MomnaRaniDoctoral CandidateTeaching FellowFields: Health & Aging, Immigrant Health, Women's Health, Quantitative Methods, Gender & SocietySociologyMomna.Rani@unt.edu Sycamore 288T

Office Hours: W 1-5 appointment only (Spring 26)

SociologyEducation M.Sc. in Sociology, 2019, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir- Graduated with Distinction; M.Phil., Sociology, 2022, Quaid-I-Azam University (Islamabad, Pakistan); Ph.D. in Sociology (ABD), University of North Texas   Master's Thesis Title "Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Wellbeing Regarding Elderly Care among Youth in Islamabad."   Research Interests Momna Rani interested in medical sociology, Quantitative methods, Digital Inequality, Public Health and Aging. She has passed her comprehensive exam and is preparing for her proposal defense.   Grants/Funded Awards The Mark Fossett Outstanding Doctoral Paper Award, Southwestern Sociological Association 2025. Graduate Student Representative (Nominated for 2025–2026), Southwestern Sociological Association. Toulouse Graduate School Travel Award, University of North Texas – Awarded to support travel to academic conferences, 2025 College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Competitive Travel Grant, University of North Texas, 2024-2025 Dean/Voertman-Ardoin Liberal Arts Scholarship, 2025 Alvin C. Dorse Scholarship, Department of Sociology, UNT 2025 Alpha Kappa Delta International Sociology Honor Society Travel Award-2024 Lynne Killgore Scholarship, Department of Sociology, UNT 2024 TGS Summer Award, Toulouse Graduate School, University of North Texas, Summer 2024  Graduate School Competitive Scholarship, 2023-2024 M.Phil. Graduate Fellowship, School of Sociology, Quaid-I-Azam University, 2020-2021 Gold Medal for Academic Excellence, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, 2019 Laptop Award for Highest Academic Achievement, Higher Education Commission Pakistan. Merit Scholarship, Higher Education Commission Pakistan. Selected Publications 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 (ISRN). Published.   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. Advance online publication.    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.    Rani, Momna, Azizullah Jan, Imran Sabir, and Mansoor Ahmad. 2020. “Understudies’ Acuities about Practices, Causes and Effect of Drug Usage at Five Different Educational Institutions of Pakistan.” Journal of Critical Reviews 7(18):4616–4623.    Jan, D., D. Khan, and M. Rani. 2021. "Social and Religious Impact of Covid-19 in Quarantined Zones of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (Case Study of Ziarat Talash Lower Dir)."Journal of Religious Studies4(02):52-60. DOI:10.33195/journal. v4i02.334.