"Whatever sociology may be, it is the result of constantly asking the question, what is the meaning of this?"—C. Wright Mills

PhDs on the Market

Stephen Barnard, srbarnard@mizzou.edu
PhD July 2012. Mizzou Advantage Media of the Future Post-Doctoral Fellow. Specializations in Media & Communication Technologies, Culture, Identity & Interaction, Social Control & Deviance, Social Theory, Qualitative Methods. Title of dissertation: "Twitter and the Journalistic Field: How the Growth of a New(s) Medium is Transforming Journalism." Website: stephenrbarnard.weebly.com

Lindy Hern
After successfully defending her dissertation "Everybody In and Nobody Out: OPPORTUNITIES, NARRATIVE, AND THE RADICAL FLANK IN THE MOVEMENT FOR SINGLE-PAYER HEALTH CARE REFORM", Lindy graduated in May of 2012. She has accepted a Visiting Assistant Professorship at Manchester University in North Manchester Indiana and hopes to secure a tenure track appointment within the next year.

Joshua E. Olsberg, jeokb4@mail.missouri.edu
PhD expected May 2013. Dissertation: Landscapes of Belonging: Cuban Ethnicity, Class, and Community. Joshua's dissertation research utilizes comparative and historical methods as well as narrative analysis to explore how Cubans in different locations define their communities and sense of belonging, and how collective memory and public narratives in those communities are shaped by historically specific macro-economic and political conditions. Additionally, Joshua's research explores the way in which discourses of globalization and development affect our interpretations of contemporary events, an example of which can be found in his most recent publication entitled, "The Cracks in the Walls: Earthquakes, Patriarchy, and Transnational Capital in Haitian Free Trade Zones."