7 Department of Sociology seniors completed the 2 semester honors sequence this year and earned an “honors” designation on their Carolina degree.
| Student | Adviser | Thesis Title |
| Jennifer Denning | Neal Caren | Activists’ Use of Media and Messaging |
| Bridget (Bridie) McDonough | Andrew Perrin | A Disappointing Democracy? Political Representation, Inequality, and Policy in South Africa Since 1994 |
| Anna Ormond (highest honors) |
Laura Lopez-Sanders | Bloodlines, Ball Gowns, Trashed in the Hotel Room: Hegemonic Processes of Debutantes as Southern Social Royalty. |
| Virginia Riel (highest honors) |
Ted Mouw | What Does Race Have To Do With Getting on the ‘Right Track?’ Through Their Own Voices: An Analysis of How Tracking Stratifies Students by Race |
| Jon Tostoe | Neal Caren | Silence in Rwanda: Rationalizing International Response 20 Years Later |
| Molly Williams (highest honors) |
Andrew Perrin | Nearer, My God, to Thee: Religion in Executed Persons’ Last Statements |
| Yue (Ashelee) Yang (highest honors) |
Jacqueline Hagan | Negotiating Identity: A Sociological Study of Chinese Adoptees in the United States |