Graduate Alumni

Rudolph Alexander Bielitz, MA 2016
Emphasis

Teaching Sociology

Research Interests

Crime, Law, and Deviance; Racial Inequality, Social Inequality, and Social Justice

Final Product

Life's Footprints: Undergraduate Students Reflecting on their Bullying Experiences

Sam Bryant, MA 2012
Emphases

Practicing and Teaching Sociology

Current Career

Sam is a Research Technician I (Research Analyst I) at the Public Health Survey Research Program at Sacramento State University

Final Product

Public Policy Assessment of Local Government Approaches to Implementing California's Medical Marijuana Laws

Sara Schremmer, MA 2014
Emphasis

Practicing Sociology

Research Interests

How race, class, and gender intersect and shape human relationships with the natural environment

Final Product

Resilience in a Time of Drought: Building a Transferable Model for Collective Action in North Coast Watersheds

Sarai Lucarelli, MA 2016
Emphases

Practicing and Teaching Sociology

Research Interests

Positive environmental behaviors.

Final Product

Addressing Landfill Waste on Campus

Stephanie Lane, MA 2016
Emphases

Practicing and Teaching Sociology

Current Career

Stephanie is the Alumni & Engagement Outreach Lead for Cal Poly Humboldt

Final Product

College Persistence and the Division II Athlete

 

Stephanie Martinez Ramirez, MA 2015
Emphasis

Practicing Sociology

Research Interests

Arts as a way to promote social justice and social change in communities

Final Product

 

Torisha Stone, MA 2018
Emphasis

Teaching Sociology

Current Career

Sociology PhD program at University of Nevada Las Vegas

Final Product

We Break Our Bodies to Save Our Souls: Identity Construction through the Participation in Flat Track Roller Derby

Vanessa Villavicencio, MA 2012
Current Career

Outreach and Recruitment Officer for the Michael D. Eisner College of Education

Final Product

Leaving home: an analysis of intra-European migration patterns within the European Union

Vanessa Vrtiak, MA 2017
Emphasis

Practicing Sociology

Research Interests

I am interested in research that influences policy and promotes the interest of the people. I am especially interested in Criminal Justice issues, Gender, Crime, Race and Inequalities.

Final Product

Reintegration in Humboldt County

Wendy Faye Brown, MA 2016
Emphasis

Teaching Sociology

Research Interests

Social Inequality, Sexuality, Gender Studies, and Gerontology

Final Product

Instructor Perspectives on Open Textbooks in Higher Education

Yancy Mejia, MA 2017
Emphasis

Practicing Track

Research Interests

Gender and Sexuality, Race/Ethnicity and Social Inequalities, Deviant subcultures, Anti-Globalization Movements

Final Product

Truth or Dare: The Anonymous Collective--A self-proclaimed Cyber Anarchist Movement