On December 12, at 2:00 PM in Stewart Theatre, at Talley Student Union, the Department of Sociology and Anthropology celebrated Summer and Fall 2025 graduates. The department had over 45 undergraduate students graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, Bachelor of Arts in Criminology, Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, and a Bachelor of Science in Sociology.

There were also 8 graduate students who completed their studies. There details are below:

Master of Arts in Anthropology

• Amanda Alonzo: Narrative Building as a Political Tactic in Postclassic Tenochtitlan: The Intentional Manifestation of Coyolxauhqui. Committee: Dr. John Millhauser (chair), Dr. Kate Grossman, Dr. Julie Wesp, Dr. Angel Gonzalez Lopez

Master of Science in Sociology

• Noa Mizrahi: Colonial Ecological Violence and the Politics of Science: The Case of Uranium Radiation Exposure and Contested Environmental Illness at Red Water Pond. Committee: Dr. Andrea Leverentz (chair), Dr. Michaela DeSoucey, Dr. Corey Johnson
• Cayden Norman Oakes: Beyond the “Breeder”: Controlling Images of Latina Women in Anti-Immigration Rhetoric. Committee: Dr. Kim Ebert (chair), Dr. Jessica Pfaffendorf, Dr. Mia Brantley

• Jonathan Webber: Give ’em the Boot: How Subcultural Products Resist Assimilation. Committee: Dr. Steve McDonald (chair), Dr. Andrew Davis, Dr. Thomas Shriver

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology

• Hannah McQueen: Persuasive Communication and Relational Emotion Work in Online Dispute Resolution Platforms. Committee: Dr. Steve McDonald (chair), Dr. Andrew Davis, Dr. Michaela DeSoucey, Dr. Robin Dodsworth, Dr. Mesut Baran

• Nicholas Membrez-Weiler:The Dynamics of Wage Theft: Organizational Obfuscation, Citizenship, and Voice. Committee: Dr. Martha Crowley (chair), Stacy DeCoster, Steve McDonald, Thomas Shriver, William Adler.

• Casey Strange: Constructing Nature: Exploring the Movement to Conserve the Monarch Butterfly in North America. Committee: Dr. Sarah Bowen (chair), Dr. Michaela DeSoucey, Dr. Thomas Shriver, Dr. Dara Bloom

Copies of Graduate Student Capstone Projects, Theses and Dissertations can be found in the Library Digital Repositories.

The full commencement program can be found here.

Congratulations to all of our graduates! The Department of Sociology an Anthropology wishes you the best in your future endeavors.