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 Fellow
| 2019-22 | Co-Mentor, Academic Pathway Postdoctoral Fellow, Marva Goodson-Miller (Placement: Assistant Professor, Arizona State University) |
Dissertation Committee
| 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) |
| 2019- | Chair, Yvonne Chen |
| 2018-23 | Chair, Philip J. Pettis (ASA Minority Fellow; Best Dissertation Award of the ASA Section on Sociology of Mental Health; Placement: Assistant Professor, Michigan State University) |
| 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
| 2022-23 | 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 |
| 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 | Member, Brandon Young |
| 2021 | Member, Christopher I. Swafford |
| 2016-17 | Chair, May Braverman (Asian Studies, VU) |
| 2015-16 | Chair, Karlia Nicole Brown |
| 2016-17 | Member, Daier Yuan |