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| As noted in the description
of our well-respected graduate program, students can elect to take
a comprehensive exam (Soc. 596) or write a thesis (Soc 599).
Many of our recent theses have produced some interesting products
and results, and include the following titles:
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Eun Kyoung Kim
Profs. Eui-Young Yu, Chair;
Ronald Tsukashima, member;
Hyojoung Kim, member |
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March 14, 2008 |
| Correlates of Ethnic
Religious Participation Among Second Generation Korean American Young
Adults |
Martha Gonzalez
Profs. Roseann Giarrusso, Chair;
Gretchen Peterson, member;
Valentine Villa, member |
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December 6, 2007 |
| Mexican Immigrant and
Mexican American Elders: Acculturation, Health, and Life Satisfaction |
Jessica Meaney
Profs. Cristina Bodinger-deUriarte, Chair;
Roseann Giarrusso, member;
Gretchen Peterson, member |
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November 1, 2006 |
| Los Angeles County
Metropolitan Transportation Authority: A Sociological Perspective on
the Social Environment |
Ronald Edwards
Profs. Yehudi Webster, Chair;
Ed Clarke, member;
Larry Hong, member |
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December 13, 2005 |
| Victims Experiences and
Levels of Cooperation with Prosecution in Domestic Violence Cases |
Nahid Rimi
Profs. Terry Kandal, Chair;
Donald Bray, member;
Kazem Alamdari, member |
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December 7, 2005 |
| The Asian Financial
Crisis of 1997 and Its Varying Impact on the Newly Industrialized
Countries of East Asia |
Solomon Daniel
Profs. Gretchen Peterson, Chair;
Elaine Draper, member;
Terry Kandal, member |
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June 8, 2005 |
| The Effects of Gender on
Subordinates' Perceptions and Preferences for Manager in Times of
Organizational Change |
Irit Daniel
Profs. Elaine Draper, Chair;
Gretchen Peterson, member;
Terry Kandal, member |
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June 8, 2005 |
| Glass Ceiling or
Rational Choices - What Prevents Women from Attaining Management
Positions? |
Marcellino Morales
Profs. Cristina Bodinger-deUriarte, Chair;
Larry Hong, member;
Julie Albright, member |
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May 26, 2005 |
| The Transfer of
Responsibility of Elderly Care from the Family Institution to Social
Institutions |
Hasmik Amirian
Profs. Gretchen Peterson, Co-Chair;
Kazem Alamdari, Co-Chair;
Larry Hong, member |
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December 14, 2004 |
| The Problems of Aging
and Social Programs: A Study of Ethnic Armenian Elderly and Adult Day
Healthcare (ADHC) |
Hsienying Lu
Profs. Lawrence K. Hong, Chair;
Delos Kelly, member;
Eui-Young Yu, member |
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May 25, 2004 |
| The Impacts of Social
Change on the Family in Contemporary Japan: A Demographic Study of
Woman Labor, Marriage, Fertility, and Household |
Maki Saito
Profs. Gretchen Peterson, Chair;
Lawrence K. Hong, member;
Eleni Pitsou-Darrough, member |
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December 3, 2003 |
| The
Effects of Gender, Gender Ideology, and the Division of Labor on
Perceptions of Family |
William Smith
Profs. Janet Lever, Chair;
Lawrence K. Hong, member;
Gretchen Peterson, member |
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December 4, 2002 |
| A
Passionate Discourse: The Presentation of Sexual Self in Online
Communities |
Rosa Castro-Rodriguez
Profs. Lawrence K. Hong, Chair;
Edward J. Clarke, member;
Delos H. Kelly, member |
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June 11, 2002 |
| Who Do
The Elderly Turn To For Help In Everyday Life: Evidence From Three
Perspectives |
Anthony Francoso
Profs. Cristina Bodinger-deUriarte, Chair;
Terry R. Kandal, member;
Gunnar Valgeirsson, member |
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March 20, 2002 |
| Owning
the Airways: Micro-Radio as a Response for Organizing and Social
Change |
Todd Okamura
Profs. Cristina Bodinger-deUriarte, Chair;
Gunnar Valgeirsson, member;
Jean Phinney, member |
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March 18, 2002 |
| Residualism in Mainland Hawaii 'local' born Americans |
Emma Der-Mesropian
Profs. Cristina Bodinger-deUriarte, Chair;
Terry Kandal, member;
Richard Anderson-Connolly, member |
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December 04, 2001 |
| Compilation Benefit Albums: Hegemony & Philanthropy |
Philip Brocato
Profs. Cristina Bodinger-deUriarte, Chair;
William Darrough, member;
Delos Kelly, member |
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April 09, 2001 |
| How Violence Sustains Solidarity Within Two Cultures: Yanomano and the Crips |
Rosa Wilkins
Profs. Edward Clarke, Chair;
William Wasson, member;
Delos Kelly, member |
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December 07, 2000 |
| A Trend of the Los
Angeles Riots: Inter-Ethnic Relations 1992-1997 |
Teresa Vidaurri-Santana
Profs. Lawrence K. Hong, Chair;
Delos H. Kelly, member;
Susan Friedman, member |
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December 05, 2000 |
| The Re-Emergence of
Herbal Medicine: A Test of the Socio-Economic Status and Subcultural
Value Hypothesis |
Marci Boswell
Profs. Pamela Porter, Chair;
Delos H. Kelly, member;
Gloria Romero, Psychology, member |
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March 18, 2000 |
| The Social Structure
of the Black Family |
Richard Kamei March
18, 2000
Profs. Cristina Bodinger-deUriarte, Chair;
Lawrence K. Hong, member;
Edward Clarke, member |
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| The Impact of Education
on Political Tolerance: Attitudes Toward Communism, A Case in Point |
Charles Fossett III
Profs. Yehudi O. Webster, Chair;
Delos H. Kelly, member;
William K. Wasson, member
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June 12, 1999 |
| The Corrections System:
Its Intrinsic Subcultures and Its Effects on Rehabilitation and Punishment |
Richard Garvey
Profs. Cristina Bodinger-deUriarte, Chair;
William Darrough, member;
Lawrence K. Hong, member
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June 12, 1999 |
| Musical Subcultures,
The Case of The Grateful Dead Fans and The Phish Fans |
Albert Paoletti
Profs. Delos H. Kelly, Chair;
Edward Clarke, member;
Cristina Bodinger-deUriarte, member |
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June 12, 1999 |
| The Social and Socio-Structure
Factors of Homocide in a Single Police Division |
Vincent R. Giedraitis
Profs. Cristina Bodinger-deUriarte, Chair;
Julie Albright, member;
Terry R. Kandal, member |
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June 7, 1999 |
| Weberian Rationalization
and Its Relevance for Understanding Depression |
Benjamin Adams
Profs. Cristina Bodinger-deUriarte, Chair; David K. Miyahara, member;
Mary A. Falvey, member |
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June 4, 1999 |
| Perceptions
and Issue Importance as Held by School Principals Regarding Students
with Severe Disabilities in General Education Classrooms |
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