton College, 1998.  rcore1@jhu.edu
Interests: international development, civil society and social networks in China,  post-1978 health reform in China

Caitlin Cross-Barnet, M.A., Johns Hopkins University, 2007.  M.A., Boston University, 1993.  B.A., Oberlin College, 1991.  ccb@jhu.edu
Interests:   Gender and sexuality, race-ethnicity, social inequality, marriage and the family, institutions and identity, mixed methods research.

Elizabeth Dayton, M.A., Stanford University, 2004.  B.A., Stanford University, 2003.  edayton@jhu.edu. 
Interests:  Racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and gender inequality in education and health care.

B. Cetin Eren, B.A., Bogaziçi University, 2000.
cetine@hotmail.com
Interests:

Angela Estacion, B.A., Tufts University, 1997.
aestacion@jhu.edu
Interests:   children, youth, and public policy, welfare reform, sociology of the family, sociology of education.

Felipe Amin Filomeno, M.Sc. in Economics, Federal University of Santa
Catarina (Brazil), 2006. B.Sc. in Economic Sciences, Federal University of
Santa Catarina (Brazil), 2003.  aminfilomeno@jhu.edu

Research interests: World-Systems Analysis, Comparative Historical Macro-Sociology, Latin America.

Joe Gasper, B.A., The George Washington University, 2002.
jgasper@jhu.edu
Interests:   Sociology of Education, specifically inequality/stratification, peer influence, and deviance/violence; Sociology of the Family; Quantitative Methodology.

Travis Gosa, M.A., Johns Hopkins University, 2005. B.S., Shepherd College, 2002. lgosa1@jhu.edu
Interests:   Sociology of Education, Race and Ethnicity, Popular and Youth Culture, Qualitative Methodology, Social Inequality.

Dissertation: “Oppositional Culture, Hip-Hop, and the Schooling of Black Youth” (expected date of completion: December 2007)

CV

Burak Gurel, M.A., Bogazici University, Modern Turkish History, 2004.  B.A., Dokuz Eylul University, International Relations, 2002. gburak1@jhu.edu
Interests: Political economy, historical sociology, political economy of agrarian change, labor and social movements.

Kevan Harris, B.A., Northwestern University, 2001.  kevan@jhu.edu
Interests:  Political Economy of West Asia, Labor and Social Movements, Political Economy of International Finance.  

Amy Kristine Holmes , M.A., Free University of Berlin.  B.A., Lyon College.  holmes@jhu.edu
Interests:   macro-historical sociology, comparative hegemonies, gender relations

Lakshmi Jayaram, M.A., Johns Hopkins University 2005. M.P.P., University of Chicago, 1997.  B.A., Washington University, 1994.  lj@jhu.edu
Interests: Gender and Family; Immigrant Adaptation; Sociology of Education and Human Development; Intersection of Gender, Race, and Class; Qualitative Research Methodology; Social Policy.

Sahan Savas Karatasli, B.A., KOC University, 2004.  skaratasli@jhu.edu
Interests:   Political economy of development, global inequalities, labor and student movements, rise and fall of hegemonies, theories of social justice.  

Julie Kim, B.A., Rutgers University- Rutgers College, 2005.  jukim@jhu.edu
Interests: Immigration, Health Disparities, Segregation, Poverty, Transition to Adulthood, Urban Sociology, Social Policy.

Sika Koudou, B. A., Xavier University of Louisiana, 2007.  skoudou1@jhu.edu

Interests: children and the family, racial and ethnic minorities, transnationalism.  

Sefika Kumral, B.A., Koc University, 2006. skumral1@jhu.edu.

Interests: labor, social movements.

Kwang-sig Lee, M.S., Iowa State University, 2002 & 2004.  B.A., B.S., Kon Kuk University, 1999.  ecophy@jhu.edu
Interests:   international development, labor and social movements, world-systems analysis.  

Yao Li, M.A., Peking University, 2007.  B.A. University of International Business and Economics, 2004. yaoli@jhu.edu

Interests: Social change and personality, labor studies, social inequality.

Jake Lowinger, B.A., New York University, 1998. lowinger@jhu.edu
Interests: Sociology of development with a focus on the comparative regional experience of neoliberal restructuring; world systems analysis; economic sociology; comparative and historical methods.
Dissertation topic: Market Socialism, Neoliberal Restructuring, and the Double Movement in the Former Yugoslavia.

Cagla Ozgur, B.A., George Mason University, 2000. M.S., Middle East Technical University, 1998.  B.A., Bogaziçi University, 1995. cozgur@jhu.edu
Interests: political economy, international development and economic restructuring, Middle East and Turkey.

Daniel Pasciuti, B.S., University of California, Riverside, 2004.  pasciuti@jhu.edu
Interests: Historical and Contemporary Urbanization, Urban Development and Inequality, Comparative Civilizations and World Cultures, Political-Economy, World Systems, Quantitative Methods, Medical Sociology.

Corey Patterson, B.A. Drexel University, 1998. corey@jhu.edu
Interests: international development, central Asian and Eastern European transition, sociology of music.

Caitlin Pearce, B.A. Bard College, 2004.  cpearce4@jhu.edu

Interests: 

Michael Reese, B.S., Virginia Tech, 1995. M.Ed., University of Virginia, 1997. mreese@jhu.edu
Interests: Social inequality, sociology of education,  transition to adulthood,
quantitative methods.

Bedelia Richards, B.A. Temple University, 1998. bedeliar@hotmail.com
Interests: Research on Immigration, The West Indian Immigrant Experience, Race and Ethnic Relations; Sociology of Education; Qualitative Methodology. bnr12@jhu.edu

Biography

Peter Rosenblatt, B.A. Wesleyan University, 2002.  prosenblatt@jhu.edu
Interests: Urban poverty and community, in general and specifically related to residential mobility and immigration, sociology of education, labor movements.

Benjamin Scully, bscully2@jhu.edu
Interests:

Kathryn Vickery, B.A. Kalamazoo College, 2005.  kvicker3@jhu.edu

Interests: development studies; social movements; communities and group conflict; social inequality; immigration and diaspora; environmental/rural sociology; religion

Christian Villenas, M.A., Johns Hopkins University, 2006. M.S., New School University, 2002.  B.A., New York University, 1998.  cvillen1@jhu.edu
Interests:  Sociology of education, sociology of disability, sociology of sports, sociology of aging, diffusion of innovation, racial inequality, status attainment, teachers and teaching, popular culture, and quantitative methodology.

Suzumi Yasutake, B.A., University of Maryland, 2002.  B.A., Seinan Gakuin University, 1982.  suzumi@jhu.edu
Interests:   social demography, immigration and migration, development.  

Erdem Yoruk, M.A., Bogazici University, 2006. B.A. Bogazici University,
2002. eyoruk2@jhu.edu
Interests: State Theory, Political Economy, Historical Sociology, Politics
of Class and Nation, Imperialism and Colonization.

Yin Yue, M.Phil., the Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005.  B.A. Peking University, 2003.  yyue1@jhu.edu
Interests: Social inequality, social structure and personality, China studies, quantitative research methods

Shaohua Zhan, M.A., Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, 2002; B.A., China Youth University for Political Sciences 1999. zhansh@jhu.edu
Interests: labor migration; international development

Lu Zhang, M.A. (Sociology), The Johns Hopkins University, 2006;

M.A (Social Research) University of Warwick, UK, 2003;  B.A. (Sociology), Fudan University, 2002.  lzhang30@jhu.edu
Interests:   Labor and labor movement, China studies, comparative international development, social change and social stratification, class and social inequality.