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Sociology and Public Health Research

When you think about research and independent inquiry opportunities at Roanoke College, think of yourself as an explorer. Your options to explore, from your first year onward, will be limited only by your interests and imagination. Research at Roanoke College includes scholarship in all areas from the arts and humanities to the social sciences and sciences. There are many ways to get involved in student research! 

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Recent Publications: 

  • Butler PD, Franz BD, Anderson SL, Atala A, Denneny J 3rd, Lindeman B, Mellinger JD, Spanknebel K, Shabahang MM. Enriching surgical residency training through the liberal arts. American Journal of Surgery. 2020 Nov 30:S0002-9610(20)30770-4.
  • Berntson, Marit.  2021. “Fascism,” 3rd ed. In Oxford Bibliographies in Sociology. Ed. Lynette Spillman New York: Oxford University Press (forthcoming).
  • Kranjac, Ashley W., Catherine A. Boyd, Rachel T. Kimbro, Brady S. Moffet, and Kelia N. Lopez. 2021. “Neighborhoods Matter; But for Whom? Heterogeneity of Neighborhood Disadvantage on Child Obesity by Sex.” Health & Place, 68.
  • Mehrotra, Meeta, Stephanie Zemba, and Kristi Hoffman.  2021. “Students Attitudes Towards Interfaith Relationships: The Impact of Parents, Religiosity, and Christian Privilege”. 2021. Journal of College and Character, 22 (1): 31-45
  • Richardson, Kristen.  “Getting Baked in the Basement: Marijuana Consumption on That ‘70s Show” in Marijuana in America: Cultural, Political, and Medical Controversies by Dr. James Hawdon, Dr. Bryan Miller, and Dr. Matthew Costello.  ABC-CLIO, LLC. (forthcoming).
  • Richardson, Kristen.  “Best Buds: Martha and Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party is ‘Lit’” in  Marijuana in America: Cultural, Political, and Medical Controversies by Dr. James Hawdon, Dr. Bryan Miller, and Dr. Matthew Costello.  ABC-CLIO, LLC. (forthcoming)
  • Rapp, Kristen S., Vanessa V. Volpe, and Hannah Neukrug. “State-Level Sexism and Women’s Health Care Access in the United States: Differences by Race/Ethnicity.” American Journal of Public Health (in press)
  • Volpe, V.V., Kristen M. Schorpp, Sam C. Cacace, Benson, G. Perusi Benson, and Noely Banos. “State- and Provider-Level Racism and Health Care Outcomes in the United States.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine (in press).
  • Horn, Kimberly, Janine Underwood, [and 16 others, including Kristen M. Schorpp]. 2020. Blueprint for Action: A Community Driven Plan to Abate the Opioid and Addiction Crisis in the Roanoke Valley. Roanoke Valley Collective Response.

Recent Presentations:

  • Hoffman, Kristi and Stephanie Zemba.  “A Theoretical Model for Alcohol Abstinence in College.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, April 2021
  • Zemba Stephanie and Meeta Mehrotra.  “‘What’s Your Accent, Where Are You from?’: Language and Loneliness Among Older Immigrants” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, April 2021
  • Sarabia, Daniel, and Nicole Kemon.  “A Greening of Cryptocurrency: Environmental Discourse in the Digital Asset Space.” Paper presented at the Daniel Sarabia and Nicole Kemon, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, April 2021