Department of Sociology
MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR
On behalf of all the Sociology faculty and staff, we offer our heartfelt congratulations to all the B.A. and M.A. graduates. We know you have worked hard and we hope you appreciate that you succeeded despite incredible challenges! We are confident that you will take your sociological imaginations with you on your journey forward to make sense of our transformed and shifting reality. To all the family members and friends who supported the graduates through this journey, we acknowledge all the sacrifices you have made to get to this moment. Congratulations Sociology Class of 2023! We celebrate the positive force for good in this world that we know you will be.
Dr. Berna Torr
Student Speaker
Eriberto Bautista (he/him) is a second-generation Mexican-American, born in Santa Ana and raised in Anaheim. He was awarded the Outstanding Undergraduate Award from the Sociology Department. Eriberto is very passionate about social justice and reform, especially in areas of gentrification, wealth inequality, white supremacy, domestic terrorism, and prison reform. In his free time, he loves enjoying films, animation, marital arts, games, and painting miniatures.
Department Awards/Honors
Undergraduate Awards
Outstanding Undergraduate Award
Eriberto Bautista
Award for Excellence in Application of Sociology
Chloe Garcia
Distinguished Undergraduate Research Award
Jennifer Laughter
Outstanding Community Leader Award
Leah Yagin
Graduate Awards
Outstanding Graduate Award
Laura Barreto
Distinguished Graduate Research Award
Cameron Batiste
Faculty
Anthony Alvarez – Associate Professor/Undergraduate Advisor
Mariam Ashtiani – Assistant Professor/Undergraduate Advisor
Christina Chin – Associate Professor/Graduate Advisor
Dana Collins – Professor
Ed Collom – Professor
Taylor Cruz – Associate Professor
Jorge Fontdevila – Professor
Christopher Gibson – Assistant Professor
Sharon Kim – Professor
Patricia Literte Associate Professor
Edwin Lopez – Associate Professor
Maria Malagon – Associate Professor/Undergraduate Advisor
Michael Perez – Professor/Faculty Athletics Representative
Carter Rakovski – Professor
Devon Thacker Thomas – Associate Professor/Vice Chair
Berna Torr – Professor/Department Chair
LaTosha Traylor – Assistant Professor
Eileen Walsh – Professor
Sociology, M.A.
Alondra Alexander-Hughes
Erik Arroyo
Laura Barreto
Cameron Batiste
Kayla Drost
Shantel Engle
Alondra Espinoza
Christopher Fuentes
Robert Gladwell
Katherine Heaton
Cindy Jimenez
Peter Kao
Erika Ramirez
Marisa Rodriguez
Melissa Sanchez
Maria Telahun
Sociology, B.A.
Nora Abuelkhair
Arisbeth Acosta
Mayha Aejaz
Cynthia Aguilera
Lucas Aguirre
Salina Aguirre
Gabriela Alas
Elisandra Alcala
Alexis Altamirano
Linda Alvarez
Yunuet Alvarez
Aimee Amezquita
Jennifer Andi
Bryanna Andrade
Rachel Andrade
Jason Anguiano
Emma Arana
Leslie Arellano
Juletta Arzakanyan
Betzabe Avila
Karolina Avilez
Isis Ayala
Rosalinda Baez
Ashley Baker
Noeli Barajas
Naomi Barajas
Jazmin Barker
Brooke Barrantes
Eric Barrios
Lathaniel Bastian
Eriberto Bautista
Emily Becerra
Maria Benitez
Maria Bermudez
Giselle Bishop
Mia Blue
Miranda Bon
Kaytlin Brinkman
Liane Brown-West
Kelly Bryant
Briana Caldwell
Gabriella Campos
Thuy Cao
Pilar Cardenas
Gabrielle Carlon
Sheyla Castanon
Chantel Castillo
Kathryn Castreje
Yesennia Cervantes
Brian Cervera
Melissa Chavarro
Monica Chavez
Andrea Chavez
Maria Chelo
Jessica Chen
Jully Choi
Ji Yun Choi
Diva Christa
Melissa Contreras Montes
Kimberly Corona
Julia Crawford
Salma Cruz-Alfaro
Ernesto Cueva
Julia Davis
Staci Davison Van Noy
Claudia De La Cruz
Tanya De La Cruz
Lauryn de la Lastra
Vihangi De Silva
Gina DeFour
Tayra Del Real
Luis Dircio Martinez
Dominique Dominguez
Natalee Dorado
Amee Dossey
Nadira Droubi
Alina Duran
Sandrine Eliacin
Brianne Elorriaga
Alyssa Espinoza
Mayra Espinoza
Marisela Espinoza
Gloribella Esquibel
Brianna Favela
Bernice Favela
Stephennie Fermin
Jacqueline Fernandez
Cristina Ferrer
Brandon Flores
Isabel Frigerio
Abigail Fugle
Rae Gammage
Gabriela Garcia
Xochitl Garcia
Andres Garcia
Alexis Garcia
Genesis Garcia
Mayte Garcia Martinez
Angela Garcia Silva
Araceli Gaytan Navarro
Nora Geldin
Ryan Gil
Alyssa Gomez
Jacob Gomez
Hope Gonzales
Maria Gonzalez
Jacqueline Gonzalez
Jazmin Gonzalez
Giselle Grande
Brittney Green
Brandon Grzeskiewicz
Tony Guo
Christian Gutierrez
Jake Gutierrez
Erica Gutierrez
Monique Haro
Patrick Healey
Jasmine Hernandez
Juliet Hernandez
Michelle Hernandez
Shalom Hernandez
Lauren Herrera
Nicole Herrera
Veronica Herrera
Christopher Heuschkel
Serrena Hibbs
Alexis Horner
Gabriel Huerta
Leslie Ibarra
Lisa Ikada
Nicole Iverson
Itchel Jarquin
Magdalena Jimenez
Jasy Johnson
Krissilynn Johnson
Zulema Juarez
Ricardo Juarez
Diana Khang
Hasen Khiar
Kristen Kierulff
Ritika Kumar
Melisa Lam
Monica Lara
Jennifer Laughter
Taylor Lavigne
Raina Leas
Gabriela Lezama
Marilynn Lima
Juliana Limon
Andreana Lombardo
Victoria Lopez
Alejandra Lopez
Itzel Lopez
Keefe Lopez
Anthony Lopez
Euridice Luna
Dominique Luque
Norelly Macias
Jonas Magallanes
Kira Magoon
Marissa Mandoki
Izabella Manigault
Andrea Maradiaga
Deisy Marin Amador
Johnette Marmo
Daisy Marquez
RitaMaRee Martin
Jasmine Martinez
Ruben Martinez
Kimberly Martinez
Victoria Mata
Parisa Mavaddat
Sophia McCarthy
Adrianne McLaughlin
Ashley Medina
Eric Medley
Nicholas Melendrez
Bryant Melgar
Monique Menchaca
Roxanne Merida
Veronica Meza
Timothy Miles
Jimmy Molina
Frederick Montalvo
Alexandra Montano
Joselin Montepeque
Javier Montes
Michael Morales
Lia Morales
Kyara Moreno
Thelma Moreno
Mireya Moreno-Reveles
Lauren Morreale
Josephine Mueller-Ellis
Sareena Mulle De Leon
Jackqueline Munoz
Raudel Munoz Avila
Stephanie Murray
Cierra Myers
Monica Navarro
Abraham Negrete
Thao Vy Nguyen
Vickie Nguyen
Anthony Nguyen
Luna Nguyen
Cindy Nietes
Estefania Nunez
Cullen O'Shea
Yasmin Ochoa
Jocsan Ochoa
Ivan Ochoa
Minami Oikawa
Alejandra Ojeda
Nicole Okoturoh
Sarah Olivas-Rosas
Eric Orozco
Machbani Orozco
Alondra Ortega
Serina Ortega
Alejandra Otero
Nancy Padilla
Francesca Pafundo
Mariah Payind
Adriana Perez
Evelin Perez
Cynthia Perez
Daisy Perez
Michael Peters
Nathan Pham
Tristan Pham
Francis Phankonsy
Isaiah Piche
Alejandro Pliego
Ligia Quintanilla
Angelica Ramirez
Stefani Ramirez
Jennifer Ramirez Guardian
Jessica Ramos
Farnaz Razavi
Dionicia Resendiz
George Reyes
Sophia Reynosa
Sarah Reynoso Lopez
Erica Rice
Aaron Richardson
Jessica Rios
Isabelle Risser
Diana Rivera
Anahi Rivera
Jennifer Rivera
Jennifer Robles
Nathan Rodriguez
Rosalinda Rodriguez
Jennifer Rodriguez
Emeline Rodriguez
Lauren Rogers
Melanie Romero
Aaron Rosales Aparicio
Stephany Rosas
Maya Ross
Tracy Ruiz
Rebeca Salazar
Samantha Salgado
Arely Samano
Jessica Sanchez
Nancy Sanchez
Juan Sanchez
Renso Sandoval
Trinidad Santana
Luz Sapien
Tiffany Sapiens
Lucas Schreiber
Shanay Seamster
Abby Sichley
Lidia Sierra
Analis Sierra
Heily Sigala
Jenell Silveira
Julio Sosa
Jessy Sotelo
Reanna Soto
Alexis Spielman
Brooke Spurbeck
Matthew Sterling
Tyler Stultz
Robert Tambini
Kenia Tijera
Schelsy Timmons
Jessica Torres
Liliana Torres
Janet Tran
Cole Urman
Irma Urquidi Sanchez
Thomas Valdez
Emily Vasquez Urizar
Sarai Vazquez
Kelly Veneman
Melissa Verdugo
Jared Vergara
Fatima Villa Murillo
Katherine Viloria
Denise Vong
Ouangna Vongsavath
Bryan Vu
Tiffany Vu
Bryce Wada
Madison Walper
Isabella Walsh
Brittany Willis
Gina Yang
Xueqing Yin
Grace Yoo
Najah Younan
Vannesa Zarate
Gabriella Zerpa
Zhenhao Zhang
Sociology, BA Health and Social Welfare Concentration
Xandrya Aguilar
Leslie Angeles
Rosa Aparicio
Nicole Bell
Maria Cervantes
Heather Connor
Gisselle Cruz
Gabriela Esqueda
Evelyn Flores
Chloe Marie Garcia
Nathalie Graciano
Maria Guzman
Rosalinda Jolivette
Jessica Keaney
Marbeli Luis
Antonio Martinez
Candi Metzgar
Sarah Montejo
Elaine Orozco
Justine Padilla
Klarissa Peraza
Jasmine Ramirez
Natalie Ramirez
Emily Reynoso
Joceline Rivas
Martha Romero
Briana Rosales
Alexandra Ruvalcaba
Samantha Salinas
Brianna P. Segura
Raymond Tamayo
Yaileen Valladolid
Leah Yagin
Sociology, B.A. Social Inequalities Concentration
Brooke Avalos
Jennifer Corona
Sarah Cruz
Jessica Douglass-Eurich
Kevin Gonzalez-Gutierrez
Fatima Lomeli-Ramos
Alexandra Lugo
Guadalupe Lugo Rodriguez
Valeria Macias
Marcella Panuco
Celine Park
Gabriel Ponce
Henry Sampson Paiz
Jennifer Santos
Veronica Suarez
Sociology, B.A. Sociology of Deviance and Crime Concentration
Keolani Alvarez
Haley Avalos
Ashley Cruz
Serena Ettinger
Karen Gaeta
Noemi Guzman
Rileigh Hood
Paulina Jimenez
Kiri Oshiro
Alexander Pacheco
Gabriel Ponce
Maribel Salinas
Manuel Suarez
Brittney Trujillo
Sociology Minor
Kaylee Aburto
Maria Del Carmen Aragon Antonio
Michelle Bravo
Dayna Capeles
Joana Carlos
Vanessa Carrillo
Alyssa Castaneda
Nathan Cha
Annisa Charles
Litze Contreras Cruz
Jenna Desmond
Jazmin Flores
Katrina Marie Francisco
Jayleen Gonzales
Eternity Hayes
Britnie Ho
James Pocholo Renzo Jimenez
Allison Kataoka
Maeva Laflamme
Kacie Le
Victoria Legein
Timia McDaniel
Hanna McDougall
Ellisa Mendiola
Mark Angelo Mojica
Daisy Munoz
Jessica Myer
John Nguyen
Shanya Olivares
Julia Orendain
Sahayra Ortiz
Emily Pena Cruz
Samantha Ponce
Jazmine Reyes
Ayden Roberts
Danielle Ruiz
Aylin Ruiz
Wuilner Salazar
Valeria Sanchez
Eisa Kaleigh Sangalang
Vanessa Siguenza
Alejandro Soler
Thejasvi Sridharan
Tamara Tavira
Maritza Torres
Emmy Tran
Esmeralda Vega
Elena Velasquez
Julianna Velazquez
Francisc Vilcu
Abbie Yanko
Sahar Zahabi
