People

Michael Sauder

Michael Sauder, PhD

Title/Position
Department Chair
Professor
Michael Sauder is Chair and Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Iowa, specializing in the sociology of organizations, theory, culture, and inequality.
Mark Berg

Mark Berg

Title/Position
Professor
Collegiate Scholar
Center for Social Science Innovation Director
Professor Mark Berg is the Director of the Center for Social Science Innovation at the University of Iowa.
Andrea Bianci

Alison Bianchi, PhD

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Director of the Center for the Study of Group Processes
Alison Bianchi is a structural social psychologist who specializes in group processes and in nomothetic theory construction and its concomitant quantitative methodology.
Stephanie DiPietro

Stephanie DiPietro, PhD

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Stephanie DiPietro is an Associate Professor and the Director of Graduate Studies at the University of Iowa
Jennifer Glanville

Jennifer Glanville, PhD

Jennifer Glanville is a professor in the Department of Sociology at University of Iowa
Sarah Harkness

Sarah Harkness, PhD

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Sarah Harkness's work centers on the social psychology of inequality, specifically related to the study of status, morality, health stigma, and intersectionality.
Jennifer Haylett

Jennifer Haylett, PhD

Title/Position
Associate Professor of Instruction
Director of Undergraduate Studies for Sociology
Jennifer Haylett is an Associate Professor and the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Sociology at University of Iowa
Karen Heimer

Karen Heimer, PhD

Title/Position
Professor
Collegiate Fellow
Karen Heimer is Professor of Sociology & Criminology, Collegiate Fellow in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences and Distinguished Research Fellow of the Public Policy Center at the University of Iowa.
Steve Hitlin

Steve Hitlin, PhD

Steve Hitlin's interests include social psychology, self and identity, values, morality, social theory, and the life course.
Michael Lovaglia

Michael Lovaglia, PhD

Michael Lovaglia is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at University of Iowa
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Freda B. Lynn, PhD

Title/Position
Professor
Freda Lynn is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at University of Iowa
Mary Noonan

Mary Noonan, PhD

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Mary Noonan's research interests include gender, work, family, and quantitative research methods.
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Kate K. O'Neill, PhD

Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Kate K. O'Neill is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at University of Iowa
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Amber Powell, PhD

Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Amber Joy Powell is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at University of Iowa
Victor Ray

Victor Ray, PhD

Title/Position
F. Wendell Miller Associate Professor
Victor Ray is the F. Wendell Miller Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Iowa
Meghan Rogers

Meghan Rogers, PhD

Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Meghan Rogers is an Assistant Professor in the Sociology and Criminology Department at the University of Iowa.
Michaela Ruppert

Michaela Ruppert, PhD

Title/Position
Associate Professor of Instruction
Director of Undergraduate Studies for Criminology
Michaela Ruppert is a criminologist whose teaching and research interests include delinquency, justice, and criminal punishment.
Louise Seamster

Louise Seamster, PhD

Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Louise Seamster is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at University of Iowa
Yongren Shi

Yongren Shi, PhD

Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Yongren Shi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at University of Iowa.
Bodi Vasi

Ion (Bodi) Vasi, PhD

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Vasi's research focuses primarily on how social movements contribute to the diffusion of technological innovations, organizational change, and policymaking.
James Wo

James Wo, PhD

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Professor Wo’s research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of criminology, urban sociology, and planning and public affairs.
Marina Zaloznaya

Marina Zaloznaya, PhD

Title/Position
Associate Professor
Director of the European Studies Group
Marina Zaloznaya is an Associate Professor and the Director of the European Studies Group at the University of Iowa