Lucas' Advisees
Current Dissertators
None
Current Master's Candidates
None
Dissertations Ever Chaired
None
Dissertations Ever Co-Chaired
--Shannon Gleeson web-site
Areas of interest: Migration, Social Policy, Stratification
Dissertation:
Gleeson, Shannon. 2008. The Intersection of Legal Status and
Stratification - The Paradox of Immigration Law and Labor
Protections in the United States.
Co-Chair: Irene Bloemraad
--Bryan L. Sykes web-site
Areas of interest: Social Stratification, Crime and Punishment,
Demography, and Quantitative Methods
Dissertation:
Sykes, Bryan L. 2007. Three Essays on Causality and
Crime.
Co-Chair: Michael Hout
Master's Papers Ever Chaired--Current Students
--Marcel Paret e-mail
web-site
Areas of interest: Race & Ethnic Relations, Inequality, Education,
Quantitative Methods
MA Paper:
Paret, Marcel. 2004. "Cognitive Gains and the Solidification of
Educational Inequalities During Kindergarten and First Grade."
--Phillip N. Fucella
Areas of interest: Sexualities, Psychoanalysis, Methodology, Theory
MA Paper:
Fucella, Phillip N. 1998. "In the Shadow of the School: Educational
Stratification and the Extracurricular Engagements of Secondary School
Youth."
Master's Papers Ever Chaired--Former Students
--Bryan L. Sykes web-site
Areas of interest: Social Stratification, Crime and Punishment,
Demography, and Quantitative Methods
MA Paper:
Sykes, Bryan L. 2005. "Drugs, Money, and Family: A Theoretical and
Empirical Analysis of Household Composition and Illegal Labor Market
Income."
--Ruha Benjamin
Areas of interest: African Diaspora, Critical Theory, Public
Scholarship
MA Paper:
Benjamin, Ruha. 2004. "Filtering Effect of 'The Modern Fact': A
Discussion of Test Bias and the Predictive Validity of the GRE in the
Context of a Political Economy of Knowledge.
--Shannon Gleeson web-site
Areas of interest: Migration, Social Policy, Stratification
MA Paper:
Gleeson, Shannon. 2004. "An Analysis of Wage Attainment and Occupational
Status of Mexican Immigrant Men Living in the U.S.: A Comparison of
Current Population Survey and Mexican Migration Project Data."
--Emily Beller
Areas of interest: Political Sociology; Law; Education;
Stratification
MA Paper:
Beller, Emily. 2001. "A Multilevel Analysis of the Effects of School
Context and 'Risk Factors' on High School Grade Point Average."
