Current Ph.D. Dissertation Topics
- Declan Abernethy, "Grass Ceiling: The United States Women’s National Team, Politics, and the Making of 21st Century Icons"
Advisor: Johnny Smith - Michael Bivona, "Secret Network: the Origins and Development of US Classified Internet, 1983-2006"
Advisor: Kristie Macrakis - Gloria Calhoun, "The Network Builders: A New History of Old Wires, 1844-1910" (Prospectus)
Advisor: Steven Usselman - Eric Steagall, “The Spirit of Atlanta: Bobby Jones and the Rise of Golf in Modern America.”
Advisor: Johnny Smith - Alejandra Ruiz-Leon, “Caged Knowledge: TECNO-ITINTEC, the First Interactive Science Museum in Latin America”
Advisor: Germán Vergara
Recently Completed M.S. Thesis Topics
- Rosemary McNally, "Dueling Digital Cellular Technologies – the Divided Standard"
First faculty reader: Steven Ussleman
- Sharon Rachel, "Sociology at the Intersection of Gender and Health: Where We’ve Been, Where We Are, Where We’re Going"
First faculty reader: Jennifer Singh
- Alejandra Ruiz-Leon, “Creating TECNO-ITINTEC: The First Interactive Science Museum in Peru”
First faculty readers: John Krige and Germán Vergara
- Linzhou Xing, "Uncertainty and Vulnerability of Global Assemblages of Innovations: Didi’s IPO Crisis"
First faculty readers: Willie Pearson, Jr. and Amit Prasad