Teaching Assistants
Graduate Teaching Assistants
MA Graduate Teaching Assistants
Katherine Barnes
Katherine is a first-year master's student and first-year teaching assistant for Dr. Bob Carini and his two SOC 301 courses, Social Statistics. Katherine is a Louisville native with a Bachelors degree in Sociology from Indiana University Southeast. She is interested in gender studies, specifically gender inequality in the workplace and in the media.
krbarn04@louisville.edu (502) 852-8043 Lutz 113
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JaniDean Bruner
Jani is a first-year master's student and first-year teaching assistant for Dr. Jim Beggan and his SOC 301 course, Social Statistics, and for Dr. Patricia Gagne' and her SOC 320 course, Social Theory. Jani graduated from Indiana University Southeast in 2010 with a BA in sociology. She is excited to begin her first year at UofL and plans to focus her studies on LGBT issues. She plans to pursue a career as a professor.
j0brun02@louisville.edu (502) 852-8043 Lutz 113
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Emilie Dyer
Emilie is a second-year master's student and first-year teaching assistant for Dr. Mark Austin and his SOC 201 course, Introduction to Sociology. Emilie's areas of interest are technology integration in school systems and environmental sociology. She has spent the past year working for Seven Counties as a therapeutic aide for children in need of acute psychiatric services. Emilie hopes to continue her education and work towards completing a doctoral degree after completing the masters program at UofL.
ebdyer01@louisville.edu (502) 852-8046 Lutz 116
Emilie's experience at UofL: TBA
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Casey Griffith
Casey is a first-year master's student and first-year teaching assistant for Prof. Andrea Koven and her SOC 210 course, Race in the U.S. Casey's areas of interest include race and ethnicity, stratification, and refugee settlement issues. Her goal is to pursue a research career in these areas, especially in the urban environment.
cngrif02@louisville.edu (502) 852-8045 Lutz 115
Casey's experience at Uof: TBA
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Thomas Mowen
Tom is a first-year master's student and first-year teaching assistant for Prof. Andrea Koven and her SOC 210 course, Race in the U.S.
tjmowe01@louisville.edu (502) 852-8045 Lutz 115
Tom's comments: "My areas of interest in within criminology. I have enjoyed conducting research on the death penalty and victims' family member closure and am currently conducting research on social stigmitization and deviance. In the future, I would like to continue to explore social deviance. In addition to enjoying my research opportunities here at UofL, I have also enjoyed working with the Sociology Student Association (SSA). The SSA is an awesome student-run organization for anyone interested in sociological issues. Having a very supportive faculty and staff makes for a great RSO experience. It's great to be a part of a department which supports its students so thoroughly."
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Nancy Steinmetz
Nancy is a first-year master's student and first-year teaching assistant for Dr. Mark Austin and his SOC 201 course, Introduction to Sociology
nmstei01@louisville.edu (502) 852-8046 Lutz 116
Nancy's comments: "I received my BS in Sociology from the University of Louisville in 2009. Through the process of getting my degree I was able to expand my areas of interest to education, domestic violence, and business labor and practices. My experiences at U of L have been extremely rewarding and I have found constant encouragement and support from the faculty at every juncture."
PhD Graduate Teaching Assistants
Emily Dickinson
Emily is a first-year doctoral student and a first-year teaching assistant, who will be teaching SOC 303 Research Methods and SOC 323 Diversity & Inequality.
eabacc01@louisville.edu (502) 852-8022 Lutz 119
On returning to UofL: "..."
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Maggie Stone
Maggie is a first-year doctoral student and a first-year teaching assistant, who will be teaching two sections of SOC 201, Introduction to Sociology, this spring. An alumna of the University of Louisville, Maggie has earned a Master of Education in Counseling Psychology and Personnel Services (1999) as well as Bachelor of Arts degrees in both Music and Psychology (1995). For nearly a decade she practiced psychology in a variety of settings, including the Kentucky prison system, long term care facilities and hospitals. From 2008 to 2010 she served as an adjunct faculty member at Sullivan University and ITT Technical Institute, where she taught social and behavioral sciences. Maggie’s research interests focus on prostitution and transgender issues. Her long term goals are to research and teach in a university setting. She spends the majority of her free time catering to the whims of her canine family members.
mbmcca04@louisville.edu (502) 852-8022 Lutz 119
Maggie's experience at UofL: "Joining the Sociology Department is a realization of a dream for me. I have been gifted with the rare opportunity to do what I love each and every day -- learning and teaching subjects that I truly enjoy."
