Georgia State University - Department of Sociology

We're still celebrating & I hope you will too!

Please help us congratulate Sarah Farmer, who successfully defended her thesis: Women’s Community-Building in Online Gaming Environments

Way to go Sarah!

Thank you to Sarah's committee, Wendy Simonds, Amy Spring, & Sonny Nordmarken

I’m not crying 😭
You’re crying 😭

Because of how proud we are to celebrate all of our Graduates 🎓

Please help us congratulate and celebrate the class of 2026 👏🏾👏🏾

We're so excited!!
To report that Bailey Higgins successfully defended her thesis today: Black Land, White Space? Race, Belonging, and the Reproduction of Housing Inequality in Post-Apartheid South Africa.

Thank you, Bailey's committee
Dr. Daniel Pasciuti, Dr. Katie Acosta, & Dr. Amy Spring

Way to Go Bailey!! :)

We had Loads of Fun & learned so Much.
At the "Break the Cycle of Children's Environmental Health Disparities" event that our Centers for Neighborhood and Communities attended yesterday.

L to R. Rafa Mallick, Deirdre Oakley, Amy Spring, & Jen Simon

We are a little late on this post..
But, it does not mean that we are so very proud!!!
Please help us celebrate & congratulate
Dr. Veronica Salcedo on her fantastic dissertation defense!!

Veronica's dissertation is titled, "Sexually Nonconforming Pinx/ays’ Counternarratives: (Re)claiming and Creating Space for Themselves, Family, and Community.”

Veronica's committee members are Daniel Coleman, Veronica Newton, Anthony Ocampo, and Wendy Simonds.

Please join US in congratulating Dr. Veronica Newton, who was promoted to Associate and Tenured Faculty!! 😎😎😎

Please join US in congratulating Dr. Heying "Jenny" Zhan on her promotion to full professor.🤩

2026 GSU Department of Sociology, Conference and Celebration part II

If you missed our
2026 Department of Sociology Conference, and Celebration

We had a TIME

Celebrating one another and all of our accomplishments!!

And hopefully that means we’ll see you next year….

But in the meantime, here’s just a little bit of what went down 🥰

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Kayland Arrington successfully defended her dissertation yesterday!!

We are also very proud of you!

And look forward to hearing all the wonderful stories with your new position!!