
The school offers about 200 student organizations, including several a cappella groups. Wesleyan University is located in Middletown, Conn., overlooking the Connecticut River. Wesleyan University's ranking in the 2022-2023 edition of Best Colleges is National Liberal Arts Colleges, #18. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 3,385 (fall 2021), its setting is city, and the campus size is 316 acres. My research over the years has included urban community organization, Japanese American assimilation and cultural retention, rural Midwestern community adaptation (and lack of) to change, rural Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia and West Africa (Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda).Wesleyan University is a private institution that was founded in 1831. From that point until 2019 I was a professor, first in the Sociology Department at the University of Akron (Ohio) and then in the Rural Sociology Department at the University of Missouri (Columbia). She and husband Don have one daughter, Molly (9) and love to visit with other alums at Nick’s or Runcible Spoon when they visit Bloomington.ĭavid O’Brien (Ph.D. She is the PI of awards with Lumina Foundation and the NSF and really enjoys working with other faculty to facilitate their research. 2016) is working at IU Bloomington as an associate director with two different institutes - the IU Network Science Institute and the Irsay Institute. Recently, I published my first book via Stanford University Press: Marriage Unbound: State Law, Power, and Inequality in Contemporary China.Īnn McCranie (Ph.D. 2015) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, the City University of New York. I moved my family during Covid from Chicago to Park City, Utah.” It’s a bit of a departure from a Sociology degree for some, however, I believe it’s proven to be additive in many ways. 1992) writes, “I head the wealth management team of Matrix Private Capital Group. If anyone is interested in collaborating with the center in their work at IU or wherever their degrees have taken them, they can absolutely reach out to me.”

2014) writes, “I am the Executive Director for the Observatory on Social Media (OSoMe) at Indiana University. 4th woman overall to hold the statewide office."Ĭaitlin Watkins (B.A. Now 25 years later I’m still in state government (albeit in Wisconsin) as the youngest elected statewide State Superintendent of Public Instruction in Wisconsin history in the past 100 years (but also the youngest and only female who held a doctorate). 1999) writes, “My first taste for government service actually came from my time at IU when history professor Larry Friedman had me accompany him and other history majors to DC to lobby the congressional delegation on NEH funding. Currently working for Netflix a totally different company culture (very refreshing) from traditional "Corporate America"!” 1991) writes, “I never formally used my sociology degree however, it has been invaluable in understanding and navigating large and small companies where I have worked. I'm also a Career Coach as well helping professionals land their dream job! Here's my LinkedIn profile for anyone that wishes to connect with me. I graduated in May 2005 with both a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and a Bachelor of Science in Marketing and Management. Early Talent Careers at TD Bank in New York City. 2005) writes, “I'm currently a Senior Manager of U.S. Blanchard’s YouTube channel is fittingly labelled Da Teachas. He also published The Black Book of Lamentations, covered by the South Bend Tribune.


Blanchard’s research publications include A Community Research Guide to Student Persistence: Research-based Strategies to Improve Student Persistence and articles that address social problems such as gun violence and the failures of nursing home care. Michael’s dissertation The Persistence of Community College Students: A Single Site Case Study was motivated by the fact that few students in community colleges complete the Associates Degree within three years, and time to degree is worse among students at urban community colleges. After graduating with a Sociology degree from Indiana University, this South Bend native completed his M.B.A.
The College of Arts & Sciences Department of Sociology
