Faculty Research and Expertise Areas

The Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice at KSU is home to accomplished faculty dedicated to advancing research and scholarship in their fields. Our faculty members specialize in a wide range of topics, including criminology, sociology, international conflict management, cybercrime, and social inequality.

Through their combined expertise, they contribute to critical discussions on justice, policy, and societal change while engaging students in research opportunities that enhance their academic and professional growth. Explore their areas of research and discover how their work shapes the future of sociology and criminal justice.

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Faculty Research

  • Areas of expertise: Technology and society, dark heritage studies, sociology of biotechnology
  • Areas of expertise: Pan-Africanism, decolonial theory, history of race, whiteness studies, epistemology, development

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  • Areas of expertise: Life-course criminology, desistance from crime, barriers to reentry, corrections, juvenile delinquency

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  • Areas of expertise: critical, social, and sociological theory, political economy, mental health, technology

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  • Areas of expertise: Neighborhoods and crime, public space, delinquency, scholarship of teaching and learning, high-impact practices

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  • Areas of expertise: Sentencing policies and theories, sentencing inequality, contextualization of disparate court outcomes

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  • Areas of expertise: Cybercrime, international criminology, comparative criminal justice, program evaluation

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  • Areas of expertise: organizations, occupations, and work, international conflict management, transnational migration, qualitative methods
  • Areas of expertise: Vulnerable populations, corrections and reentry, barriers to reentry, desistance from crime, juvenile delinquency, substance use
  • Areas of expertise: Violence, Violent Extremism, Criminal Organizations, Offender Decision-Making, Malevolent Creativity

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  • Areas of expertise: Environmental sociology, Social inequality, Intersections of race, class, and gender
  • Areas of expertise: Risk assessment, juvenile corrections, community corrections, campus gun policies

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  • Areas of expertise: Victimization, violence prevention, sexual assault case processing, gun control, program evaluation

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  • Areas of expertise: Criminology, victimology, campus safety, sexual violence

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  • Areas of expertise: Religion and Politics, Catholic Identity, Campus Ministry and Young Adults

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  • Areas of expertise: Immigration, acculturation, impact on health, family and quality of life

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  • Areas of expertise: Health disparities, sexual and reproductive health, maternal and child health, mental health, chronic conditions
  • Areas of expertise: Drug and alcohol policy, policing, advanced quantitative methods

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  • Areas of expertise: Criminal Law and Procedure, Criminal Law and Society, International Criminal Law
  • Areas of expertise: Medical Sociology, Nursing, Social Determinants of Health, Work/Organizations Gender

  • Areas of expertise: Constitutional law, political theory, criminal procedure and ethics

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