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