Meet Professor Llewellyn!

Professor Llewellyn offers to students a fresh new look at two areas of study which are common to most in the Sociology Department. Her research lies at the intersection between gender and migration. Her PhD dissertation, "Deciding What Counts as Persecution: An Analysis of Gender and Sexual Orientation Asylum Cases in the United States," addresses disparities in immigration policies which result in barriers for women and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender asylum applicants. 

This semester, Professor Lewellyn is teaching Introduction to Sociology, a course in which she looks forward to incorporating her own interests in explanations of larger sociological forces. She engages with students in class through a conversational lecture style with supporting power points. She is excited to interact with students, to help them develop a "sociological imagination," and to serve as a guiding force toward reaching success after college. She hopes to teach new and innovative courses within her specialty and anticipates teaching Sociology of Gender in the future.