Shaun Parkman
PhD Program
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Shaun Parkman is a PhD student working on his first area exam in Economic Sociology. He finished his undergraduate degree in sociology in 2001 from Stephen F. Austin State University and earned his master’s degree in sociology from Kansas State University. Shaun just finished a year-long leave of absence to take care of a new daughter. He has been active in the American Sociological Association and the Midwest Sociological Society as well as the graduate teaching assistants union at KU. In the department he has served on the editorial board for Social Thought and Research (run by the graduate students) for several semesters. His interests include economic sociology, social psychology, phenomenological sociology, and environmental sociology.