Victoria Velding defends dissertation

August 3, 2015

Congratulations to Victoria Velding the sociology department's newest Ph.D.

Velding successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation,"Growing up Tween: Femininity, Masculinity, and Coming of Age" on Wednesday, July 29, 2015 to her committee advisor, Dr. Heather E. Dillaway, Dr. Krista Brumley, Dr. Janet Hankin and Dr. Anne E. Duggan (Classical & Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures).

Dr. Velding has accepted a visiting assistant professor position at West Virginia University. She will begin the fall 2015 semester teaching gender, race, family and social problem courses for the Department of Sociology and Anthropology.

Picture of Heather Dillaway and Victoria Velding — Left to Right: Advisor Heather Dillaway and Victoria Velding

Picture of Drs. Victoria Velding, Krista Brumley, Janet Hankin, Anne Duggan and Heather Dillaway — Left to Right: Drs. Victoria Velding, Krista Brumley, Janet Hankin, Anne Duggan and Heather Dillaway

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