Spring 2025 Office Hours
W: 2:00  - 5:00 pm
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Professor Wo’s research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of criminology, urban sociology, and planning and public affairs. His primary research agenda involves examining the spatial distribution of crime as well as the timing by which the risk of crime changes within places (e.g., hours of the day, seasons of the year, and across multiple years). 

His published research links crime in place to a multitude of social-ecological factors, including greenspaces, community organizations, topography, walkability, and ethnic heterogeneity, among others. He has published substantive work in such journals as Criminology, Justice Quarterly, British Journal of Criminology, Crime & Delinquency, Social Science Research, PLOS One, Journal of Urban Affairs, and Cities. 

Professor Wo serves on the editorial boards of Criminology and PLOS One. At the University of Iowa, he is a research affiliate with the Center for Social Science Innovation and holds a courtesy appointment in the School of Planning and Public Affairs.

James Wo CV