Sociology classes (Fall 2006 SO 226 Social Research Analysis students and 2004 SO 226 Social Research Analysis students)

Senior Seminars
1998

Guided by Professor Catherine Berheide, the Sociology Senior Seminar is a practicum in which students draw on their acquired knowledge of sociology to develop independent research projects. Eleven seminar students presented research findings from their projects at the annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society in Boston in March. Here are students and their projects in Fall 1998's Sociology Senior Seminar, with an asterisk indicating presentation at the 1999 Eastern Sociological Society meetings.

Brian Beltranstairs
The Effects of Socioeconomic Status on Religiosity

Samantha Benson
Happiness: It's All in Your Head*

Staci Boucher
Changing Tradition: An Analysis of the Cohabitation Phenomenon*

Amy Doft
Families in the United States: Not Always as Clear-Cut as Black and White

Jessica Dorrance
Women, Men, and Involvement in Volunteer Work*

Michelle Flaherty
Who You Know May Affect Your Chances of Contracting the HIV/AIDS Virus

Alicia Gottfried
What Type of School is Best for Your Child?*

3 students

Andrew Herman

Institutionalized Inequality and How It Is Perpetuated in the United States*

Caroline Iskrant
        
Family Income and Maternal Level of Education: Do They Influence Infants' Birthweight?

Shaneeka Johnson
Racial Attitudes in Comparison to Region

Shuk Yin Lee
The Nature of Drug Use Among Pregnant Women Who Gave Live Birth at Hospitals of Washington, DC*

Cari Anne Liberman
Conservatism vs. Liberalism: A Closer Look at How Women Formulate Their Political Views

Kate McGill
Dyn-O-Mite: A Study of Socioeconomic Status of Black Americans and Its Effect on Black Television Sitcoms, 1951-1995*

David Nothnagle
Income Inequality Between Men and Women

Lani Radack
Maternal Illness, Social Isolation, and Child Neglect*

Juliet P. Scarpa
Room to Breathe: An Analysis of Population Density and Crime*

Allison Washburn
Public Opinion and the Resurgence of Chain Gangs*

Rebecca Wise
A Mother's Work is Never Done . . . Or Is It?
*Presented at at the 1999 Eastern Sociological Society meetings in Boston.

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