2025-2026 Candidates

Syed Marjan 
Dissertation Title: Profiles in Extremism: Comparative Demographics of Lone-Actor, Splinter-Cell, and Organized Terrorists in the United States
Research Fields: Political Sociology; Terrorism and Political Violence; Criminology; Policing and Social Control; Cybercrime and Technology Policy; Quantitative Methods/Comparative Analysis
Committee: Drs. Kevin McCaffree (Chair), Gabe Ignatow, Ronald Kwon
 
Momna Rani
Program: Ph.D.
Fields: Medical Sociology; Public Health; Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence; Health Inequalities; Women’s Health and Reproductive Health; Aging and the Life Course; Immigration and Health; Health Policy and Social Determinants of Health.
Committee: Drs. Dale Yeatts (Chair), Gul Seckin, Cynthia Cready