Micah Bailey-Arafah
EDUCATION
BA Sociology - University of Colorado Denver
M.Ed Educational Research - Cleveland State University
ABOUT
Research interests include: Life Course, Aging, Stress, Health Disparities, Obstetric Care, Poverty, Cumulative Dis/Advantage, Clinical Research, Curriculum and Instruction
mma194@case.edu
Dyanna Burnham
EDUCATION
B.A., Sociology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
ABOUT
Research interests include: medical sociology; health care disparities; sociology of emotion; how chronic mental health issues effect identity; and the sociology of mental health, especially regarding children and adolescents without access to health care.
dlb187@case.edu
Amber Ndukwe
EDUCATION
B.A., Communication, Wheeling Jesuit University, M.A., Communication, University of Hartford, M.A., Sociology, Case Western Reserve University
ABOUT
Research interests include: Medical sociology (reproductive justice and women’s health), Social Inequalities (incarceration, race, human rights and criminology)
acb175@case.edu
Kate Freeman
EDUCATION
B.A., Psychology and Individualized Studies, Miami University; M.A., Sociology, Case Western Reserve University
ABOUT
Research interests include: Masculinities, medical sociology, gender and health disparities, critical and feminist theory, LGBTQ+ identity, social media content analysis, interdisciplinary, qualitative coding, intersectional perspectives.
kjf61@case.edu
Colleen Kavanagh
EDUCATION
B.A., Religious Studies, University of Rochester; M.P.H., Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
ABOUT
Research interests include: Medical sociology, disability studies, stigma, reproduction, critical theory, research methods and narrative methods
colleen.kavanagh@case.edu
Zachary Milko
EDUCATION
B.A., Sociology & Research and Data Analytics, Baldwin Wallace University
ABOUT
Research interests include: Social inequality, medical sociology reproductive justice, gender (transgender and gender-diverse populations) and sexuality, activism/social movements, housing and poverty
zachary.milko@case.edu
Olugbenga Okunade
EDUCATION
BSc Sociology - University of Ibadan, Nigeria;
MSc African Development - The London School of Economics and Political Science, United Kingdom
ABOUT
Research interests include: Medical Sociology, Social Inequality, Development Studies, Migration and Diaspora Study.
ooo50@case.edu
Abolade Oladimeji
EDUCATION
B.S., Geography, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria;
M.A., Geography and Planning, University of Toledo
ABOUT
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, and how the physical and social environment shape later health outcomes. I examine how historical redlining is a fundamental cause of health disparities, especially in rust-belt cities. My dissertation is probing the effects of historical redlining on sleep outcomes in Cleveland’s Cuyahoga County.
abolade.oladimeji@case.edu
Ananya Sarker
EDUCATION
B.S., Economics, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh; M.S.Sc, Economics, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh; M.A., Economics, West Virginia University
ABOUT
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 work. I am currently working on the Wage gap in young physicians and self-rated health in older adults. I am also familiarizing myself with middle-aged population and Asian Americans’ health and social research. I am also involved in a project that enhances MCAT teaching in Behavioral Sciences.
ananya.sarker@case.edu
Reema Sen
EDUCATION
B.A. (Honors), English Literature, Presidency University, Kolkata; M.B.A., Human Resources Management, XLRI Xavier School of Management, India; M.Sc, Criminology & Human Rights, London School of Economics
ABOUT
My earlier degrees and work experience in nonprofit leadership and organizational behavior and human resources in different countries sparked my interest in diversity, human rights, gender inequalities and the sociology of work over the life course.
reema.sen@case.edu
Michael Slone
EDUCATION
B.S., Education, Bowling Green State University; M.A., Economics and Social Development of Regions, University of Massachusetts Lowell; M.A., Sociology, Case Western Reserve University
ABOUT
Research interests include: Organizations, Occupations, and Work; Labor/Labor Movements; Political Economy; Science, Knowledge, and Technology; Sociological Theory; and Research Methods
michael.slone@case.edu
Adrianna Smell
EDUCATION
B.A., Sociology with an applied concentration and minors in Media Studies and Women Studies, University of Northern Colorado; M.A., Sociology, University of Northern Colorado
ABOUT
Research interests include: research methods; social inequality; and public policy.
adrianna.smell@case.edu
John Whesu
EDUCATION
B.Sc., Sociology, Lagos State University, Lagos State, Nigeria
ABOUT
Research interests include: Medical Sociology, Social Inequality, Income inequality, Determinants of health, (Intergenerational) Wealth Inequality, Low-Income Populations, Family Demography & Fertility, Quality of life, Education, (Urban) Poverty.
jtw139@case.edu