College of Arts and Sciences

Education: B.S., Economics, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh M.S.Sc, Economics, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh M.A., Economics, West Virginia University Bio/ Research Interests:  I am a health disparities scholar with a special interest in gender and workplace issues. My extensive training in Economics helps me employ quantitative methods and statistical analysis in my research...

Read more

ABOUT Jacob Rivera is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Sociology at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU). His research focuses on how social inequality affects the lived experiences of middle-class Puerto Ricans. Drawing on qualitative methods, his dissertation research examines how race, class, and neighborhood social dynamics shape daily life...

Read more

Education: B.S., Sociology, Ball State University M.A., Sociology, Case Western Reserve University Bio/ Research Interests: Research interests include historically minoritized graduate student's success; queer epistemologies and quantitative methodologies; operationalization of LGBT "categories"; navigating the medical industrial complex as a QTIPOC; problematizing widely used stress measures, black womxn and the preservation of self; femme...

Read more

Education: B.S., Geography, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria M.A., Geography and Planning, University of Toledo Bio/Research Interests: My research interests include medical sociology, health policy, housing & homelessness, GIS, social inequality, aging and lifecourse, social gerontology, urban planning, and quantitative methods. My research interest is centered on neighborhood effects, how the effects of place,...

Read more

Education: LL.B., Jurisprudence, Bashkir State University Institute of Law M.S., Family and Child Studies, Miami University M.G.S. Gerontology, Miami University M.A. Sociology, Case Western Reserve University Bio/ Research Interests: Research interests include: aging and the life course; intergenerational family relationships; aging in Eastern Europe (with a focus on Russia); medical sociology; and qualitative methods. Primary Advisor:...

Read more