USC Department of Sociology - Graduate Program

Below we present selected publications, presentations, awards, and completed manuscripts from a number of our current and recent graduate students. The included students are:

More information about our students can be found on the Graduate Students page.

Nolan, Patrick, Kyle Irwin, Jennifer Triplet, Shannon McDonough, and Emily Guerrero-Arnold. 2005. “Sex and Suicide: A Cross-National Test of the Convergence Hypothesis," Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, April, Charlotte, NC.

Chacon, Y. 2005. “Population Patterns and Educational Attainment of Mexican-Americans 1994-2004.” Sociation Today Vol. 3, No. 2.

____. In press. “The Inti Raimi Festival Among the Cotacachi and Otavalo Indians of Highland Ecuador: Blood for the Earth.” Co-authored with Richard Chacon and Angel Guandinango. In Warfare and Ritual Violence Among the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America: Problems in Paradise. Eds. Richard Chacon and Ruben Mendoza. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.

Chacon, Y. 2005. “Mexican-Americans: Population Patterns and Educational Attainment.” Paper presented at the Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina.

____. 2004. “First Generation Mexican-Americans: Population Patterns and Educational Attainment.” Sociological Research Seminar, Winthrop University, SC. November.

Wenqian Dai and Patrick Nolan. 2004. "Baseline Models of Inequality: A Test in U.S. Customs Houses." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, GA.

Wenqian Dai and Patrick Nolan. "Exploring Mayhew and Schollaert's Baseline Models of Inequality."

Deflem, Mathieu and Lisa M. Dilks. “Terrorism —Domestic Spying.” In Encyclopedia of Social Problems, edited by Vincent N. Parrillo. Sage Publications. Forthcoming.

Markvosky, Barry and Lisa M. Dilks. “Science, Pseudoscience and Common Sense.” To appear in Procesy Grupowe: Perspektywa Socjologiczna (Group Prcesses: Sociological Perspectives). Warsaw , Poland : Scholar Publishing House.

Markovsky, Barry, Lisa M. Dilks, Pamela Koch, Shannon McDonough, Jennifer Triplett, and Leia Velasquez. “Modularizing and Integrating Theories of Justice.” To appear in Karen A. Hegtvedt & Jody Clay-Warner (Eds.), Advances in Group Processes, Vol. 25. New York : Elsevier Science.

Dilks, Lisa M. and Shane Thye. “Socializing Economic Theories of Discrimination: Lessons from Survivor.”

Markovksy, Barry, Lisa M. Dilks, and Kyle Irwin. “What Passes for Theory in Sociology?”

Dilks, Lisa M. “Influencing Economic Theory with Sociological Assumptions: Lessons from Survivor on Discrimination.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York , NY , August 2007.

Dilks, Lisa M. “Influencing Economic Theory with Sociological Assumptions: Lessons from Survivor on Discrimination.” Presented at the Graduate Student Day, University of South Carolina , Columbia , SC , April 2007.

Markovsky, Barry, Lisa M. Dilks, and Kyle Irwin. “Theory in Sociological Journals.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia , PA , August 2005.

McGrimmon, Tucker and Lisa M. Dilks. 2005. “Sequencing Effects in Exchange Networks.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia , PA , August 2005.

First Place Oral Presentation Award for “Influencing Economic Theory with Sociological Assumptions: Lessons from Survivor on Discrimination.” Presented by the University of South Carolina Graduate School at Graduate Student Day, Columbia , SC , April 2007.

April Dove and Naomi Kolberg. "The Case for God and State: Religious and Political Framing Techniques in the Christian Exodus Movement"

April Dove. "Different Places, Different Memories: Collective Memory and the Creation of Two Southern Civil Rights Museums"

2007 April Dove and Naomi Kolberg. "The Case for God and State: Religious and Political Framing Techniques in the Christian Exodus Movement" ASA Collective Behavior and Social Movements Workshop; Hofstra University, New York.

2007 April Dove and Naomi Kolberg. "The Case for God and State: Religious and Political Framing Techniques in the Christian Exodus Movement" American Sociological Association Annual Meeting; New York, New York.

2007 April Dove. "Social Movements and Commemoration: A Look at Southern Civil Rights Museums" Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting; Atlanta, Georgia.

2006 April Dove and Lizabeth Zack. "A Walk Through History: Museums of the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham, Alabama and Savannah, Georgia" American Sociological Association Annual Meeting; Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

April Dove and Lizabeth Zack. "Is the Civil Rights Movement Over? A Look at Civil Rights Museums in Birmingham, Alabama and Savannah, Georgia" Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting; Charlotte, North Carolina.

April Dove. "Is the Civil Rights Movement Over? A Look at Civil Rights Museums in Birmingham, Alabama and Savannah, Georgia" Poster Presentation; Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Symposium; University of South Carolina Upstate; Spartanburg, South Carolina.

David Willer and Pamela Emanuelson. “Network Exchange Theory.” In Peter J. Burke (ed.) Contemporary Social Psychological Theories. Forthcoming.

Pamela Emanuelson. “Elementary Theory.” In George S. Ritzer (ed.), Encyclopedia of Sociology. Malden, MA: Blackwell. Forthcoming.

Pamela Emanuelson. “Improving the Precision and Parsimony of Network Exchange Theory: A Comparison of Three Network Exchange Models.” Contemporary Research in Social Psychology 10: 149-165. Forthcoming.

Willer, David and Pamela Emanuelson. “Ten Theories.” to American Sociological Review.

Pamela Emanuelson. “Flow Networks: An Extension of Network Exchange Theory.” to Social Forces.

2004 Rationality and Society Student Award. Presented for “Flow Networks: An Extension of Network Exchange Theory.” by Rationality and Society Section of the American Sociological Association.

2005 Best Single Authored Graduate Student Paper Award for “Improving the Precision and Parsimony of Network Exchange Theory: A Comparison of Three Network Exchange Models.” by the Department of Sociology, University of South Carolina.

2000 “Modern Family Values are Reflected in Movies.” South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities.

1999 “The Death Rate of Jewish Women due to Childbirth in First Century Roman Palestine.” South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities.

David Willer and Pamela Emanuelson. “Ten Theories” Invited Presentation, Utrecht. 2005

Pamela Emanuelson. Predicting Multiple Commodity Flows in Interorganizational Flow Networks.” Paper presented at the 2005 annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia.

Pamela Emanuelson and David Willer. “The Use of Suboptimal Relations and the Development of Power in Weak Power Networks.” Paper presented at the 2004 annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco.

Pamela Emanuelson. “Flow Networks: An Extension of Network Exchange Theory.” Paper presented at the 2004 Rational Choice/Mathematical Sociology Miniconference, San Francisco.

Pamela Emanuelson. “Comparing Three Models for Making Predictions in Weak Power Networks.” Presented at the 2004 annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Association, Atlanta.

Pamela Emanuelson and David Willer. “The Middleman.” Presented at the 2003 annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta.

Mathieu Deflem and Kyle Irwin. Forthcoming. “Extradition.” In Encyclopedia of American Civil Rights and Liberties, edited by Otis H. Stephens, Jr. and John M. Scheb II. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

Mathieu Deflem and Kyle Irwin. Forthcoming. “International Money Laundering Control: Law Enforcement Issues.” In Organized Crime: An International Encyclopedia, edited by Frank Shanty. Santa Barbara, CA:ABC-CLIO.

Kyle Irwin. “Collective Actors as Political Agents: Incorporating Collective Stimuli into Affect Control Theory.” Under Review at Social Psychology Quarterly.

Brent Simpson, Kyle Irwin, and Peter Lawrence. “Does a Norm of Self-Interest Discourage Prosocial Behavior? Rationality, Self Interest and Quid Pro Quos in Charitable Giving.” Revise and Resubmit at Social Psychology Quarterly.

Patrick Nolan, Kyle Irwin, Jenny Triplett, Shannon McDonough and Emily Arnold. “Sex and Suicide: A Cross-National Test of the Convergence Hypothesis.” Under Review at Sociological Inquiry.

Barry Markovsky, Lisa Dilks, and Kyle Irwin. “What Passes for Theory in Sociology?”

Kyle Irwin. “ ‘Might vs. Morality’ Revisited: Measuring Emotional Responses to Decisions.”

Kyle Irwin. “Collective Action and Norms: The Emergence of Social Identity.”

Brent Simpson, Kyle Irwin and Kirk McGrimmon. 2005. “Are Blacks Really Less Trusting than Whites?” Annual Group Processes Conference, Philadelphia, PA.

Barry Markovsky, Lisa Dilks, and Kyle Irwin. 2005. “Theory in Sociological Journals.” Theory Section Roundtables, Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Kyle Irwin and Nat Malkus. 2005. “Self and Performance: Reciprocal Effects.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, April, Charlotte, NC

Nolan, Patrick, Kyle Irwin, Jennifer Triplet, Shannon McDonough, and Emily Arnold. 2005. “Sex and Suicide: A Cross-National Test of the Convergence Hypothesis,” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Association, April, Charlotte, NC.

Kyle Irwin. 2004. “Collective Actors as Political Agents: Political Analysis Using Affect Control Theory.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, April, Kansas City, MO.

Kyle Irwin. 1999. “Outward Bound Versus Conventional Sports for Delinquent or At-Risk Youth.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, April, Nashville, TN.

Pamela Koch and Lala Carr Steelman. “Battle at the 2004 Ballot Box: Has the culture war commenced.”

Pamela Koch. 2005. “Is Blood thicker than water.” Social Psychology Brown Bag Series, Department of Sociology, University of South Carolina.

Mathieu Deflem and Naomi Kolberg. “Rock, Rap, and Censorship: Popular Culture and the Technologies of Justice.”

Brent Simpson, Kyle Irwin, and Peter Lawrence. “Does a ‘Norm of Self-Interest’ Discourage Prosocial Behavior? Rationality and Quid Pro Quos in Charitable Giving.” Under review at Social Psychology Quarterly.

Brent Simpson and Peter Lawrence. “The Norm of Self Interest and Charitable Donations.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society Atlanta 2004.

Peter Lawrence. “Are Beautiful People more Intelligent? A Critical Test and an Extension.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society. Atlanta 2005.

Shin, Eui Hang and Shannon McDonough. 2005. “Race, Gender, Social Class, and Diversity: Disparities Between Cultural Beliefs and Social Realities Reflected in Print Advertisements.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, April, Charlotte, NC.

“Race and Trust” 2005. Simpson, Brent, Kyle Irwin, Tucker McGrimmon.Working paper University of South Carolina. Presenteted at Group Processes Conference, August 2005, Philadelphia, PA.

“Trust and Embedded Markets” 2005. Simpson, Brent and Tucker McGrimmon. Currently under review at American Sociological Review. Presented at the American Sociological Association meetings August 2005, Philadelphia, PA.

“Sequencing Effects in Exchange Networks” 2005. McGrimmon, Tucker, and Lisa Dilks. Working paper University of South Carolina. Presented at American Sociological Association August 2005, Philadephia, PA.

J. Eagle Shutt and Mathieu Deflem. “Whose Face at the Border? Homeland Security and Border Policing Since 9/11.” Journal of Social and Ecological Boundaries, forthcoming.

Mathieu Deflem and J. Eagle Shutt. “Law Enforcement and Computer Security Threats and Measures.” In The Handbook of Information Security, Volume 2: Information Warfare, Social, Legal, and International Issues and Security Foundations, edited by Hossein Bidgoli. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, forthcoming.

Schreck, C., J.E. Shutt, T. Elsworth, and J.M. Miller (forthcoming). The adolescent victim of school violence: Social and situational risk factors. In The Handbook of Juvenile Justice, edited by Barbara Sims. Marcel Dekker Publishers.

Shutt, J.E. (2005). Criminal trials. In Encyclopedia of Criminology. New York: Routledge.

Shutt, J.E. (2005). Judges. In Encyclopedia of Criminology. New York: Routledge.

Shutt, J.E. (2005). Problems in criminal courts. In Encyclopedia of Criminology. New York: Routledge.

Shutt, J.E. (2005). Prosecuting attorneys. In Encyclopedia of Criminology. New York: Routledge.

Shutt, J.E., J.M. Miller, C.J. Schreck, and N.K. Brown (2004). Reconsidering the leading myths of stranger child abductions. Criminal Justice Studies 17(1), 127-134.

J.E. Shutt, and J.M. Miller (2003). Medicaid and “the granny’s lawyer goes to jail” law: Questioning the criminalization of attorney’s advice. Criminal Justice Policy Review 14(1), 96-105.

Shutt, J.E. (2003). On criminal defense, zealous advocacy, and expanded ethics dialogue. Journal of Crime and Justice 25(2).

Shutt, J.E. (2002). Ellwood Patterson Cubberley. In Encyclopedia of Education, 2nd Edition, edited by J.W. Guthrie. New York: Macmillan.

Miller, J.M, and J.E. Shutt (2001). Considering the need for empirically grounded drug court screening mechanisms. Journal of Drug Issues, 31(1), 91-106.

2002. “Acculturation and Consumption Behavior of Korean Americans.” In Society and Culture in South Korea, edited by Kyung-Dong Kim. Dasan (in Korean), with Eui Hang Shin.

2003. “Social Network Structures and Collectivism in Chaebol Groups in Korea.” Pp. 246-339 in Social Network and Collectivism in Korea, edited by Sung Kuk Kim et al. Seoul, Korea: Korean Sociological Association (in Korean), with Eui Hang Shin.

2004. “Acculturation and Consumption Behavior of Korean Americans.” Development and Society 33(1): 39-79, with Eui Hang Shin.

“The Relations between State and Society in South Korea: Focusing on Health Reform Policies and Interest Groups.”

“Acculturation and Consumption Behavior of Korean Immigrants.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, on August 13, 2001, at Anaheim, CA.

Mathieu Deflem and Suzanne Sutphin. 2006. “Policing Post-War Iraq: Iraqi Civilian Police and the Reconstruction of Society.” Sociological Focus.

Stephanie Southworth, John Barnshaw, Suzanne Sutphin, Sean Langley and Roslyn Mickelson "Structural Foundations of the Enduring Race Gap in High School English Track Placement." Paper presented at the 2005 annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia.

Mathieu Deflem, Suzanne Sutphin, and Yunqing Li. “Policing the Pearl: Transformations of Law Enforcement in Hong Kong.” Paper in progress.

Emily Guerrero-Arnold and Jennifer Triplett. 2005. "Sex and Suicide: A Cross-National Test of the Convergence Hypothesis." Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society.

Shane Thye and Christine Witkowski. 2005 “Status Relations.” Encyclopedia of Social Theory. Sage Publications.

“The Status Value Theory of Power: The Effect of Status and Resource Differentiation on Power in Exchange” with Shane Thye.

“A Theory of Collective Action Frame Resonance: Understanding How the Information and Ideas Presented by Social Movement Organizations is Received by Target Audiences”

“Resolving the United States’ Energy Conflict: An Application of Habermas’ Theory of Communicative Action”

Shane Thye and Christine Witkowski. 2003. “The Status Value Theory of Power: The Effect of Status and Resource Differentiation on Power in Exchange.” The Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, Georgia.

Dudley Girard, Ben Bryant, Pamela Emanuelson, and Christine Witkowski. 2003 “Web-Lab: On Online Facility for Experimental Social Science Research.” CLA Infotech Conference, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina.

Yang Ying. 2000. “Unemployment in State-owned enterprises and some solutions toward it.” National Excellent Social Science Work Collection. China International Broadcasting Publisher.

Yang, Ying and Elena Vesselinov. “Wealth Inequality: Differences among Five Asian Immigrant Groups.”

Yang, Ying and Elena Vesselinov. 2005. “Wealth Inequality: Differences among Five Asian Immigrant Groups.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association’s 100th Annual Meeting, August 14-17, Philadelphia.

NSF Dissertation Improvement Grant Proposal: “Wealth Inequality: a Comparison in Net Wealth Between Asian Immigrants and Whites in the U.S.” Elena Vesselinov, PI, Ying Yang, Co-PI, Jimy Sanders, Co-PI.

More information about our students can be found on the Graduate Students page.

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