Sociology
In its Honors Program the Sociology Department awards one level of Honors to student research projects. The projects listed below have been defended successfully, and a copy of the thesis deposited in Swem Library.
Key:
- Student, "Thesis" (Honors level)
Committee Chair + Other Committee Members
2023-2024
- Malise Ocean Foss, "Playing As A Girl: How Women Navigate Gender and Sexism in Online Video Games" (Honors)
Meaghan Stiman + Thomas Linneman, Claire McKinney
- Bjorn Alex Mustard, "Gay and Gray with Something to Say: Internalizing Gender and Internalized Homophobia in Lesbians and Gay Men 60 and Over" (Honors)
Thomas J. Linneman + Judith Hand, Jerry Watkins
2022-2023
- Laila Elizabeth Kennedy, "From TikTok to Trad Goth: An Exploration of Posers, Subcultural Commodification, and the Function of Gatekeeping in the Goth Subculture" (Honors)
Meaghan Stiman + Thomas Linneman, Jennifer Gülly
2021-2022
- No Honors students this year
2020-2021
- Gustavo Espinosa, "Movement in Crisis: The Position and Lived Experience of Venezuelan Crisis Migrants to the United States" (Honors)
Monika Gosin + Stacy Kern-Scheerer, Deenesh Sohoni, John "Rio" Riofrio
2019-2020
- Maya FarrHenderson, "Choosing One’s Own Demise: Autopsy of a Student-Led International Alternative Break" (Honors)
Amy Quark + Deenesh Sohoni, Iyabo Obasanjo
2018-19
- Caroline Arnold, "A Woman's Place is in the House: A Sociological Analysis of the Political Campaigns of Newcomer and Incumbent Women in the 2018 House of Representatives Elections" (Honors)
Thomas Linneman + Judith Hand, Michael Leruth - Hannah Ferster, "Crazy Women and Crazier Men: Mental Illness and Gender in Television Shows and Fan Conversations"
Thomas Linneman + Elyas Bakhtiari, Carrie Dolan - Xufan Ma, "A Sociological Exploration of Intimate Relationships among Chinese International Students at the College of William and Mary"
Gul Ozyegin + Thomas Linneman, Victoria Castillo - Leah Roemer, "Le Ventre de la Femme Sénégalaise: Control and Reclamation of the Senegalese Female Body, From French Colonialism to Modern Healthcare"
Elyas Bakhtiari + Kathleen Jenkins, Magali Compan, Giulia Pacini
2017-18
- No Honors students this year
2016-17
- Nairuti Shastry, "Master of None: Understanding the 1.5 Generation of Asian Indian Youth" (Honors)
Jennifer Bickham Mendez + Deenesh Sohoni, Melody Porter
2015-16
- No Honors students this year
2014-15
- William Plews-Ogan, "Embedded Justice Shaming Rituals in Reintegrative Justice Systems: Spain, California, and New South Wales" (Honors)
Kathleen E. Jenkins + George Greenia and Tracy Sohoni
2013-14
- Derek Moretz, "The Construction of Activist Identities in the Democratic Party: A Study on Collective Identity and Political Activism" (Honors)
Kathleen Jenkins + Amy Quark, Ronald Rapoport
2012-13
- Nicole Brown, "A Separated Sudan: Redefining South Sudanese Immigrant Transnational Identity" (Honors)
Monika Gosin+ Deenesh Sohoni, Jeremy Pope
2011-12
- No Honors students this year
2010-11
- Sarah Ebert, "The Influence of Risk Society on Summer Camp Programs: A Comparative Analysis of Two Enrichment Programs in Distinctive Contexts" (Honors)
Graham Ousey + Amy Quark, Danielle Dallaire
2009-10
- Margaret Clendenen, "Many Voices in the Temple: Liberal California Religious Leaders' Responses to Proposition 8" (High Honors)
Thomas Linneman + Kathleen Jenkins, Maureen Fitzgerald - Allen Ukai, "Interpreting Whiteness: Grappling with Race and Identity"
Kathleen Jenkins + Jennifer Bickham Mendez, Anne Charity Hudley
2008-09
- Kimberly Mason, "Duesenberg, America's Premier Historical Automobile" (Honors)
Jennifer Mendez + Rene Cabral-Daniels, Jonathan Arries
- Franklin McFadden, "'Lifting as we climb': An Exploration of Older Black Men's Willingness to Help Younger Black Men Seeking Work" (High Honors)
Deirdre Royster + Jennifer Bickham-Mendez, David Aday, Michael Blakey
2007-08
- Lauren Hum, "Completing the Puzzle: Towards a Multi-faceted Sociological Explanation of the Gender Disparity in Criminal Offending" (Honors)
Graham Ousey + Kathleen Slevin, Janice Zeman
2006-07
- Amma Agyemang, "Disease in the Media: A Content Analysis of a Sample of HIV/AIDS-Related Articles in Four U.S. Print Media from 1981 to 2006"(Honors)
Katherine Walker + Kathleen Slevin, Brad Weiss - Richael Faithful, "When Racial Controversy Erupts on a College Campus: Interrogating Institutional and Student Responses to Controversy, Diversity, and Affirmative Action" (Highest Honors)
Dee Royster + Monica Griffin, Leisa Meyer - Katherine Perkins, "Spirit Moving to the Margins: Religious Identity in the New Monasticism" (High Honors)
Kathleen Jenkins + Thomas Linneman, Seth Feman - Kelly Waldrop, "Man the Guns: Gender and Ritual in Military Institutions" (High Honors)
Thomas Linneman + Salvatore Saporito, Leisa Meyer
2004-05
- Wesley Allen
Thomas Linneman + Jennifer Bickham-Mendez, Leisa Meyer - Jana Chavers
Deenesh Sohoni + Kelly Joyce, Lynn Pelco - Sheila Leonard
Katherine Slevin + Kelly Joyce, Leisa Meyer - Erin Nowak
Kelly Joyce + Thomas Linneman, Jenny Putzi
