Teaching and Mentoring
GRADUATE COURSES
SOC 8351 Medical Sociology
SOC 8353 Social Networks and Health
SOC 9363 Social Determinants of Health
SOC 9888 Directed Study on Social Networks and Health
SOC 9888 Directed Study on Social Stratification
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
SOC 1020 Contemporary Social Issues: Health and Society
SOC 3301 Society and Medicine
SOC 3305 Social Networks and Health
SOC 3851 Independent Research and Writing
MHS 2310 Chinese Society and Medicine
MHS 2430 Social Capital and Health
MHS 7850 Independent Study
MENTORING (Sociology-VU if not specified)
Postdoctoral Mentoring Committee
| 2019-22 | Co-Mentor, Marva Goodson-Miller, Academic Pathway Postdoctoral Fellow, VU (Placement: Assistant Professor, Arizona State University) |
| 2024- | Member, Anyah Prasad, LGBTQ+ Policy Lab, VU |
Dissertation Committee
| 2019-24 | Chair, Yvonne Chen (Summer Research Award from the College; Placement: Assistant Professor, Texas Christian University) |
| 2018-23 | Chair, Philip J. Pettis (ASA Minority Fellow; Best Dissertation Award from two ASA Sections: Medical Sociology, and Sociology of Mental Health; Placement: Assistant Professor, Michigan State University) |
| 2024- | Member, Congning Ni (Computer Science, VU) |
| 2024- | Member, Yuying Zhao (Computer Science, VU) |
| 2024- | Member, Monisola Vaughan |
| 2023 | External Examiner, Yaxin Lan (Sociology, Chinese University of Hong Kong) |
| 2022- | Member, Katrina Rbeiz (Psychological Sciences, VU) |
| 2020-23 | Member, Yiwan Ye (Sociology, University of California, Davis) |
| 2020-21 | Member, Cleothia G. Frazier |
| 2019-20 | Member, Tam V. Bui (Economics, VU) |
| 2017 | External Examiner, Emma Nagy (Health Promotion and Social Epidemiology, Queen’s University, Canada) |
Special Area Exam
| 2024 | Chair, Matthew Tarizzo (Medical Sociology) |
| 2024 | Chair, Zhe Zhang (Singlehood, Marriage, and Family) |
| 2023-24 | Chair, Zhe Zhang (Medical Sociology) |
| 2018-19 | Chair, Yvonne Chen (Medical Sociology, Social Stratification) |
| 2018 | Chair, Lacee A. Satcher (Medical Sociology) |
| 2018 | Chair, Philip J. Pettis (Medical Sociology) |
| 2018 | Member, Cleothia G. Frazier (Medical Sociology) |
| 2017 | Member, Ashleigh R. Hope (Medical Sociology) |
| 2015 | Member, Rachel Skaggs (Work and Occupation) |
| 2013-14 | Member, Gabriela León-Pérez (Medical Sociology) |
M.A. Thesis Committee
| 2022- | Chair, Zhe Zhang (1st Place Graduate Student Paper Award in the Department) |
| 2016-17 | Chair, Philip J. Pettis |
| 2017-18 | Member, Cleothia G. Frazier |
| 2016 | Member, Ashleigh R. Hope |
| 2013-14 | Member, Peter Schuyler Vielehr |
Honor Thesis Committee
| 2024-25 | Chair, Diya Desai (MHS, VU) |
| 2016-17 | Chair, May Braverman (Asian Studies, VU) |
| 2015-16 | Chair, Karlia Nicole Brown |
| 2024 | Member, Brandon Young |
| 2021 | Member, Christopher I. Swafford |
| 2016-17 | Member, Daier Yuan |