Sociology Goes to Boston
In March, four Sociology students – Rachel Medeiros ’25, Emma Lindsay ’25, Mary Gifford ’25, and Elizabeth Hien ’25 – and two Global Studies students – Crismar Ramos ’26 and Jazzlyn Goncalves ’25 – attended the 2025 Eastern Sociological Society Conference in Boston. The students, accompanied by Drs. Brandon Martinez and Rhiannon Miller of Sociology & Anthropology and Dr. Trina Vithayathil of Global Studies, presented research from their Senior Capstone projects at the conference.
Congratulations to all six students, and a special congrats to Crismar and Jazzlyn for winning the best poster for the Undergraduate Student Poster session!
Project titles and students from left:
Crismar Ramos ’26, Jazzlyn Goncalves ’25, and Jolade Oshinkanlu ’25, “The Backlash to Affirmative Action in India: Resistance to Filling “Reserved Seats” and Expanding Reservations in the Private Sector”
Rachel Medeiros ’25, “Tensions in Teaching: Examining Job Satisfaction and Perceptions of the Education System”
Emma Lindsay ’25, “What They Don’t Teach You: A Comparative Analysis of Crime Reports at Public and Private Universities”
Mary Gifford ’25, Audrey Koch ’25, and Norah Seidler ’26, “Instagram Parent Influencers’ Expression of Class Status”
Elizabeth Hien ’25, “Perceptions of Racial Inequality and the Criminal Justice System: The Influence of Structural and Individual Explanations”
