Student Research

Many undergraduates in the department of sociology collaborate with faculty on independent research projects and as research assistants. Below is a brief description of a few of the research projects that our recent and current students have been involved with. Many of these projects received financial supportfrom the Danziger Fund, which supports researchprojects that engage and involve undergraduates.

Listed below are some recent Honors Theses.

2013

Danielle Jellerette

"Resumes, Cover Letters and Facebook Profiles: A Study on the Use of Facebook in the Corporate Hiring Process"

2013

Emi-Lou Weed

"Hookups, Romantic Relationships, and Companionate Love at Dartmouth"

2013

Duncan Hall

"Social Norms and Organizational Policy: Using a Three-Dimensional Stakeholder Analysis to Understand Fraternity Norms about Sexual Assault"

2012

Orli Kleiner

"Selling the Game: The Economic Sociology of Advertising in Baseball"

2012

Georgino Hyppolite

"More Black Ivy Leaguers, But There's a 'Kind'? Oppositional Culture Theory and Group Attachment of High-Achieving Black Students"

2011

Stephany Acosta

"Deciphering Dominican Dreams: Social Mobility Among Dominican Immigrant Professionals"

2011

Aryana S. Jacobs

"Race and Gender in Newspaper Coverage of Sexually Transmitted Diseases"

2011

Jaclyn K. Wypler

"The Future's in the Dirt: Local Food, Community and Embeddedness in Hardwick, Vermont"

2010

Nichole R. Davis

"A Model for Public Schools: An Analysis of Long Term Academic Enrichment Programs and How They Shape Black Students to Succeed in College"

2010

Ian W. Ferrell

"The Business of America is Business: Corporate America's Reassertion of Political and Economic Power and the Divergent Responses of American Labor Unions"

2010

Jessica C. Guthrie

"How Do Black and White Biracial College Students Identify? Exploring the Influencing Factors in the Development and Changes in Racial Self-identification"

2010

Mary C. "Lina" Stepick

"Threat or Opportunity? Immigrant Workers and Building Trades Unions, the Case of Portland, Oregon"

2009

Rembert M. Browne, II

"Upper-Class Black Identity and Social Distancing"

2009

Maria L. Castilla

"Socioeconomic Status and Hispanic Identification in Part-Hispanic, Multiracial Adolescents: A Microsociological Approach"

2009

Lisel A. Murdock

"Human Capabilities: Effects of Neighborhood Trust and Food Insecurity on Emotions"

2009

Tessa M. Winter

"The Post-Election Violence and Social Networks of University Students in Nairobi, Kenya"

2008

Katherine L. Davis

"A Matter of Taste: The State of Class in Burlington, Vermont, Through the City Market"

2008

Sara E. del Nido

"From Interests to Identities: Mapuche Social Movement Organizations and Indigenous Autonomy in Chile"

2008

Sarah C. Herringer

"Organics in the Mainstream: The Creation of an Industry or Social Movement Success?"