Sociology Graduate Student Association (SGSA)

PhD students from the Department of Sociology and Criminology. Photo taken Fall 2025.

Our Mission

To represent and support the interests of the current and future graduate students in UB Sociology by supporting scholarly activities and providing leadership, service, and social opportunities for members.

Our Purpose

Promote communication and understanding among graduate students in UB Sociology, between graduate students and faculty in UB Sociology, and between graduate students in UB Sociology and other parties of the University at Buffalo community.
Define common problems and objectives for graduate students in UB Sociology.
Represent and promote the interests of the graduate students in UB Sociology vis-à-vis the faculty, administration, and other parties of the University at Buffalo.
Provide a means for the expression of social support among and between graduate students in UB Sociology.

Leadership

Sirat Kaur, President
10/14/25
Research Interests: Criminology, Immigration, Health, Families, Quantitative Methods
Sophia Olsinski, Vice President
10/14/25
Research Interests: Community and Urban Sociology, Criminology, Adolescence, Social Inequality
Jeffery White, Treasurer
8/26/25
Research Interests: Race, Class, and Gender; Sociology of Punishment and Social Control; Criminology; Social Inequality; Education; Urban Sociology; Political Sociology; Mass Incarceration; Prison Reentry; Social Stratification; Qualitative Methods; Mixed Method
Kathleen D'Alfonso, Secretary
10/14/25
Research Interests: Medical Sociology; Teaching and Learning; Life course; Deviance; Quantitative Methods
Millicent Ngwu, Communications Representative
8/25/25
Research Interests: Medical Sociology, Mental Health, Sociology of Family, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Research Methods