I love collaborating with students on research projects and am lucky to be able to do so!
Master’s Theses Directed
- Antonio Toliver, “When Sunday Comes: Understanding the Association Between Church Life and Mental Health in Black Men,” December 2024
- Vanesa Orosco, “From Screen to Society: A Content Analysis. A Study that Examines Bullying Themes in a Korean Drama Narrative,” May 2024
- Jenny Rakotoarisoa, “Beyond Resettlement: The Impact of Community on the Integration of Burmese Refugees in Marion County, Indiana,” May 2023
- Taylor Underwood, “Racial Differences in Neighborhood Ratings and Social Cohesion at the National Level,” May 2023
- CariAnn Freed, “Teach Me About Myself: A Case Study Exploring Racialized Institutions,” January 2023
- Mya Daelynn, “Mapping Gentrification in Garfield Park,” May 2022
- Alexis Williams, “Race, Poverty, and Unintended Pregnancy: Exploring Residential Context,” December 2021
- Erika Hargis, “Sentencing and News Reporting Disparities in Cases involving the Fatal Shooting of On-Duty Law Enforcement Officers,” August 2021
- Kimberly Woods, “The Image Disparity of African American Women,” May 2020
- Megan Lalioff, “Predicting Sexual Conduct Violations in Indiana State Prisons,” December 2019 (co-directed with Timothy Maher)
Master’s Theses Second Reader
- Courtney Nelson, “Living Arrangements as a Predictor of Time in Foster Care,” December 2024
- Kamryn Schmidt, “Reasons for Fast Food Consumption and its Effect on Health,” December 2022
- Angela Calvert, “Gentrification of an Indianapolis Community: The City Planning Process and Resident Narratives on Change,” May 2019
Honors Student Projects Supervised
- Anthony Castaneda, “Exploring Belonging by Race and First-Generation Student Status at Midwestern University,” May 2025
- Amber Lankford, “The Effects of Birth Order on Procrastination,” May 2025
- Rachel Polak, “Social Inequality in Urban Areas: Outcomes of Residential Segregation in Black Communities,” May 2023
Other Student Research Supervised
- Anthony Castaneda, Thawng Cung, Michelle Guadarrama, Amiya Hahn, Julia Magierowska, and Leslie Samperio, Survey and Interviews with Sociology Alumni, August 2024-June 2025 (co-supervised with Liz Ziff)
- Anthony Castaneda and Antonio Toliver, A Survey of Sociology Majors, January 2024-May 2024 (co-supervised with Liz Ziff)
- Laura Boardman, Assessment of Youth Global Perspectives Data and Survey Advising, August 2022-April 2023. (co-supervised with Liz Ziff)
- Laura Boardman and Sotia Neofytou, Sociology Department Oral History Project, September 2022 – December 2022. (co-supervised with Liz Ziff)
- Heaven Castillo and Rachel Pollachek, “University Heights Survey Data Analysis and Report,” May 2022 – August 2022.
- Kamryn Schmidt, Evaluation Rubric for an After-School Education Program, Community Research Center Project, September 2021 – March 2022 (co-supervised with Liz Ziff)
- Sydney Johnson, Neighborhood Perceptions of Students and Faculty: University Community Evaluations of the Surrounding Area, Community Research Center Project, August 2020-May 2021 (co-supervised with Jim Pennell)
- Katherine Deadmond, Rapid Transit Development in Indianapolis, August 2020-August 2021
- Elizabeth Crawford and Katherine Deadmond, Shelby Street Database in Partnership with South Indianapolis Quality of Life Plan, Community Research Center Project, August 2019-June 2020 (co-supervised with Jim Pennell)
- Ghaida Abdelrahman, Sarah Frisbie, and Kamryn Schmidt, Jefferson Awards Program Survey in Partnership with Multiplying Good, Community Research Center Project, August 2019-May 2021 (co-supervised with Jim Pennell)
- Zhe “Rachel” Zhang, “Examining Gendered Spaces in Fountain Square, Indianapolis”, Community Research Center Project August 2018-May 2019 (co-supervised with Timothy Maher)
- PhD Student, Department of Sociology, University at Buffalo, SUNY, August 2019
- Elizabeth Mensching, Amy Stone, and Kimberly Woods, Constructing an Indianapolis Neighborhood Database, Community Research Center Project, January 2019-June 2019
- Amy Stone, Keyara Warren, Alexis Williams, Community Needs Assessment: Laurelwood Apartments, Applying Sociology (SOC 575) course, Semester II 2018-2019