Fall 2024 Office Hours:
T: 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Th: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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Kate K. O’Neill is an assistant professor with the University of Iowa, Department of Sociology and Criminology. She earned her PhD in Sociology from the University of Washington and an MSc in the Sociology of Crime, Control, and Globalization from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Prior to her career in academia, Kate worked as a teacher, anger management facilitator for men convicted of domestic violence, and a post-carceral re-entry specialist for people convicted of violent and serious offenses. Her research, teaching, and service are informed by these experiences.

Kate uses criminological and critical perspectives to understand how delinquency, crime, and the criminal legal system reproduce gender and race inequalities. At present, her empirical sites for study include adolescent peer groups, gangs, social media, and the system of monetary sanctions. Her research has appeared in Feminist Criminology, the Russell Sage Foundation, the Sociology of Race & Ethnicity, Socius, and more. In addition, her public-facing work on the system of monetary sanctions has been cited by journalists, activists, and lawmakers in pursuit of criminal legal reform. She is currently the instructor for courses on gangs and gang crime and feminist criminology, and has previously led courses on race and ethnicity, gender, crime, and social structure.

Kate K. O'Neill CV