Katherine Ann Willyard
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Graduate Student Researcher, Texas Federal Statistical Research Data Center
PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, Texas A&M University

Curriculum Vitae

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I am a Graduate Student Researcher at the Texas Federal Statistical Research Data Center and a PhD Candidate at Texas A&M University's Department of Sociology.

My research interests are related to:

​- Coupled Human and Natural Systems
​- Critical Geography
- Economic Sociology
- Environmental Sociology
- Medical Sociology
- Natural Resources
- Political Sociology
​- Quantitative Research Methods
- Sociology of Organizations

My teaching interests include:

- Classical Social Theory
​- Environmental Sociology
- Medical Sociology
- Program Evaluation and Public Policy Analysis
- Social Inequality
- Social Problems
- Social Science Research Methods
- Sociology of Organizations
- Statistics

Prior to working at the Texas Federal Statistical Research Data Center, I taught upper-level undergraduate Social Problems courses at Texas A&M and was employed full-time as an undergraduate advisor for Texas A&M's Sociology Department. I received by masters degree (MS) in Sociology from Texas A&M in 2014 and a bachelors degree (BS) in Sociology from Texas A&M in 2008. I also hold graduate certificates in Nonprofit Management and Geographic Information Systems.