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Alexis Piquero

Alexis Piquero

Professor

(305) 284-4220
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Alex R. Piquero is Professor in the Department of Sociology & Criminology and Arts & Sciences Distinguished Scholar the University of Miami and previously served as the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, one of the nation’s thirteen federal statistical agencies (appointed by President Biden, June 2022). Dr. Piquero...
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Olena Antonaccio

Professor

(305) 284-2075
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Olena Antonaccio is a professor at the Department of Sociology and Criminology. Her areas of specialty are crime, social control, and sociological theory. Her research interests include empirical tests and the development of theories of crime and victimization and their application to various problem areas such as cybersecurity, particularly...
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Jomills Henry Braddock

Jomills Henry Braddock, II

Professor

(305) 284-6113
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Marvin Phillip Dawkins

Marvin Phillip Dawkins

Professor

(305) 284-6127
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Editorial Board, Journal of Race and Policy, 2004 -  Faculty Advisor, FEF Interdisciplinary Research Journal, 2002 -  Editorial Board, Negro Education Review, 1996 - 
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Roger G. Dunham

Roger G. Dunham

Professor

(305) 284-6170
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Hadis Dastgerdizadzad Elyaderani

Hadis Dastgerdizadzad Elyaderani

Asst. Professor

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Dr. Hadis Dastgerdizad Elyaderani earned her PhD in Community Health from Wayne State University. Her research focuses on understanding and addressing the root causes of health inequities experienced by immigrants/refugees, with a particular focus on healthy food access, nutritional behavior, obesity control, and prevention. She employs...
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Robert J Johnson

Robert J Johnson

Professor

(305) 284-4973
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Nicole Leeper Piquero

Nicole Leeper Piquero

Interim Dean, Graduate School

(305) 284-6172
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Nicole Leeper Piquero received her Ph.D. (2001) as well as her M.A. (1998) and B.A. (1996) in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Maryland. She joined the University of Miami in 2020 as a Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology. She served as chair of the department from 2022-2024. Dr. Piquero’s...
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John W Murphy

John W Murphy

Professor

(305) 284-6157
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John W. Murphy is a Professor of Sociology. He received his PhD from Ohio State University. Although he is a theorist/social philosopher, he has worked for years on community-based health projects both domestically and internationally. His most recent social project relates to participatory budgeting and the community organizing efforts related...
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Amie L Nielsen

Amie L Nielsen

Assoc. Professor
Director of Graduate Studies

(305) 284-6158
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Kathryn M Nowotny

Kathryn M Nowotny, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

(305) 284-6154
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Dr. Kathryn Nowotny is Associate Professor of Medical Sociology at the University of Miami where she directs the Miami Health & Justice Lab (www.miamihealthjustice.com). Her research uses both quantitative and qualitative methods to examine the multilevel factors that create increased risk for poor health among justice-involved people and...
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Kasim Ortiz

Asst. Professor

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Dr. Kasim Ortiz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology, with a secondary appointment in Global Health Studies. Dr. Ortiz is a medical sociologist and health disparities scholar whose research investigates how racialized and sexualized social structures shape health inequities across the life course. His work...
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Nick Petersen

Nick Petersen

Associate Professor
Director of Criminology and Criminal Justice MS/Certificate Program

(305) 284-6169
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Alexis Piquero

Alexis Piquero

Professor

(305) 284-4220
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Alex R. Piquero is Professor in the Department of Sociology & Criminology and Arts & Sciences Distinguished Scholar the University of Miami and previously served as the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, one of the nation’s thirteen federal statistical agencies (appointed by President Biden, June 2022). Dr. Piquero...
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Alejandro Portes

Alejandro Portes

Research Professor

(305) 284-6126
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Alejandro Portes teaches across the University of Miami at the School of Law, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Department of Sociology. Before joining the University of Miami, Alejandro Portes was the Howard Harrison and Gabrielle Snyder Beck Professor of Sociology and director of the Center for Migration and Development at Princeton...
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Margarita Rodriguez

Lecturer

(305) 284-6039
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Margarita Rodriguez, Ph.D. is Lecturer at the Department of Sociology and Faculty Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas, University of Miami. Her extensive teaching portfolio includes a wide range of graduate and undergraduate courses. She has taught Sociology; International Migration; Organizations; International...
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Jan Sokol-Katz

Jan Sokol-Katz

Distinguished Senior Lecturer
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Faculty Advisor

(305) 284-6762
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Jan Sokol-Katz is Senior Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies of the Department of Sociology and Criminology. Dr. Sokol-Katz is a Faculty Advisor of undergraduates, the Department’s Alpha Kappa Delta and Alpha Phi Sigma honor society chapters, and of the Sociology and Criminology Club and URecovery: Collegiate Recovery...
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Kim-Phuong Truong-Vu

Kim-Phuong Truong-Vu

Assistant Professor

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Dr. Kim-Phuong Truong-Vu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Miami and is originally from Long Beach, CA. Her multimethod research examines nationally representative surveys and qualitative interview data to explore racial/ethnic differences in HPV...
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Ellen S. Venzer

Ellen S. Venzer

Lecturer: Judge in Residence

(305) 284-3111
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Judge Ellen Venzer has been an Adjunct Professor and Lecturer at UM for over 28 years, teaching a variety of courses including: The Philosophy of Sentencing and Children and the Law at UM’s School of Law. She joined the department to teach Crime and Punishment and Hot Topics in the Legal System....
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George Wilson

George Wilson

Professor

(305) 284-6156
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Co-Editor Social Currents, 2018-2021  Deputy Editor, Social Currents, 2015 - present Editorial Board, Research in the Sociology of Work, 2015 - present Editorial Board, Sage Open Review, 2015 - present
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Secondary Appointments

Robert E. Rosen

Robert E. Rosen

Professor of Law

(305) 284-4801
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Robert E. Rosen, professor of law, earned an A.B. from Harvard College in 1974, an M.A. in sociology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1977, a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1979, and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California at Berkeley in 1984. He joined the faculty in 1984. During the 1987-88 academic year,...
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