Degree
B.S., Sociology, Iowa State University
Expected Graduation Date
2026
Research and Teaching Interests
Gender, Political Sociology
Advisor
N/A
Degree
BA, Sociology, Cal Poly Pomona
jonathanjosue.aguilar@unlv.edu
Expected Graduation Date
2028
Research and Teaching Interests
Social Movements, Labor Racial Capitalism, Neoliberalism
Advisor
N/A
Degrees
B.S. Sociology
B.S. Psychology
M.A. Sociology, Minnesota State University Mankato
Expected Graduation Date
N/A
Research and Teaching Interests
Criminology, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), Childhood Trauma, Criminality
Advisor
Dr. Tirth Bhatta
Degree
BA, Psychology, UNLV
Expected Graduation Date
N/A
Research and Teaching Interests
Medical Sociology, Inequality, Maternal Agency in Prenatal Care and Childbirth
Advisor
Dr. Adrianna Munson
Degree
B.S., Sociology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria
Expected Graduation Date
2028
Research and Teaching Interests
Medical Sociology, Public Health, Health Disparities, Socioeconomic Determinants of Health, Community-Based Research
Advisor
Dr. Elizabeth Lawrence
Degrees
B.S., Sociology, Northeastern University
M.A., Sociology, UNLV
Graduate Certificate in Social Justice Studies (SJS), UNLV
Graduate Certificate in Sexuality, Culture, and Society, University of Amsterdam
Expected Graduation Date
Spring 2025
Research and Teaching Interests
Social Movements, Sexual Politics, Sex Work, Critical Anti-Trafficking, Surveillance & Technology, Social & Design (In)Justice, Qualitative Methods, Community-Driven Participatory Actions Research (PAR)
Advisor
Dr. Barbara Brents
Degrees
B.A., Sociology, Texas State University
M.A., Sociology, Texas State University
Expected Graduation Date
2029
Research and Teaching Interests
Popular Culture, Music & the Life Course, Fandom Studies
Advisor
N/A
Degrees
AA, English, College of Southern Nevada
BA, English, UNLV
BA, Sociology, UNLV
MA, Sociology, UNLV
Expected Graduation Date
May 2026
Research and Teaching Interests
Environmental Sociology: Climate Change and Society; Environmental Racism and Justice. Urban Sociology: Residential Segregation, Urban Development, and Neighborhood Effects.
Advisor
Dr. Robert Futrell
Degree
BA, Sociology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (with a minor in Anthropology)
Expected Graduation Date
N/A
Research and Teaching Interests
Masculinities, Virtual Spaces, Right-Wing Terrorism, Radicalization, Fascism, Post-Colonialism, Feminist Theories and Research, Gender Studies, Qualitative Methods, and Quantitative Methods
Advisor
Dr. Annalise Grant
Degrees
M.A., Sociology, Cal State Fullerton
B.A., Sociology, Cal Poly Pomona
A.A., Social and Behavioral Sciences, Mt. San Antonio College
Expected Graduation Date
2026
Research and Teaching Interests
Family estrangement, Race and Ethnicity, Identity Salience, Modernity
Advisor
Dr. Courtney Carter
Degree
BA, Sociology and Minor in Communications, California State University Channel Islands
MA, Sociology, California State University, Northridge
Expected Graduation Date
Spring 2025
Research and Teaching Interests
Gender and Sexuality, Social Psychology, Identities, Stigma, Symbolic Interactionism, Abortion
Advisor
Dr. Barb Brents
Degrees
BA, UNLV
MA, UNLV
Expected Graduation Date
Spring 2025
Research and Teaching Interests
Research Interests: Social Psychology, Race & Ethnicity, Online Communities, Latinxs and Belonging
Teaching Interests: Introduction to Sociology, Statistics, Social Psychology
Advisor
Dr. Robert Futrell
Degrees
BA, Sociology, California State University, Fullerton
MA, Sociology, California State University, Fullerton
Expected Graduation Date
2025
Research and Teaching Interests
Social Psychology, Sexuality and Gender, Family, and Crime and Deviance
Advisor
Dr. Elizabeth Lawrence
Degrees
B.A., Criminal Justice, UNLV
J.D., William S. Boyd School of Law
Expected Graduation Date
N/A
Research and Teaching Interests
Sociology and the law; sexual violence and the law; gender and sexuality
Advisor
Dr. Barbara Brents
Degrees
B.A., Sociology, California State University Stanislaus
M.A., Sociology, University of Nevada, Reno
Expected Graduation Date
2026
Research and Teaching Interests
Intersectionalities of Drag performance; Gender, Race, and Labor; Place and Space; Technology and Socialization
Advisor
Dr. Barb Brents
Degrees
BA, Sociology, California State University, Sacramento
MA, Sociology, California State University, Sacramento
Expected Graduation Date
December 2023
Research and Teaching Interests
Social Psychology, Race and Ethnicity, Work and Occupations, Social Inequalities, Social Problems, Sociology of Education, Qualitative Methods, Sociology of Emotions
Advisor
Dr. Christie Batson
Degrees
B.A., Criminology and Investigations, West Virginia University
M.A., Applied Sociology and Anthropology, West Virginia University
Expected Graduation Date
2024
Research and Teaching Interests
City and Urban Life, Urban Sociology, Culture, Sociology of Sport, Fandoms, Visual Sociology, Sociology of Place and Space, Criminology
Advisor
Dr. Michael Ian Borer
Degrees
BA and MA, Texas Tech University
Expected Graduation Date
5/2024
Research and Teaching Interests
Social Psychology, Culture, Poverty, Organizations
Advisor
Dr. Robert Futrell
Degrees
BS, Psychology, Minnesota State University Mankato
Certificate in Experimental Psychology, Minnesota State University Mankato
MS, Sociology: Human Services Planning and Administration, Minnesota State University Mankato
Certificate in Nonprofit Leadership Minnesota State University Mankato
Expected Graduation Date
2025/6
Research and Teaching Interests
Race/Ethnicity; Latine Studies; Children of Immigrants; Social Psychology
Degree
BA, Sociology, UNLV
Expected Graduation Date
2027
Research and Teaching Interests
Race, class, gender
Advisor
Dr. Futrell
Degrees
MS, Criminal Justice and Criminology, University of Missouri Kansas City
BA, Criminal Justice and Criminology , University of Missouri Kansas City
Expected Graduation Date
Spring 2025
Research and Teaching Interests
All avenues of sex work and sex worker rights, general interest in sexualities, cannabis law, stigma, and decriminalization
Advisor
Br. Barb Brents
Degree
BA, University of Northern Iowa
Expected Graduation Date
May 2025
Research and Teaching Interests
Political sociology; Race; Black political thought; linked fate; voting
Advisors
Dr. Robert Futrell and Dr. Tirth Bhatta
Degrees
BA, Sociology, CSU Sacramento
MA, Sociology, UNLV
Expected Graduation Date
2025
Research and Teaching Interests
Environmental Sociology, Cultural Sociology, Community Studies, Climate Crisis Research
Advisor
Dr. Michael Borer
Degrees
B.A., Sociology, UCSD
M.A., Sociology, UNLV
Expected Graduation Date
2024
Research and Teaching Interests
Higher Ed, race/ethnicity, undocumented student movement, immigration
Advisor
Dr. Cassaundra Rodríguez & Dr. Robert Futrell
Degrees
- M.A., Cal State L.A.
- B.A., UCSB
Expected Graduation Date
Spring 2024
Research and Teaching Interests
Culture, technology, mass media, criminology
Advisor
Dr. Tirth Bhatta, Dr. Robert Futrell
Degree
B.S., Public Policy, Western Oregon University
M.A., Sociology, UNLV
Expected Graduation Date
December 2024
Research and Teaching Interests
Military Combat Veterans in Criminal Justice
Advisor
Dr. Michael Ian Borer
Degree
BA, Sociology, University of Nevada, Reno
Expected Graduation Date
N/A
Research and Teaching Interests
Introductory Sociology; Gender and Sexuality; Porn, Sex, and Sex Work; Culture, Small Group Cultures, Competition Culture
Advisor
Dr. Michael Borer
Degree
B.A. and M.A. University of New Orleans
Expected Graduation Date
2027
Research and Teaching Interests
Urban Sociology, Gender and Sexuality
Advisor
Dr. Christie Batson
Degrees
B.A., Sociology, University of Dar es Salaam
Master of Public Health, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza Tanzania
Expected Graduation Date
May 2031
Research and Teaching Interests
Health and Environment
Teaching Interest: Health related courses
Advisor
Dr. Tirth Bhatta
Degrees
M.A., Journalism & Media Studies, UNLV
B.A., Communication Studies
Expected Graduation Date
Spring 2025
Research and Teaching Interests
Fan culture (music), Social Networks, Media Studies, Social Movements, BTS ARMY
Advisor
Dr. Robert Futrell
Degrees
M.A., Sociology, South Asian University, New Delhi
Expected Graduation Date
N/A
Research and Teaching Interests
Gender and Sexuality, Social Inequality, Urban Studeis, Post Colonial Studies, Media and Society, Social Movements
Advisor
N/A
Degrees
BA, Anthropology, The Ohio State University
MA, Anthropology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Expected Graduation Date
Fall 2025
Research and Teaching Interests
Location Independence/Digital Nomadism, Future of Work, Global Capitalism, Border Politics, Urban Planning and Spatial Inequality, Human Mobility Studies
Advisor
Dr. Christie Batson
Degrees
A.A., West Kentucky Community and Technical College
B.S., Sociology, Murray State University
M.A., Sociology, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Master of Social Work, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Graduate Certificate in Women's Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Expected Graduation Date
Spring 2029
Research and Teaching Interests
Families and Family Inequalities, Gender and Sexuality, Race and Ethnicity, Sociological Social Psychology, Stratification, Social and Public Policy, Social Welfare
Advisor
Dr. Annaliese Grant
Degrees
B.A., Asian American Studies, UC Berkeley
M.A., Sociological Practice, CSU San Marcos
Expected Graduation Date
2025
Research and Teaching Interests
Filipino Americans, citizenship, belonging, and identity
Advisor
Dr. Cassaundra Rodriguez
Degrees
BS, Sociology, Northland College
MA, Sociology, Northern Illinois University
Expected Graduation Date
N/A
Research and Teaching Interests
Social Movements, Right-Wing Movements, Social Psychology, Ethnography
Advisor
Dr. Robert Futrell
Degree
MA and BS, Sociology, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Expected Graduation Date
2025
Research and Teaching Interests
Sexualities (sexual pleasure, fantasy, etc.) Social Psych
Advisors
Dr. Michael Borer
Degrees
BA, Sociology with Spanish Minor, Cal State Long Beach
MA, Sociology, Cal State Fullerton
Expected Graduation Date
2025
Research and Teaching Interests
Research in issues surrounding the intersection of race, religion, and culture. Teaching Interests: Introduction to sociology, Statistics, Culture courses, Theory courses, Research Methods Courses.
Advisor
Dr. Robert Futrell
Degree
Bachelor in Sociology, Southern Utah University
Expected Graduation Date
2030
Research and Teaching Interests
Gender and Sexuality, Politics and Special Movements
Advisor
N/A