Sociology Faculty Research Areas

Cynthia Anderson

Theory
Feminist Theory
Rural Labor Markets
Low-Wage Work
Social Inequality

Amanda Cox

The Death Penalty
Racial & Socioeconomic Inequality in Punishment
Criminal Justice Ethics
Criminological Theory

Bruce Hoffman

Criminological Theory
Law and Society
Social Theory
Science & Social Movements

Nicole Kaufman

Political Sociology
Penology/Criminology
Law & Society

Jieli Li

Social Change
Theory
Comparative Institutions and Organizations
Sociology of Development
Globalization
Social Movement
Conflict and Resolution
Asia/China Studies

Holly Ningard

Narrative criminology
Green criminology
Gender-based violence

Paula Miller

Intersectionality: Race, Class, and Gender
Mental Health and Illness
Class/Socioeconomic Status
Inequality
Race and Ethnicity/Racial Identity
Whiteness Studies

Charlie V. Morgan

Race & Ethnic Relations
Multicultural America
International Migration
Intermarriage & Family
Qualitative Research Methods
Japanese Society

Stephen J. Scanlan

Comparative Social Change
Environmental Sociology
International Development
Poverty and Global Inequality
Social Movements

Jennifer Steele

Alcohol & Other Drug Use
Criminological theory
Deviance
Quantitative Research Methods
Interpersonal Violence

Anna Rachel Terman

Rural sociology
Appalachian studies
Sociology of gender and identities
Women's studies
Social inequalities

Thomas Vander Ven

Crime and Juvenile Delinquency
Drinking and Drugs
Sexual Violence and Bystander Intervention
Sociology of Social Problems

Pavel Vasiliev

Punishment and Social Structure
Legal and Extrajudicial Determinants of Incarceration Rates
International Crime and Justice
Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Change in Criminal Justice Policy

Howard T. Welser

Social Structure and Group Processes
Social Media and Computer Mediated Interaction
Research Methods
Social Implications of Technological Change