Audrey Alforque Thomas
Graduate Student in Sociology
Biographical Note
Audrey Alforque Thomas graduated from UC Berkeley in 1996 with a degree in Integrative Biology. She is interested in how immigrant generation and gender affect college enrollment and performance. For her dissertation research, Audrey is using statistical data from the University of California system as well as interviews conducted at one UC campus.
06/03/2009
- Research Interests
- Immigration, Higher Education, and Race
| Teaching Experience | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sociology 22 | Gender Stratification | Teaching Fellow |
| Sociology 160 | Medical Sociology | Teaching Fellow |
Presentations and Publications
| The Effect of Family Immigration History on the Success of Black College Students | Sociology Compass |
In Press
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| An Exploratory Study of Mothers’ Perceptions of Acculturation within the Preschool Context | Working Paper WR-523-L&P. RAND Labor & Population, Pittsburgh, PA |
2007
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| Educational Outcomes of the Immigrant Second Generation | American Sociological Association Annual Meeting |
2004
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| Numbers and Words: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Sociological Research | American Sociological Association Annual Meeting |
2001
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| 'Like I Just Got a Death Sentence': Women's reactions to being told their HIV-antibody test results | Research in the Sociology of Health Care 18: 3-33 |
2000
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Contact
617-496-5794 (FAX)