People
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
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.
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, 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, PhD
Title/Position
Professor
Jennifer Glanville is a professor in the Department of Sociology at University of Iowa
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, 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, 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, PhD
Title/Position
Professor
Steve Hitlin's interests include social psychology, self and identity, values, morality, social theory, and the life course.
Michael Lovaglia, PhD
Title/Position
Professor
Michael Lovaglia is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at University of Iowa
Freda B. Lynn, PhD
Title/Position
Professor
Freda Lynn is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at University of Iowa
Mary Noonan, PhD
Title/Position
Associate Professor
Mary Noonan's research interests include gender, work, family, and quantitative research methods.
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
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, 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, PhD
Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Meghan Rogers is an Assistant Professor in the Sociology and Criminology Department at the University of Iowa.
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, PhD
Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Louise Seamster is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at University of Iowa
Yongren Shi, PhD
Title/Position
Assistant Professor
Yongren Shi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at University of Iowa.
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, 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, 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