Graduate News 2016

IPV research published in Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

"IPV perpetration experiences were reported by approximately 11–22% of respondents across the five waves of data..."

Angela M. Kaufman-Parks, PhD candidate, and Drs. Alfred DeMaris, Peggy C. Giordano, Wendy D. Manning, & Monica Longmore's article, "Parents and partners: Moderating and mediating influences on intimate partner violence across adolescence and young adulthood," was recently published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.

Grad students learn how to teach sociology in SOC 6600

Professor Laura Sanchez's Teaching Introductory Sociology course addresses a number of practical skills, such as designing a course, drafting a syllabus, constructing assignments, grading materials, and tailoring lessons to students' needs. Additionally, the course considers multiple ways to communicate an education message, evaluate course content, and develop decision-making and leadership skills.

Faculty and students attend Add Health Users Conference in Bethesda, MD

The Add Health conference provides researchers who are working with data from Add Health an opportunity to share research goals, experiences, and results. It also provides an opportunity for those interested in working with the data to learn how they are currently being used by others.

• Christopher Dennison
  • "The Rich get Richer...and So Do the Attractive? Ascribed Socioeconomic Status, Physical Attractiveness, and Achieved SES"
    
• Jessica Finkeldey
  • "Parental Incarceration and Neighborhood Attainment"
• Jessica Ziegler
  • "Trajectories of Criminal Offending: Does Timing of Transition into Parenthood Matter?"

Anna Hammersmith Receives Adamchak Award

Congratulations to Anna M. Hammersmith, BGSU sociology doctoral student, who is the 2016 Adamchak Award recipient. Established by Donald and Susan Adamchak (former recipients of BGSU sociology PhD and Master's degrees, respectively), this award recognizes a graduate student's research excellence in demography.

Recent research presented at PAA...

• Anna M. Hammersmith
  • Parent's Union Transitions and Ambivalence Toward Children Later in Life

• Susan L. Brown, I-Fen Lin, Anna M. Hammersmith, & Matthew R. Wright
  • Later Life Marital Dissolution and Repartnership Status: A National Portrait P2-49

Students organize teaching workshop

BGSU sociology graduate students organized a teaching workshop, Friday, April 8, on the BG campus. Dean J. Howard, Butler University, spoke at the one-day event.

The interactive session centered around how to get students engaged in classroom discussion. Howard encouraged graduate students and faculty to brainstorm and share their ideas, while he provided feedback. Additionally, the workshop focused on how to break the classroom norms of civil attention and consolidation of responsibility.

The workshop was organized by members of the Professional Development Committee who are listed below.

Catherine Pape, Chair; Anna Hammersmith, Barbara Prince, Jessica Finkeldey, Jessica Ziegler, Lindsey Cooper, Lydia Anderson, Marshall Neil, Marisa Baumgardner, Mitchell Gresham, and Paul Hemez  

BGSU sociology students create strong presence at PAA annual meeting

Sixteen BGSU graduate students presented research posters and papers at the Population of America (PAA) 2016 annual meeting in Washington, DC, March 31 - April 10. Three of the posters received top honors.

• BGSU Posters
• BGSU Participants
• Brown & colleagues present
  LAT research at PAA
  Pew Research Center Fact Tank