CURRICULUM

Dissertation titles

Representative dissertations, completed or in progress, from the Social Policy Ph.D. Programs:

Government & Social Policy

Traci Burch (Ph.D., 2007), "The Courage of our Convictions, the Scourge of the Convicted: How American Crime Policies Have Diminished Political Participation."

Jacqueline Chattopadhyay, "The Public's Role in Policy: Why and When Americans Demand Protection from theOwnership Society."

Michael J. Fortner, "Webs of Difference: The Social and Institutional Roots of Racial Politics in New York City and London. "

Benjamin Goodrich, "It's Not All about the Benjamins: Political Economy vs. Political Social-Psychology Theories of Welfare State Preferences."

Michael Henderson, "Issue Importance and Voting: When and For Whom Do Issues Matter?"

Jason Lakin (Ph.D., 2008), "The Possibilities and Limitations of Insurgent Technocratic Reform: Mexico's Popular Health Insurance Program, 2001-2006."

Ryan T. Moore (Ph.D., 2008), "Statistical Design and Analysis for Social Policy Research."

Brenna Powell, "Constructing the Politics of Inclusion."

Daniel Schlozman, "The Making of Partisan Majorities: Parties, Anchoring Groups, and Electoral Coalitions."

Francis X. Shen (Ph.D., 2008), "Essays in Political Science, Psychology, and Law."

Vesla Mae Weaver (Ph.D., 2007), "Frontlash: Race and the Politics of Punishment."

Martin R. West (Ph.D., 2006), "The Origins and Consequences of Public Sector Collective Bargaining."

Jesse Bradford (Ph.D., 2009), "American/Muslims: Reactive Solidarity, Identity Politics, and Social Identity Formation among Muslim Immigrants in the Aftermath of September 11th."

Andrew Clarkwest (Ph.D., 2005), "What's History Got to Do With It? Change and Continuity in African American Marital Disruption from Reconstruction to the Present."

Cybelle Fox (Ph.D., 2007), "The Boundaries of Social Citizenship: Race, Immigration, and the American Welfare State, 1900-1950 ."

Sarah Halpern-Meekin (Ph.D., 2009), "A Relationship Legacy: The Intergenerational Transmission of Marriage and Divorce."

David J. Harding (Ph.D., 2005), "Why Neighborhoods Matter: Structural and Cultural Influences on Adolescents in Poor Communities."

Matissa Hollister (Ph.D., 2006), "Escaping Poverty in the New Economy: Careers and Intergenerational Mobility Among Two Cohorts of the National Longitudinal Surveys."

Helen B. Marrow (Ph.D., 2007), "Southern Becoming: Immigrant Incorporation and Race Relations in the Rural and Small-Town U.S. South."

Jal Mehta (Ph.D., 2006), "The Transformation of American Educational Policy: Ideas and the Rise of Accountability Politics."

Richard Mora (Ph.D., 2009), "Masculine Aspirations: Latino Adolescent Boys and Collective Hegemonic Masculinity."

Bikila Ochoa (Ph.D., 2009), " 'We're Just Trying to Teach Them to be Human Beings in an Unjust World': Choice, Individual Responsibility, and Conflict in a Juvenile Re-entry Program."

Ann Owens, "Urban Gentrification: Types, Causes, and Processes."

Melanie Penny, "The Perceptual Bases of Social Organization."

Sanjay Pinto, "Varieties of National and Sectoral Organization: Structural Difference and Inequality in Contemporary Capitalism."

Maria Rendón (Ph.D., 2009), "Second Generation Optimism and the Reproduction of a Working Class: The Relevance of the Urban Context in the School and Work Trajectories of Mexican-Origin Young Adult Males.""

Wendy Roth (Ph.D., 2006), "Caribbean Race and American Dreams: How Migration Shapes Dominicans’ and Puerto Ricans’ Racial Identities and Its Impact on Socioeconomic Mobility."

Patrick Sharkey (Ph.D., 2007), "The Enduring Inequality of Race and Place: Racial Inequality in the Neighborhood Environment Over the Life Course and Across Generations."

Jennifer Sykes McLaughlin, "Paychecks and Parenting: Heterogeneity in Working Class Childrearing Strategies."

Laura Tach, "Mixed-Income Neighborhoods in America."

Van C. Tran, "Rethinking Culture and Structure: Race, Class, and Assimilation in Multi-Ethnic America."

Christopher Wimer (Ph.D., 2007) "Successful Childrearing in Diverse Neighborhood Environments: Understanding the Role of Secure, Stable Employment."

Scott Winship (Ph.D., 2009), "Has There Been a Great Risk Shift? Trends in Economic Instability Among Working-Age Adults."

Daniyal Zuberi (Ph.D., 2004), "Differences That Matter: The Impact of Social Policy on the Working Poor in Canada and the U.S."