| Name | Degree Awarded | Date | Title of Thesis or Dissertation | Committee Chair or Co-Chair |
| Fulkerson, Gregory Malone | Doctor of Philosophy: Sociology | Dec-2006 | Reality and Representations: How Americans Think about Agriculture | Robert Moxley, Co-Chair and Ronald Wimberley, Co-Chair |
| Joyner, Jason Daniel | Doctor of Philosophy: Sociology | Dec-2006 | The Effects of Economic Resources on Men's Parental Involvement in Two-Parent Families | Theodore Greenstein, Chair |
| Kort-Butler, Lisa Ann | Doctor of Philosophy: Sociology | Dec-2006 | Boys Act Bad and Girls Get Sad: How Gender Structures Sex Differences in Adolescent Well-Being | Ronald Czaja, Chair |
| Buck, Alison Rose | Masters of Science: Sociology | Dec-2006 | Learning Community Participation and Sense of Community | Maxine Atkinson, Chair |
| Irvin, Matthew Wilson, Jr. | Doctor of Philosophy: Sociology | Aug-2006 | Radio Station Market Concentration and Programming Diversity: The Effect of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 on the Local Radio Market | Ronald Wimberley, Chair |
| Briggs, Lisa Thomas | Doctor of Philosophy: Sociology | May-2006 | Reading Deficiency and Delinquency: Interactions with Social, Physical, Human and Cultural Capital | William R. Smith, Chair |
| Gurrera, Marlee Moore | Doctor of Philosophy: Sociology | May-2006 | An Evaluation of a Mental Health Court: Process, Procedure and Outcome | Virginia Aldigé, Chair |
| Mallinson, Christine Louise | Doctor of Philosophy: Sociology | May-2006 | The Dynamic Construction of Race, Class and Gender through Linguistic Practice among Women in a Black Appalachian Community | Richard Della Fave, Chair |
| Nooney, Jennifer Green | Doctor of Philosophy: Sociology | May-2006 | Keeping the Faith: Religious Transmission and Apostasy in Generation X | Eric Woodrum, Chair |
| Farrar, Brandy Deneen | Masters of Science: Sociology | May-2006 | Race, Gender and Bullying Behavior: The Role of Perceived Stereotypes | Maxine Thompson, Chair |
| Garrett-Peters, Raymond | Masters of Science: Sociology | May-2006 | Coping with Unemployment: Self-Concept Repair by Displaced Managers and Professionals | Michael Schwalbe, Chair |
| Hawkins, Kristina Jean | Masters of Science: Sociology | May-2006 | Perceived Risk of Criminal Victimization | William R. Smith, Chair |
| Parrotta, Kylie Lynn | Masters of Science: Sociology | May-2006 | Disparity in Prosecutorial Decision Making in North Carolina: The Effects of Processual Factors | Rodney Engen, Chair |
| Williams, Zaynah Ayisha | Masters of Science: Sociology | May-2006 | Does it Matter if you're Black or White? Skin Color and Psychological Well-being Among Middle School Youth | Maxine Thompson, Chair |
| Botchkovar, Ekaterina V. | Doctor of Philosophy: Sociology | Dec-2005 | Theoretical Improvement Of Braithwaite's Reintegrative Shaming Theory: Specifying Contingencies For The Process Of Shaming | Charles Tittle, Chair |
| Latimore, Traronda Lorraine | Doctor of Philosophy: Sociology | Dec-2005 | Illuminating Individual-Level Sources Of Crime For African Americans And Whites: An. Examination Of Four Theories | Charles Tittle, Chair |
| Jason, Kendra Jeanel | Masters of Science: Sociology | Dec-2005 | Organizational inequality in Job Promotion | Michael D. Schulman, Chair and Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey, Co-Chair |
| Wright, Delmar Anthony | Masters of Science: Sociology | Dec-2005 | Access To Authority And Promotions: Do Organizational Mechanisms Affect Workplace Outcomes Differently For Blacks And Whites? | Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey, Chair |
| Stainback, Kevin Mark | Doctor of Philosophy: Sociology | Aug-2005 | Politics, Environmental Uncertainty And Organizational Change: Race And Sex Workplace Opportunity In The Post-Civil Rights Era, 1966-2002 | Donald T Tomaskovic-Devey, Chair |
| Treiber, Linda Ann | Doctor of Philosophy: Sociology | Aug-2005 | Workplace Organization, Labor Process Control And Occupational Health | Michael D. Schulman, Chair |
| Warren, Patricia Yvoonne | Doctor of Philosophy: Sociology | Aug-2005 | Race, Class And Trust: Perceptions Of The Police In North Carolina | Donald T Tomaskovic-Devey, Chair |
| Avent, Dustin Robert | Masters of Science: Sociology | Aug-2005 | Organizational Politics And Relational Inequality: The Generation Of Wage Inequality In The Production Process | Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey, Chair |
| Choi, Seunghee | Masters of Science: Sociology | May-2005 | Do Technological Changes And Organizational Context Affect Job Autonomy? | Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey, Chair |
| Cooper, Danielle Jamilla | Masters of Science: Sociology | May-2005 | Gender Ed Social Bounds And Gender Ideologies: Understanding The Gender Gap In Delinquency | Stacy De Coster |
| Cornell, Rena | Masters of Science: Sociology | May-2005 | Power, Control, And The Gender Gap In Delinquency: Reconsidering The Gendered Translation Of Power From Workplace To Household | Stacy De Coster |
| Woolley, Donald Patrick | Doctor of Philosophy: Sociology | Dec-2004 | Perceptions Of The Presidency: Civil Religion And The Public's Assessment Of Candidates And Incumbents | Ronald C. Wimberley, Chair |
| Bloch, Katrina Rebecca | Masters of Science: Sociology | Dec-2004 | Get Away From The Altar: Attitudes Toward Same Sex And Multi Racial Relationships | Barbara J. Risman, Chair |
| Froyum-Roise, Carissa Rose | Masters of Science: Sociology | Aug-2004 | "Doing What I Do": African American Teenagers, Gender, And Sexality in an Inner City | Barbara J. Risman, Chair |
| Macomber, Kristine Claire | Masters of Science: Sociology | Aug-2004 | Determinants Of Whites Friendliness With Blacks: Interracial Contact And Whites Racial Attitudes | Thomas Hoban, Chair |
| Taylor, Tiffany Lea | Masters of Science: Sociology | Aug-2004 | Defining Anger: Deconstructing The Experience And Expression Of Anger By Race, Class, And Gender | Barbara J. Risman, Chair |
| Davis, Shannon Nichole | Doctor of Philosophy: Sociology | May-2004 | Is Justice Contextual? A Cross-National Analysis Of Married Women's Perceptions Of Fairness Of The Division Of Household Labor | Theodore N. Greenstein, Chair |
| Heuer, Ruth Elizabeth | Doctor of Philosophy: Sociology | May-2004 | Migration Of Recent College Graduates | Theodore N. Greenstein, Chair |
| Sherwood, Jessica Holden | Doctor of Philosophy: Sociology | May-2004 | Talk About Country Clubs: Ideology And The Reproduction Of Privilege | Barbara J. Risman, Chair |
| Pickett, Robert Louis | Masters of Science: Sociology | May-2004 | Race, Region, And Rurality: Implications For Educational Attainment | Ronald C. Wimberley, Chair |
| Twiddy, Susan Elizabeth | Masters of Science: Sociology | May-2004 | What Works In Organizing? Applying Social Movement Theory To Building Labor Unions In North Carolina | Jeffrey C. Leiter, Chair |
| Manton, Marion Suchy | Doctor of Philosophy: Sociology | Dec-2003 | Inequality in Wages Among Men: An Examination of the Bachelor Wage Pennalty | Catherine Zimmer, Chair |
| Monahan, Molly Bernice | Doctor of Philosophy: Sociology | Aug-2003 | Rationality Unveiled: Philosophy and Practices in a Hospice Organization | Barbara J. Risman, Chair |
| Johnson, Kecia Renee | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | Aug-2003 | Prison, Race and Space: The Impact of Incarceration on Career Trajectories and Local Labor Markets | Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey, Chair |
| Jicha, Karl Armstrong | Masters of Science: Sociology | Aug-2003 | The Prevalence Of Childhood Abuse And Adverse Outcomes Among Involuntarily Hospitalized Persons With Severe Mental Illness | Virginia H. Aldige, Chair |
| Rizk, Stephanie Clarisa | Masters of Science: Sociology | Aug-2003 | Service Sector Growth And Income Inequalities: A Longitudinal Analysis | Michael D. Schulman, Chair |
| Kaase, Khristopher Jerome | Doctor of Philosophy, Sociology | May-2003 | Equal Employment Opportunity and Educational Achievement Gaps | Catherine R. Zimmer, Chair |
| Bissler, Denise Louise | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | May-2003 | Fear of Crime and Social Networks: A Community Study of Two Local Public Housing Complexes | William R. Smith, Chair |
| Febbo-Hunt, Maria | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | May-2003 | The Other Side of the Track: Curriculum Tracking and the Pathway to Delinquency | Catherine R. Zimmer, Chair |
| Frazee, Sharon Glave | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | May-2003 | The Social Context in Inmate Misbehavior: A Contextual Analysis of Infractions in North Carolina Prisons | William R. Smith, Chair |
| Miller, James Kirk | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | May-2003 | Race, Place, Cops and Stops: Local Context, Racial Profiling, and Social Control in North Carolina | Matthew T. Zingraff, Chair |
| Rice, Kennon J. | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | May-2003 | An Ecological Analysis of the Associates of Burglary, Auto Theft, and Robbery Using Hierarchial Linear Methodology: An Investigation of a Strategy for Theoretical Integration | William R. Smith, Chair |
| Wright, Beth Ann | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | May-2003 | Rural Lesbians: Navigating Unique Terrain | Barbara J. Risman, Chair |
| Gerteisen, Jennifer Parks | Master of Science | May-2003 | When ‘A Man’ Becomes ‘A Husband’: Relationship Status and Transition and the Division of Household Labor | Theodore N. Greenstein, Chair |
| Jicha, Karl Armstrong | Master of Science | May-2003 | The Prevalence of Childhood Abuse and Adverse Outcomes Among Involuntarily Hospitalized Persons with Severe Mental Illness | Virginia M. Aldigeˊ , Chair |
| Snider, Lisa DeLynn | Master of Science; Sociology | May, 2003 | Working Moms: A Study of the Factors that Affect the Hours of Employment per Week of Married Mothers Whose Youngest Child is Less than Six | Theodore N. Greenstein, Chair |
| Loughridge, Kenneth Brandon | Doctor of Philosophy, Sociology | Dec, 2002 | Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) in the Mid-Atlantic United States: A Sociological Analysis | Randall J. Thomson, Chair |
| Mason, Helen Marcinda | Doctor of Philosophy, Sociology | Dec, 2002 | Multilevel Model of Racial Disparity in Traffic Enforcement | Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey, Chair |
| Godwin, Melissa Hunt | Master of Science | Dec, 2002 | The Effects of Prior Stages of Criminal Justice Decision-Making on Criminal Sentencing: A Test of Three Models | William R. Smith, Chair |
| Williams, Jennifer Snead | Master of Science; Rural Sociology | Dec, 2002 | Newly Immigrated Hispanics in North Carolina: Experiences with Housing and Neighbor Relations | Jeffrey C. Leiter, Chair |
| Fleisher, Greg Eric | Master of Science; Rural Sociology | Aug, 2002 | Afraid of the Dark: The Effect of Black Population Concentration on Whites’ Levels of Anti-Black Prejudice | Melvin Thomas, Chair |
| McClure, Amy Irene | Master of Science; Sociology | Aug-2002 | Predictors of Adolescent Sexual Intercourse: Race, Class and Gender Differences and Similarities | Barbara J. Risman, Chair |
| McTague, Tricia | Master of Science; Sociology | Aug-2002 | Community Response to Environmental Risk: A Case Study of Women’s Activism | Michael D. Schulman, Chair |
| Stainback, Kevin Mark | Master of Science; Sociology | Aug-2002 | Social Capital and Earnings Inequalities: Issues of Access and Mobilization in Three Cities | Catherine R. Zimmer, Chair |
| Hossfeld, Leslie Hall | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | May, 2002 | They Say The River Ran Red With Blood Narrative, Political Unconscious and Racial Violence in Wilmington, North Carolina | Michael D. Schulman, Chair |
| Rhea, Anisa Clair | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | May-2002 | The Individual, Institutional, and Interactional Influences on Women’s Decisions to Have a Child: A Multi-Level Examination | Catherine Zimmer, Chair |
| Robinson, Corre Leon | Master of Science; Rural Sociology | May-2002 | African-American Farm Family Perspectives on Farming, Land Tenure, and Migration | Michael D. Schulman, Chair |
| Johnson, Andrea Natasha | Master of Science; Sociology | Dec-2001 | Risk Factors Associated with Depressing Among African-American and White Adolescents | Maxine S. Thompson, Chair |
| Holden, Daphne | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | Aug-2001 | Constructing an Emotional Culture in an Intentional Community | Michael L. Schwalbe, Chair |
| Schrock, Douglas Paul | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | Aug-2001 | Micropolitics in a Men’s Anti-Battering Program | Michael L. Schwalbe, Chair |
| Gifford, Diane Marie | Master of Science | Aug-2001 | Stressful Life Events, Chronic Stress and Adolescent Depression | William R. Smith and Stacy M. De Coster, Co-Chairs |
| Roberts, Jeffrey Michael | Master of Science; Sociology | Aug-2001 | Situated Webers: Three Generations of Neo-Weberian Work on Class, Status, and Party | L. Richard Della Fave, Chair |
| Islam, Noor Mohammed Kamrul | Doctor of Philosophy: Sociology | May-2001 | Patron-Client Culture in Bangladesh: The Resulting Weak State and Stubborn Rural Socio-Economic Stagnation | Jeffrey C. Leiter, Chair |
| Alston, David Jr. | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | May-2001 | Sex and Race Differences in Locus of Control and Adult Criminal Involvement: Towards an Integration of Self and Social Structural Perspective | Barbara J. Risman and William R. Smith, Co-Chairs |
| Chung, Yong-Dal | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | May-2001 | The Two Faces of Unionism: A Dual Closure Approach to Contradictory Behavior in U.S. Labor | Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey, Chair |
| Gray, Benjamin G., Jr. | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | May-2001 | Understanding the Relationship Between Rural Health and Income | Ronald C. Wimberley, Chair |
| Skaggs, Sheryl Lynne | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | May-2001 | Discrimination Litigation: Implications for Women and Minorities in Retail Supermarket Management | Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey, Chair |
| Strugatz, Elizabeth Lynn | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | May-2001 | Gender, Self-esteem and Delinquency: Using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health to Test and Extend Agnew’s General Strain Theory | Stacy M. De Coster and Patricia L. McCall, Co-Chairs |
| Robinson, Robert | Master of Science; Sociology | May-2001 | Construction Workers’ Reactions to Alienated Labor | L. Richard Della Fave, Chair |
| Bunch, Shelia G | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | Dec-2000 | Predictors of Infant Mortality Among Babies Born to African-American Women | Maxine P. Atkinson, Chair |
| McMillan, Marybe | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | Dec-2000 | Your Freedom Ends Where My Nose Begins: Conflicting Views of Large-Scale Hog Farms in Eastern North Carolina | Michael D. Schulman, Chair |
| Spann, Milton Graham | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | Dec-2000 | A Critical Analysis of the Relationship Between Ways of Knowing and Sense of Community | Catherine R. Zimmer, Chair |
| Nooney, Jennifer Green | Master of Science; Sociology | Dec-2000 | Determinants of Environmentalism: The New Environmental Paradigm and Environmental Behavior | Eric M. Woodrum, Chair |
| Reichek, Amanda (Mandy) Lea | Master of Sociology | Dec-2000 | Research Paper: Transforming Sociology into Social Justice: Hurricane Floyd as a Catalyst for Social Change | Michael L. Schwalbe, Chair |
| Greer, Susan Michelle | Master of Science; Sociology | Aug-2000 | Predicting Individual Risk for Recidivism: An Application of Restorative Justice | William R. Smith, Chair |
| Monbureau, Timothy Olivier | Master of Science; Sociology | Aug-2000 | Variation in Perception of Criminal Injustice in North Carolina: Identifying Interactions Involving Race, Gender and Class | Patricia L. McCall, Chair |
| Davis, Tricia M. | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | May-2000 | Repeating the Problem: An Examination of Unwed Adolescent Motherhood | Theodore N. Greenstein, Chair |
| Godwin, Sandra Elizabeth | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | May-2000 | Making the Cultural Personal: Parent’s Use of Cultural Resources to Manage Emotions and Salvage Identity | Barbara J. Risman, Chair |
| Stiffler, Margaret (Prince) | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | May-2000 | Parent Involvement and Adolescent Academic Achievement | Maxine P. Atkinson and Luther B. Otto, Co-Chairs |
| Squire, Claudia Michelle | Master of Science; Sociology | May-2000 | Tradeoffs of Generality and Specificity in Empirical Models of Social Ecological Processes and Crime | William R. Smith and Patricia L. McCall, Co-Chairs |
| Jolly, Stephen Neal | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | Dec-1999 | Family Structure and Adolescent Self-Efficacy | Theodore N. Greenstein, Chair |
| Lewellyn-Jones, Angela D. | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | Dec-1999 | Gender and Wife Abuse: The Effects of Gender Ideology and ‘Doing Gender’ | Maxine P. Atkinson, Chair |
| Simmons, Mary Jennifer | Master of Science; Rural Sociology | Dec-1999 | Gender Influences on Clergy Careers | Eric Woodrum, Chair |
| Allen, Ann Snead | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | Aug-1999 | The Effects of Childlessness on Depression in American Women | Ronald C. Wimberley and Maxine S. Thompson, Co-Chairs |
| Young, Glyn | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | Aug-1999 | Environmental Impacts on Community Child Protection Teams: An Organizational Analysis of a Child Abuse Response System in North Carolina | Matthew T. Zingraff, Chair |
| Hill, J. D. | Master of Science; Sociology | Aug-1999 | A Comparison of Religious Change Models and the Influence of National Variations on their Application | Eric M. Woodrum, Chair |
| Monahan, Molly Bernice | Master of Science; Sociology | Aug-1999 | The ‘Framing’ of Women Through Media Discourse: How News Magazines Represent Violence Against Women | Maxine P. Atkinson, Chair |
| Wolkomir, Michelle Janet | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | May-1999 | Redeeming Identities: Ideology, Emotion, and the Creation of Moral Selves | Michael L. Schwalbe, Chair |
| Armbruster, Leslie L. | Master of Science; Rural Sociology | May-1999 | Promoting Resiliency and Decreasing Delinquency among Maltreated Children: The Role of Intervention Services | Matthew T. Zingraff, Chair |
| Holden Sherwood, Jessica | Master of Science; Rural Sociology | May-1999 | The Complex Worlds of Children in Egalitarian Families | Barbara J. Risman, Chair |
| Hyde, Katherine A. | Master of Science; Rural Sociology | May-1999 | Feminist Consciousness and Gender Ideology Among Russian Women Activists | Barbara J. Risman, Chair |
| Rice, Kennon J. | Master of Science; Rural Sociology | May-1999 | The Socio-Ecological Associations of Automotive Theft: An Integrated Model of the Routine Activity and Social Disorganization Approaches | William R. Smith, Chair |
| Blackwelder, Stephen P. | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | Dec-1998 | Power Bases and Decision-making Strategies: Practice of Gender and Co-Decision-Making Theory | Maxine P. Atkinson, Chair |
| Whitmire, J. Timothy | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | Dec-1998 | The Health Inequality of Labor Markets in the United States: Presenting a Theoretical Model and an Empirical Investigation | Michael D. Schulman & William B. Clifford, Co-Chairs |
| Heuer, Ruth | Master of Science; Rural Sociology | Dec-1998 | The Direct and Indirect Effects of Sociodemographic Variables on Attitudes Toward Homosexuality | Catherine R. Zimmer, Chair |
| Christiana, Karyn Lee | Master of Sociology | Dec-1998 | Research Paper: The Service Culture and the Airlines: Destination....Quality customer Service | Michael D. Schulman, Chair |
| Mason, Helen Marcinda | Master of Science, Rural Sociology | Aug-1998 | Deindustrialization and Violent Crime, 1980-1990 | Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey, Chair |
| Bailey, Amanda R. | Master of Science; Rural Sociology | May-1998 | Exploring the Intersection of Gender, Race, Age and Crime in Official Arrest Data: The Significance of Black Women’s Experience | William R. Smith, Chair |
| Briggs, Lisa Thomas | Master of Science; Rural Sociology | May-1998 | The Fire(s) This Time" | L. Richard Della Fave, Chair |
| DeSousa, Julio F. | Master of Science; Rural Sociology | May-1998 | Toward A Sociology of Entrepreneurship With A Special Focus on Africa | Michael D. Schulman, Chair |
| Cotten, Shelia R. | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | Dec-1997 | Marital Status and Mental Health Revisited: Examining the Importance of Risk Factors, Resources and Social Support | Michael D. Schulman and Luther B. Otto, Co-Chairs |
| Overton, Thomas A. | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | Dec-1997 | Factors That Influence Farmers’ Environmental Practices | Ronald C. Wimberley, Chair |
| Terry, Margaret A. | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | Dec-1997 | Household Livelihood Strategies: Employment, Income and Well-Being in Farm Families | Robert L. Moxley, Chair |
| Biber, Melissa R. | Master of Science; Rural Sociology | Dec-1997 | Gender Ideology and Paternal Involvement | Maxine P. Atkinson and Theodore N. Greenstein, Co-Chairs |
| Nimble, Myles Keith | Master of Sociology | Dec-1997 | Research Paper: The Social and Economic Condition of Rural North Carolina: A Social Indicators Report | Luther B. Otto, Chair |
| Scott, Angela K. | Master of Sociology | Dec-1997 | Research Paper: Gender and Women Entrepreneurs | Barbara J. Risman, Chair |
| Anderson, Cynthia D. | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | Aug-1997 | The Social Consequences of Economic Restructuring in the Textile Industry: Change in a Southern Mill Village | Michael D. Schulman, Chair |
| Banachowski-Fuller, Cheryl D. | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | Aug-1997 | Peer Influence, Parental Bonds, School Bonds, and Perceived Peer Pressure to Commit Delinquent Behavior | Patricia L. McCall, Chair |
| Bruce, Marino P. | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | Aug-1997 | Boys to Men: Inequality Dynamics, Spatial Context and Behavioral Strategies Among Adolescent Males | Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey and Patricia L. McCall, Co-Chairs |
| Davis, Jeffrey P. | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | Aug-1997 | Race, Place and Risk: Spatial Effects on Psychosocial Environments and Well-Being | Maxine S. Thompson and Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey, Co-Chairs |
| Johnson, Jacqueline | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | Aug-1997 | Chasing the Dream: Job Search Strategies, Employment Outcomes, and Employer Evaluations of Recent College Graduates | Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey, Chair |
| Wendt, Robert J. | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | Aug-1997 | Queuing for Unemployment: Gender and Ethnic Inequalities Associated with Worker Displacement | Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey, Chair |
| Eller, Karen M. | Master of Science; Rural Sociology | Aug-1997 | African-American Violent Crime in the Urban Environment: The Effects of Family Structure and Income Inequality | Patricia L. McCall, Chair |
| Sohn, Taehong | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | May-1997 | Rethinking Legitimacy: The Variability Model of Legitimacy and Comparative Analyses of the Equity Principle and Functionalist Belief About Inequality | L. Richard Della Fave, Chair |
| Thompson, Mary Shealy | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | May-1997 | Overcoming Liabilities of Newness and Gender: Identities and Feelings As Organizational Resources in a Teacher Owned School | Michael L. Schwalbe, Chair |
| Frazee, Sharon Glave | Master of Science; Rural Sociology | May-1997 | Ecological Analysis of Robbery: Comparisons of Routine Activity and Social Disorganization Approaches | William R. Smith, Chair |
| Nadlicki, Terri M. | Master of Science; Rural Sociology | May-1997 | A Comparative Analysis of Parental Gender Preferences: China and the United States | Randall J. Thomson, Chair |
| Wyer, Mary B. | Master of Science; Rural Sociology | May-1997 | Mixed Messages and Missing Women: Women and Doctorate in Science, Mathematics and Engineering | Catherine R. Zimmer, Chair |
| Price, Jammie Lynn | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | Dec-1996 | Navigating Differences: Friendships Between Gay Men and Straight Men | Michael L. Schwalbe and Barbara J. Risman, Co-Chairs |
| Holden, Daphne | Master of Science; Rural Sociology | Dec-1996 | Volunteers Sustaining Virtue in a Homeless Shelter | Michael L. Schwalbe, Chair |
| Apple, Robert S. | Master of Sociology | Dec-1996 | Research Paper: Community Policing and the Garner Police Department | Patricia L. McCall, Chair |
| Bouras, Johnny | Master of Sociology | Dec-1996 | Research Paper: Community Policing: Development and Training at the North Carolina Justice Academy | Patricia L. McCall, Chair |
| Myers, Kristen A. | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | Aug-1996 | Sailing Under False Colors: Race, Class and Gender in a Women’s Organization | Barbara J. Risman, Chair |
| Parker, Karen F. | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | Aug-1996 | The Effects of Structural Conditions on Racially Disaggregated Homicide Rates | Patricia L. McCall, Chair |
| Ritzman, Rosemary M. | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | Aug-1996 | Critical Work Characteristics and Well-Being: Contemporary and Longitudinal Effects | Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey, Chair |
| Roscigno, Vincent J. | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | Aug-1996 | Race, Place, and the Reproduction of Educational Disadvantage: The Black-White Gap and the Influence of Local Context | Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey, Chair |
| Futreal, Michael R. | Master of Science; Rural Sociology | Aug-1996 | Influences on Adoption of Waste Management Practices: A Study of North Carolina Swine Producers | Thomas J. Hoban, Chair |
| Miller, James Kirk | Master of Science; Rural Sociology | Aug-1996 | Explaining Gender Differences in Rates of Larceny Offending | Gary D. Hill, Chair |
| Miskell, Cheryl Ann | Master of Sociology | Aug-1996 | Research Paper: Implementation of a Peer Support Group For Students Experiencing Relationship Violence | Catherine R. Zimmer and Maxine S. Thompson, Co-Chairs |
| Beck, Michelle R. | Master of Science; Rural Sociology | May-1996 | Self Efficacy: A Look at Racial Differences | Maxine S. Thompson, Chair |
| Calleson, Diane C. | Master of Science; Rural Sociology | May-1996 | Task Strain Among Employed Women with Preschool Children | Michael D. Schulman, Chair |
| Davison, Elizabeth L. | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | Dec-1995 | An Ecological Analysis of Crime in A Mid-Sized Southern City: Tests of Routine Activity and Social Disorganization Approaches | William R. Smith and Gary D. Hill, Co-Chairs |
| Pruitt, Matthew V. | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | Dec-1995 | Economic Deprivation, Racial Inequality, Urban Underclass, and Crime: An Examination of the Effects of Structural Covariates on Race- and Age-Specific Arrest Rates for Homicide, Robbery and Burglary | Gary D. Hill, Chair |
| Oliver, Amanda S. | Master of Science; Rural Sociology | Dec-1995 | The Quality of the Mother-Child Relationships for Women Who Care for an Elderly Person | Maxine P. Atkinson, Chair |
| Schrock, Douglas P. | Master of Science; Rural Sociology | Dec-1995 | The Identity Work of Transsexuals | Michael L. Schwalbe, Chair |
| Suchy, Marion Manton | Master of Science; Rural Sociology | Dec-1995 | Work Penalties Among Unmarried Men: Discrimination in Hiring, Promotion and Earnings | Catherine R. Zimmer, Chair |
| Revak, Ellen S. | Master of Sociology | Dec-1995 | Research Paper: The Effects of Telephone Interviewing Data Collection Practices on the Quality of the Data Being Collected | Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey, Chair |
| Brinkley, Julia | Master of Sociology | Aug-1995 | Research Paper: International Market Development Tools for a Global Document Management Company | Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey, Chair |
| Jarrett, Mary Kathryn | Master of Science; Rural Sociology | May-1995 | Secular and Religious Influences on Attitudes Toward Biotechnology | Eric M. Woodrum, Chair |
| Reeves, Frances E. | Master of Sociology | May-1995 | Research Paper: An Exploratory Study on the Meaning of Religion Among African-American Women | Maxine S. Thompson, Chair |
| Huang, Shu Hui | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | Mar-1995 | Ethnic Stratification and Mobilization: Class, Ethnicity and the State of Taiwan, 1959-87 | Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey, Chair |
| Danaher, William F. | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | Dec-1994 | The Effects of Work and Welfare on Migration Among the Poor in the United States | Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey, Chair |
| Harding, Sandra L. | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | Dec-1994 | Guild Industrial Organization: Work, Organization and Community Well-Being | Jeffrey C. Leiter, Chair |
| Laoly, Yasonna H. | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | Dec-1994 | The Effects of Economic Conditions on Violent and Property Offending | Gary D. Hill and Patricia L. McCall, Co-Chairs |
| Monroe, Stephanie (Sayers | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | Dec-1994 | The Structure and Component Parts of Community Satisfaction | A. Clarke Davis and Ronald C. Wimberley, Co- |
| Bruce, Marino P. | Master of Science; Rural Sociology | Dec-1994 | Evidence of Things Not Seen: A Theoretical Explication of African American Male Violence | Patricia L. McCall, Chair |
| Janser, Eileen M. | Master of Science; Rural Sociology | Dec-1994 | Environmentalism: Beliefs and Behaviors as Correlated with Sociodemographic Variables | Thomas J. Hoban, Chair |
| Johnson, Jacqueline | Master of Science; Rural Sociology | Dec-1994 | Movin’ On Up? The Continuing Significance of Sex and Race Among Professional, Managerial and Supervisory Jobs | Barbara J. Risman, Chair |
| McCotter, Virginia B. | Master of Science; Rural Sociology | Dec-1994 | Maltreatment and Status Offending: A Prospective Analysis | Matthew T. Zingraff, Chair |
| Kana, Christopher M. | Master of Sociology | Dec-1994 | Research Paper: Internship with Johnston, Abor & Associates: A Marketing and Communications Research Firm | Ronald F. Czaja and Catherine R. Zimmer, Co-Chairs |
| Mann, Joshua | Master of Sociology | Dec-1994 | Research Paper: The Alamance Community College Nursing Student: A Demographic and Academic Profile of Person and Institution, 1985-1993 | L. Richard Della Fave, Chair |
| Simmons, Wanda J. | Master of Sociology | Dec-1994 | Research Paper: Marital Relationships During the Retirement Years | William B. Clifford, Chair |
| King, Kimberly | Master of Science; Rural Sociology | Aug-1994 | Decision Processes in the Criminal Justice System: An Assessment of the Impact of Gender and Other Non-legal Factors on Justice System Outcomes | William B. Smith, Chair |
| Banks, Adelaide S. | Master of Sociology | Aug-1994 | Research Paper: Internship at Lincoln Community Health Center | Barbara J. Risman, Chair |
| Craven, Charles K. | Master of Sociology | Aug-1994 | Research Paper: | Gary D. Hill, Chair |
| Armstrong, Paula S. | Doctor of Philosophy; Sociology | May-1994 | Maintaining Self-Efficacy in the Workplace: Individual Responses to Organizational Constraints | Virginia |