MomnaRaniDoctoral CandidateTeaching FellowFields: Medical Sociology; Gerontology; Health & Aging; Long-Term Care & Healthcare Workforce; Digital Health & Artificial Intelligence; Women's Health; Quantitative Methods.SociologyGraduate StudentMomna.Rani@unt.edu Sycamore 288T

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Graduate StudentSociologyEducation M.Phil. in Sociology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2022 M.Sc. in Sociology, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan, 2019 — Graduated with Distinction (Gold Medal) Research Interests Medical sociology; healthcare workforce stability and shortage reduction; long-term care systems and capacity; aging and public health outcomes; health insurance access and cost containment; integration of artificial intelligence and digital health in U.S. healthcare systems; digital inequality; women's health; quantitative methods.   Grants, Awards, & Fellowships (Selected)   External & National SAGE Publishing Keith Roberts Teaching Innovations Award, ASA Section on Teaching and Learning in Sociology, 2026 Robert Beckley Award for Outstanding Paper Presented, Southwestern Social Science Association Annual Conference, 2026 Pascal Ngoboka Student Travel Grant, Southwestern Social Science Association, 2026 Alpha Kappa Delta Student Member Research Travel Grant, 2026 The Mark Fossett Outstanding Doctoral Paper Award, Southwestern Social Science Association, 2025 Top 10 Best Papers Published of 2025, International Social Research Nexus - recognized among 32 published papers based on readership and engagement Graduate Student Representative (Nominated), Southwestern Social Science Association, 2025 Alpha Kappa Delta International Sociology Honor Society Travel Award, 2024 M.Phil. Graduate Fellowship, School of Sociology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan, 2020–2021 Gold Medal for Academic Excellence (First Position in the State), awarded by the President of Azad Kashmir and the Vice Chancellor, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, 2019 Laptop Award for Highest Academic Achievement, Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, 2018 Merit Scholarship, Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (Funded MSc Sociology), 2016-2018 University of North Texas (Internal) The Dale and Linda Elgert Yeatts Graduate Scholarship, Department of Sociology, 2026 Winner, Student Assessment Challenge, UNT Division of Student Affairs, 2026 College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Competitive Travel Grants, 2024, 2025, and 2026 (multiple awards) Dean/Voertman-Ardoin Liberal Arts Scholarship, 2025 Alvin C. Dorse Scholarship, Department of Sociology, 2025 Thesis and Dissertation Small Research Grant, Department of Sociology, 2025 Poster Printing Grant, Department of Sociology, 2025 Toulouse Graduate School Travel Award, 2025 Toulouse Graduate School Summer Award, 2024 Lynne Killgore Scholarship, Department of Sociology, 2024 Graduate School Competitive Scholarship, Toulouse Graduate School, 2023–2026 Professional Service & Leadership Co-Chair (Elected, 2026–2028), Sociology, Social Work, and Social Welfare Division, Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) Student Social Media Coordinator (2025–2026), Medical Sociology Section, American Sociological Association (ASA) Ad-hoc Peer Reviewer: Social Science & Medicine; Journal of Applied Social Science; conference abstract reviewer, Applied Demography Conference (PAA) Peer Mentor, American Sociological Association; Graduate Student Peer Mentor, UNT Sociology Publications (Selected) Rani, Momna, and Dale E. Yeatts. 2026. “Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Care Among Older Immigrants: Evidence from the National Health Interview Survey, 2020–2023.” INQUIRY: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing. Yeatts, Dale E., Paul E. Yeatts, Momna Rani, and Cynthia M. Cready. 2025. “Responding to the New Nursing Home Staffing Requirements: Focusing on Supervisor Support to Address Nurse Aide Shortages.” Journal of Applied Gerontology 44(12):1981–1989. Rani, Momna. 2025. “The Development of Sociological Thought: A Critical Review of Robert K. Merton's Social Theory and Social Structure.” International Social Research Nexus 1(2):1–7. Ullah, Kefayat, Azizullah Jan, Momna Rani, Mansoor Ahmad, and Ihsan Ullah Khan. 2021. “Factors Affecting the Female Education in the Newly Merged District Bajaur of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.” PalArch's Journal of Archaeology of Egypt/Egyptology 18(4):3136–3156. Jan, A., I. U. Khan, and M. Rani. 2021. “Social and Religious Impact of Covid-19 in Quarantined Zones of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan: A Case Study of Ziarat Talash, Lower Dir.” Journal of Religious Studies 4(2):52–60. Rani, Momna, Aziz Jan, Imran Sabir, and Mansoor Ahmad. 2020. “Understudies' Acuities about Practices, Causes, and Effects of Drug Usage at Five Different Educational Institutions of Pakistan.” Journal of Critical Reviews 7(18):4464–4469.