Graduate Students and Teaching Fellows
The UNT Department of Sociology has approximately seventy doctoral and masters students. Some, but by no means all, are listed below.
Joseph Comeau
B.S. 2006 Organizational Sociology, Grand Canyon University, M.Ed. 2008 Educational Leadership, Northern Arizona University
Research interests: education, stratification, theory, global and comparative sociology, race & ethnicity
Serif Esendemir
B.A. 1999 Middle East Technical University, M.S. 2003 Middle East Technical University
Research interests: aging, citizenship, identity politics, urbanization, globalization, (post)modernism, population studies, social movements, Ottoman history
Phone: 347.475.9710
Home Office: 3500 E.Mckinney #10204, Denton, TX 76209
Charles Ewing
M.S. Health Education/Aging CHES
Research interests: applied gerontology
cwewing@hotmail.com, charles.ewing@jyu.fi, charles.ewing@my.unt.edu
Johnie Dollarhide
B.A. Texas College, M.S. East Texas State University-Texas A&M at Commerce, Sociology
Research interests: race gender and ethnicity, interracial congregations, religion, women clergy, marriage and family, gender stratification
Suzanne Fleming
B.A. 1990 Texas A&M University, J.D. and M.B.A. 1995 University of Denver, Grad. Cert. in Nonprofit Mgmt. 2009 University of Texas at Dallas
Research interests: global/comparative sociology, disasters, human rights, international relations, peace studies
Yekaterina (Katherine) Galanova
B.A. 2007 St. John's College, Annapolis, MD/Santa Fe, NM
Research interests: medical sociology/sociology of health and illness, sociology of mental health
Alison Herring
B.Sc. 1994 University of Surrey, U.K., M.A. 1997 University of North Texas
Research interests: disasters, collective behavior and social movements, qualitative research, sociological theory
Phone: 940.206.3609
Office: Chilton Hall 300
Caazena Paaha Hunter
B.A. 2003 University of Tulsa, M.A. University of North Texas 2006
Research interests: race, ethnicity, residential integration, African Americans in the 21st century, gender, education
Fatih Irmak
B.A. 2001 Ankara University, M.A. 2005 Ankara University
Research interests: social disorganization, social capital, property & violent crimes, fear of crime, gangs
Phone: 940 594 3118
Office: Chilton Hall Suite 121
Natalie Jo Johnson
B.S. 2006 Criminal Justice, Midwestern State University, M.S. 2007 Sociology, University of North Texas
Research interests: intimate partner violence, gender inequality, criminological theory, international crime
Office: 122A Chilton Hall
Kittiwan Junrith
M.S. 1999 Public Health (Health Administration), Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, 1992 Diploma in Nursing Science, Sawanpracharak Nursing College, Nakhonsawan, Thailand
Research interests: health promotion behaviors in older adults, retirement communities, elderly Asian immigrants, cross-cultural study
Kevin Hsiang-Hsing Kung
B.S.W. 2000 Shih Chien University, Taipei, Taiwan, M.S.W. 2008 School of Social Work, Certificate in Aging Studies 2008 Department of Gerontology, Virginia Commonwealth University
Research interests: long-term care, cross-cultural study, sustainable housing, mental health in elderly, caregiver and care-giving, community-based services
John Malek-Ahmadi
B.S. 2005 University of Arizona, M.A. 2008 Sociology Auburn University
Research interests: mental health and illness, suburbanization, inequality
Corinne Ong
B.A. 2004 National University of Singapore, Social Work (Second Upper Honors)
Research interests: gender & sexuality, with special interest in intersexuality; social Inequality; research methods
Office: Chilton Hall Suite 121
Carolyn J. Phillips
B.A. 2006 University of North Texas, M.S. 2010 University of North Texas
Research interests: aging, family, grandparents raising grandchildren, disparity and inequality, poverty
Phone: 940.565.2045
Office: Mean Green Village-B
Swati Singh
B.A. 1995 Sociology, Economics, Lucknow University, India; M.A. 1997 Social Work, Lucknow University, India
Research interests: globalization, gender, micro-finance and diaspora studies
http://unt.academia.edu/SwatiSingh/CurriculumVitae
Ronald (Ron) L. Wade
B.A.A.S 2010 University of North Texas
Research interests: nonprofit management, nonprofit assessment, nonprofit evaluation
Phone: 214.448.5985
Matthew S. Weaver
B.S. 2004 Kennesaw State University, M.A. 2007 Argosy University
Research interests: minority aging, aging services program evaluation, social policy, community health, caregiver burnout and self-care
Konstantinos Zougris
B.A. 2003 Park University, M.A. (Economics) 2007 Western Illinois University, M.A. (Sociology) 2010 Western Illinois University
Visiting student at American College of Thesdaloniki 1999-2000, University of Groningen 2004-5
Research interests: globalization, comparative sociology, economic sociology, social stratification, organizational behavior
Office: Chilton Hall Suite 121