Zach Rubin is a recent PhD in Sociology. Currently seeking gainful employment. His family tells him he’s super smart, but the job market hasn’t felt similarly so far. He studies Intentional Communities (think communes), social movements, environmental sociology, and political sociology. In addition to service to the discipline, he’s also the chair of the city of Columbia, Missouri’s Commission on Human Rights and cooks a mean chickpea tikka masala.
Rachel Bauer is a PhD in Theatre and teaches at a university in New England, where she lives with her little family. When she’s not running after a toddler or stealing precious moments for coffee on the couch with her husband, she does research on the intersections of theatre, gender, and STEM. Rachel loves fall, National Parks, and her perfect pets, Ginny and Sebastian. She may be utterly failing at maintaining healthy work/life balance, but my goodness how she loves her students.
Kristen Kalz is working on her dissertation and should be writing. Especially, if she would like to remain a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology with an emphasis in Environment & Technology, and Science, Knowledge, & Technology. Broadly speaking her research interests are in the study of Risk, Health, and Environment. Her current research is on the environmental uncertainty that surrounds residents who live and work around West Lake landfill and Coldwater Creek, both of which contain cold-war era radioactive waste. She’s making progress!
Note: This is the photo Zach picked for me- haha. This was at a graduate student event that I planned and led for the University…they say you should dress for the job you want….