Graduate Students

2012-2013 GSA Representatives

Max Besbris, mbesbris@nyu.edu
Monica Caudillo, monica.caudillo@nyu.edu
John Clegg, jc4536@nyu.edu
Martha Coe, martha.coe@nyu.edu
Shelly Ronen, sronen@nyu.edu

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A

Eman Abdelhadi

B.A. in Sociology, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 2012
Interests: Race and Racial classification; Gender; Sociology of Religion; American Islam
ea1193@nyu.edu

Hillary Angelo

B.A. in Urban Studies, Vassar College, 2003
Interests: Public space, Civic participation, Public Art
hillary.angelo@nyu.edu

Jenna Appelbaum

B.A. in Psychology and Women's Studies, Duke University, 2002
Interests: transitional justice in Africa, international criminal law, sexual violence, genocide, women’s rights
jba248@nyu.edu

B

Jonathan Bearak	B.A. in Politics, Queens College, CUNY, 2008 Interests: Stratification, Education, Family, Demography, Quantitative Methods jonathan.bearak@nyu.edu
Max Besbris	B.A. in Sociology and Linguistics, U.C. Berkeley, 2008 Interests: Theory, Cities, Ethnography, Culture mbesbris@nyu.edu
Julia Behrman	B.A. in Sociology, Williams College, 2006 MSc Anthropology and Development Studies, London School of Economics, 2008 Interests: Gender, Work, and Family; Intrahousehold bargaining and resource allocation; Marital Transitions in the context of demographic and social change; Sub Saharan Africa jab965@nyu.edu
Jonah Birch	jonah.birch@nyu.edu
Ruth Braunstein	B.S. in Foreign Service in Culture and Politics, Georgetown University, 2003 Interests: Political Sociology, Culture and Religion rb1644@nyu.edu
Naima Brown	B.A. in Development Studies, Brown University Interests: Social Movements, Development, Political Economy, State Theory, Latin America ncb263@nyu.edu

C

Madhavi Cherian	B.A. in Economics, University of Delhi, 2002 M.A. in Economics, IUPUI, 2005 Interests: Development & Inequality mcherian@nyu.edu
Jonathan Clegg	jc4536@nyu.edu
Martha Coe	B.A. in Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, 2005 Interests: Culture, Qualitative Methods, Built Environments, Material Culture, Objects & Artifacts, Urban Sociology martha.coe@nyu.edu
Jeremy Cohan	B.A. in Music, University of Chicago, 2006 B.A. in Philosophy, University of Chicago, 2006 Interests: Social Theory, Social Movements/The Left, Marxist Theory, Socialism, Historical Sociology, Political Economy, Sociology of Art, Intellectual History jc3383@nyu.edu
Daniel Aldana Cohen	B.A. in Intellectual History and International Development Studies, McGill University, 2005 Interests: Critical Theory, Social Movements, Political Economy, Historical Sociology, Latin America, Urban Studies, Climate Change aldanacohen@nyu.edu
Mark Cohen	B.A. in Philosophy, Columbia University, 2007 Interests: Political Economy, Historical Sociology, Development, Japan. mc2579@nyu.edu
Monica Lisette Caudillo Contreras	Licenciatura in Political Science and International Relations, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, 2008 Interests: Demography, Gender, Family, Violence, Criminology monica.caudillo@nyu.edu
Edward Crowley	B.A. in Politics and Latin American and Latino Studies, Brandeis University, 2010 Interests: Political Sociology, Social Movements, Media ec1937@nyu.edu

D

Nadine Dechausay	nmd259@nyu.edu
Nandi E. Dill	B.A. in Economics, Emory University 2002 Interests: Crime, deviance, and punishment; Race; Class and Inequality; African Diaspora; Research methods nandi.dill@nyu.edu
Daniel Dimaggio	dd1515@nyu.edu
Sarah Duvisac	sd1925@nyu.edu

E

Hassan El-Menyawi	hem251@nyu.edu
Noah Ennis	nme251@nyu.edu

F

Jacob Faber	B.S. in Management Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004 M.S. in Urban Studies and Planning, 2006 M.S. in Technology and Policy, 2006 Interests: Race, Inequality, Segregation jacob.faber@nyu.edu
David Fonseca	LL B, Federal University of Minas Gerais, 2000 LL M, Utrecht University, 2002 Interests: Sociology of Punishment, Crime Control and Criminology david.fonseca@nyu.edu
Michael Friedson	mf570@nyu.edu

G

Michael Gould-Wartofsky	B.A. in Government, Harvard University 2007 Interests: Culture, Economy, Immigration, Labor, Media, Memory, Movements, Power, Sociology of Knowledge, Theory, Urban Sociology mgw256@nyu.edu
Jonothan Samuel Gordon	B.A. in English Literature, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2001 M.Ed. in Educational Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2005 M.A. in Social Sciences, The University of Chicago, 2010 Interests: Street Organizations, Social Control, Armed Conflict, Violence, Honor, Social Theory, Ethnographic Methods, Quantitative Methods jsg480@nyu.edu

H

Rosanne Haggerty	rmh312@nyu.edu
John Halushka	B.A. in Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, 2008 Interests: Sociology of Crime and Punishment, Prisoner Reentry, Ethnography, Stratification and Inequality, Political Economy jmh599@nyu.edu
Jennifer Heerwig	B.A., New York University Interests: Political and economic sociology, Research Methods ennif@nyu.edu
Max Holleran	B.A., New York University, 2007 Interests: Urban Sociology, European Union, Urban and Political Theory mgh220@nyu.edu

K

Jeannie Kim	jk3132@nyu.edu
Issa Kohler-Hausmann	B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000 M.A. in Sociology, Northwestern University, 2006 J.D., Yale Law School, 2008 Interests: Sociology of Law, Sociology of Crime, Inequality ikh210@nyu.edu

L

Thomas Laidley	B.A. in Sociology and Philosophy, Boston College, 2008 M.A. in Sociology, 2011 Interests: Environment and Ecology, Urban Sociology, Stratification and Equality tml312@nyu.edu
Ellen Lamont	B.A., UC Berkeley, Peace and Conflict Studies, 2001 M.A., University of Chicago, International Relations, 2003 Interests: Gender and Power ellen.lamont@nyu.edu
Jonathan Lassen	jjl357@nyu.edu
Amy LeClair	B.A. in Sociology, Providence College, 2002 M.Phil. in Modern Society & Global Transformations, University of Cambridge, 2003 Interests: Medical Sociology, Sociology of Mental Health, Gender & Sexuality, Media & Culture amy.leclair@nyu.edu
Suzy Lee	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
Emi Lesure	sel322@nyu.edu

M

David Masondo	B.A.(Hons) M.A. in Sociology, Wits University Interests: State, Public Finance, Political Economy, Development and Social Movements ddm264@nyu.edu
Nada Matta	B.A. in Psychology and Media, Tel-Aviv University M.A. in Communication Culture and Society, Goldsmith College University Interests: Political Sociology, State Theory, Capitalism, Transitions to Democracy in the Middle East, Palestine-Israel Studies nm1100@nyu.edu
Michael McCarthy	B.A. in Sociology, UCLA, 2005 Interests: Political Sociology, Organized Labor, Employer Strategies, Social Policy, Comparative-Historical Methods, Class Analysis, Institutional Analysis michael.mccarthy@nyu.edu
Sydney McKinney	slm379@nyu.edu
Adam Murphree	B.S. in Computer Science, Furman University, 2006 Interests: Religion, Media, Music adam.murphree@gmail.com

N

Schneur Zalman Newfield	B.A. in Psychology, Brooklyn College-CUNY, 2007 Interests: Sociology of Religion, Social Movements, Sociology of Knowledge, Ethnography szn203@nyu.edu
Laura Noren	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

O

Michelle O'Brien	B.A., Macalester College, 2000 M.S.W., Hunter College, 2011 Interests: Political economy of social services, Urban social movements meo293@nyu.edu
Amaka Okechukwu	B.A. in Sociology, University of Southern California, 2008 B.A. in English-Creative Writing, University of Southern California, 2008 Interests: Social Movements, Culture, Arts, Race, Urban Sociology, Ethnography, Qualitative Methods aco237@nyu.edu
Sheera Olasky	sjo221@nyu.edu

P

Alexis Pang	B.A. in Comparative Literature and Film / TV, NYU Interests: Sociology of the Military, Education, Social Organization, Criminology alexis.pang@nyu.edu
Caitlin Petre	B.A. in Philosophy, Wesleyan University, 2006 Interests: Sociology of Punishment, Mainstream Media cbp243@nyu.edu
Glen Pine	glen.pine@nyu.edu
Doreet Preiss	B.A. in Sociology/French, Hamilton College, 2004 Interests: Sociology of Education drp281@nyu.edu
Eyal Press	ep923@nyu.edu

R

Peter Rich	B.A. in Sociology, U.C. Berkeley, 2004 Interests: Race and Ethnicity, Power, Sociology of Education, Nonviolence, Research Methods peter.rich@nyu.edu
Robert Riggs	B.A. in Anthropology, City University of New York Interests: Urban Sociology, Inequality, Mass Incarceration, Ethnography, Symbolic Interactionism, Social Networks rdr300@nyu.edu
René Rojas	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
Shelly Ronen	B.A. in Psychology, Stanford University, 2009 Interests: Gender and Sexuality, Gender Development, Body and Embodiment, Culture, Creativity and Learning sronen@nyu.edu
Michael Rowan	B.A. in History, Geneva College, 2000 J.D., Florida State University, 2004 Interests: Sociology of Law, Sociology of Punishment, Critical Criminology, Social Change mtr270@nyu.edu
Poulami Roychowdhury	B.A. in Political Science and Economics, Swarthmore College 1999 Interests: Gender and Sexuality, Law and Human Rights, Qualitative Methods pr667@nyu.edu

S

Ihsan Ercan Sadi	B.A. in Economics, Middle East Technical University, 2006 M.A. in Political Sciences and Public Administration, Middle East Technical University, 2008 Interests: Economic Sociology, Institutional Political Economy, Comparative-Historical Sociology i.e.sadi@nyu.edu
Christopher Seeds	cws296@nyu.edu
Anna Skarpelis	B.A. in Japanese and Management, School of Oriental and African Studies and Birkbeck College, University of London M.Sc. in International Employment Relations and HRM, London School of Economics Interests: Networks, Japan, Western Europe, Social Policy, Historical Sociology, Data Visualization aks402@nyu.edu
Jason Stanley	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: Political Sociology, the Welfare State, Employer Strategies, Labor and Social Movements jason.stanley@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

T

Robert Taylor	rwt231@nyu.edu
Jason Thompson	B.A. in Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, 2005 Interests: Education, Stratification, Race and Ethnicity, Immigration jason.thompson@nyu.edu
Stacy Torres	B.A. in Comparative Literature, Fordham University, 2002 M.F.A. in Creative Writing (Nonfiction), Columbia University, 2007 Interests: Urban Sociology, Ethnography, Stratification/Inequality, Medical Sociology smt339@nyu.edu

U

Adaner Usmani

B.A. in Social Studies, Harvard University, 2006
Interests: Political Economy, Marxism, the Agrarian Question, Imperialism, Pakistan, Development/Underdevelopment, Social Movements/Revolutions
au324@nyu.edu

V

Erik Van Deventer	evd226@nyu.edu
Francisco Vieyra	B.A. in History, Yale University, 2009 Interests: Qualitative methods; Urban Sociology; Race and Ethnicity; Violence; Trauma and Memory; Politics fpv206@nyu.edu

W

David Wachsmuth	M.Sc. in Urban Planning, University of Toronto, 2008 B.A.(joint honors) in International Development and Classics, McGill University, 2004 Interests: Urban Political Economy, Urban Sociology, Environmental Sociology, Social Theory david.wachsmuth@nyu.edu
Robert Weide	rdw220@nyu.edu
Abigail Weitzman	B.A., Smith College, 2005 Interests: Gender, International Development, Family Dynamics, Violence, Power amw289@nyu.edu

Graduate Students

2012-2013 GSA Representatives

U Adaner Usmani B.A. in Social Studies, Harvard University, 2006Interests: Political Economy, Marxism, the Agrarian Question, Imperialism, Pakistan, Development/Underdevelopment, Social Movements/Revolutionsau324@nyu.edu

U

Adaner Usmani

B.A. in Social Studies, Harvard University, 2006
Interests: Political Economy, Marxism, the Agrarian Question, Imperialism, Pakistan, Development/Underdevelopment, Social Movements/Revolutions
au324@nyu.edu