Prof Christopher Uggen

Contact Me

uggen001@umn.edu
612-624-4016

1014A Social Sciences Building
267 19th Ave S
Ste 909

Affiliations

• Sociology
• Life Course Center
• Minnesota Population Center
• Law School

Links

• personal web site

Educational Background & Specialties

Educational Background

• Ph.D.: Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 1995.
• M.S.: Sociology, University of Wisconsin, 1990.
• B.A.: Behavioral Science and Law/Criminal Justice, University of Wisconsin, 1986.

Curriculum Vitae

Specialties

• Crime, Law, Justice
• Life Course
• Inequality
• Methods
• Policy

Courses Taught

• Soc 4111: Sociology of Deviance
• Soc 4141: Juvenile Delinquency
• Soc 8890: Event History and Panel Data Models
• Soc 8111: Criminology
• Soc 8090: Topics in Soc: Workshop: Journal Editing Seminar
• Soc 4966W: Major-Project Seminar
• Soc 4977V/Soc 4978V: Senior Honors Seminars
• Soc 8001 Sociology as a Profession

Research & Professional Activities

Professional Activities

• Vice President: American Sociological Association , 2017 - 2018
• Editor & Publisher, TheSocietyPages.org: The Society Pages (TSP) is an open-access social science project headquartered in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota and supported by individual donors and publishing partner W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. TSP consists of in-house “TSP HQ” articles, blogs, and podcasts; our “Community Pages”; and content produced by our partners. , 2010 - 2017
• Chair: ASA Crime, Law, Deviance Section , 2014 - 2015
• Vice Chair: University of Minnesota Faculty Consultative Committee , 2014 - 2015
• Department Chair, Department of Sociology: 2006 - 2012
• Chair: College of Liberal Arts Council of Chairs (28 departments) , 2010 - 2011
• Chair, College Plan Committee (with Gary Oehlert): 2009 - 2011
• Editor, Contexts (with Doug Hartmann): 2007 - 2011
• American Society of Criminology Executive Board: 2002 - 2009
• Editorial Boards: American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, Criminology, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency,Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology , 1996 - 2020

Research

• Grand Challenge Interdisciplinary Work Group Collaboration. ($249,000): "Assessing Interventions for Justice and Equity." [co-PI with Myron Orfield], 9/1/16 - 9/1/18
• Laura and John Arnold Foundation ($3,506,048): Multi-state Study of Monetary Sanctions [co-I with Alexes Harris (PI), Beth Huebner, Karin Martin, Mary Pattillo, Becky Pettit, Bryan Sykes, and Sarah Shannon], 7/1/15 - 6/30/20
• PENDING. National Science Foundation ($487,822): Collaborative Research: Genocide and Transitional Justice in Rwanda [co-PI with Hollie Nyseth Brehm], 8/1/16 - 7/31/19
• Spencer Foundation ($49,975): Criminal Records, Race, and College Admission.” [co-PI with Robert Stewart], 10/15/15 - 10/14/16
• RWJF Investigator Award ($415,216): Incarceration and Health, with Jason Schnittker, 6/1/10 - 5/30/14
• TheSocietyPages.org, editor and publisher, with Doug Hartmann.
• American Sociological Association Fund for Advancement of the Discipline ($6,960): “Genocide, Justice, and Rwanda’s Gacaca Courts [co-PI with Hollie Nyseth Brehm]., 7/1/14 - 6/30/15
• NIH - National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. “Work Experience and Mental Health: A Panel Study of Youth.” [Co-Investigator with Jeylan Mortimer (PI) et al.]. 4/1/08-3/31/13. $1,250,000. :
• National Science Foundation. “Gender Differences in the Causes and Consequences of Drug Use.” [Co-PI with Melissa Thompson]. 5/13/07-4/29/09. $108,074 ($24,700 at Minnesota).:
• National Institute of Justice. “The Effects of Low-Level Offense Records and Race on Employability” [PI with The Council on Crime and Justice]. 5/1/07-10/31/08. $35,000. :
• JEHT Foundation. “The Effects of Low-Level Offense Records and Race on Employability” [PI with The Council on Crime and Justice]. [PI with The Council on Crime and Justice]. 5/1/07- 10/31/08. $265,300 ($80,000 at Minnesota). :
• The Sentencing Project. “Voting and Civic Reintegration in Oregon.” [Co-PI with Michelle Inderbitzin]. 6/1/06-12/31/08. $5,500. :
• NIH - National Institute of Mental Health and National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. “Work Experience and Mental Health: A Panel Study of Youth” [Co-Investigator with Jeylan Mortimer (PI) et al.]. 8/12/02-8/11/07. $1,557,287. :
• National Institute of Mental Health, Institutional Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA). “Mental Health and Adjustment in the Life Course.” [Core Faculty Member and Co-Investigator on this training grant with Jeylan Mortimer (PI) et al.] :
• Soros Foundation. Open Society Institute Individual Project Fellowship [with Jeff Manza, Northwestern]. 7/1/00-12/31/02. $101,164 ($50,602 at Minnesota). :
• National Science Foundation. “Political Consequences of Felon Disenfranchisement.” [with Jeff Manza, Northwestern] 6/1/99-12/31/02. $210,000 ($101,570 at Minnesota). :
• NIH - National Institute of Mental Health. “Work Experience and Mental Health: A Panel Study of Youth.” [Co-Investigator with Jeylan Mortimer (PI) and Michael Finch]. 3/1/97- 2/28/02. $845,304.:
• National Institute of Justice. “Careers in Crime and Substance Use.” $45,903. :

Outreach

• Executive Advisory Board: University Research Outreach Center, 2015 - 2018
• Invited Speaker, White House parental incarceration forum: 2013
• Human Subjects Committee: Minnesota Department of Corrections, 2009 - 2016
• Minnesota legislature reentry working group: Employment and Crime, Oct. 27, 2007
• Minnesota Supreme Court Racial Fairness Committee: Felon disenfranchisement, Nov. 29, 2006
• Minnesota Senate Crime and Prevention and Public Safety Committee: Convicted felons civil rights and voting eligibility restoration, March 28, 2006
• Minesota Senate Elections Committee: March 20, 2006
• Mexican American Legal Defense Fund: Los Angeles,
• Expert Testimony: Johnson v. Bush, 2000 - 2004
• Invited Speaker: National Coalition on Violence Research, Urban Institute, Brooklyn District Attorney's Office, Minnesota Elder Learning Center, US-Japan Foundation, Economic Policy Institute, 1999 -
• Consultant: Sentencing Project, Safer Foundation, Council on Crime and Justice, 2000 -
• Demos: New York,
• Sentencing Project: Washington D.C.,
• Council on Crime and Justice: Minneapolis,
• Wilhelm and Conlon/Safer Foundation (reentry program): Chicago,
• Minnesota Department of Corrections,
• Hennepin County Attorney's Office: Minneapolis, MN,
• Volunteers in Probation,

Publications

• "Consistency and Compensation in Mercy: Commutation in the Era of Mass Incarceration,” with Veronica Horowitz. 2019. Social Forces 97:1205-1230.
• "Techniques of Neutralization and Identity Work among Genocide Perpetrators," with Emily Bryant, Emily Schulz, and Hollie Nyseth Brehm. 2018. Social Problems 65:584-602.
• "Why Not Minnesota? Norway, Justice Reform, and 50-Labs Federalism,” with Robert Stewart and Veronica Horowitz. 2018. Federal Sentencing Reporter 31:5-13.
• "A Dynamic, Life Course Approach to Genocide," with Hollie Nyseth Brehm and Suzy McElrath. 2018. Social Currents 5:107-119.
• “The Growth, Scope, and Spatial Distribution of People with Felony Records in the United States, 1948-2010," with Sarah Shannon, Jason Schnittker, Michael Massoglia, Melissa Thompson, and Sara Wakefield. 2017. Demography 54:1795-1818.
• "The Economic and Career Effects of Sexual Harassment on Working Women," with Heather McLaughlin and Amy Blackstone. 2017. Gender & Society 31:333-358.
• "Criminal Record Questions in the Era of ‘Ban the Box’," with Michael Vuolo and Sarah Lageson. 2017. Criminology and Public Policy 8:139-165.
• "Race, Recession, and Social Closure in the Low Wage Labor Market," with Mike Vuolo and Sarah Lageson. 2017. Research in the Sociology of Work 30:141-183.
• "Is the Public Getting Smarter on Crime?," with Ryan Larson. 2017. Contexts 16(4):76-78.
• "From Daddy's Liquor Cabinet to Home Depot: Shifts in Leisure Activity in the Transition to Adulthood," with Sarah Shannon and D. Wayne Osgood. 2017. Pp. 163-189 in Crossings to Adulthood: How Diverse Young Americans Understand and Navigate their Lives. Edited by T. T. Swartz, D. Hartmann, and Rubén G. Rumbaut. The Netherlands: Brill.
• "Age, Gender, and the Crime of Crimes: Toward a Life-Course Theory of Genocide Participation," with Hollie Nyseth Brehm and Jean-Damascéne Gasanabo. 2016. Criminology 54:713-743.
• "Statistical Power in Experimental Audit Studies: Cautions and Calculations for Matched Tests with Nominal Outcomes," with Mike Vuolo and Sarah Lageson. 2016. Sociological Methods & Research 45:260-303.
• "Blended Sentencing Laws and the Punitive Turn in Juvenile Justice," with Shelley Schaefer. 2016. Law & Social Inquiry 41:435-63.
• Assigned: Life with Gender. 2016. Edited with Lisa Wade and Douglas Hartmann. NY: W.W. Norton.
• "The Increasing Stickiness of Public Labels," with Lindsay Blahnik. 2016. Pp. 222-243 in Global Perspectives on Desistance. Edited by Joanna Shapland, Stephen Farrall, and Anthony Bottoms. NY: Routledge.
• "Records, Relationships, and Reentries: How Specific Punishment Conditions Affect Family Life." 2016. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 665:142-148.
• "The Institutional Effects of Incarceration: Spillovers From Criminal Justice to Health Care," with Jason Schnittker, Sarah Shannon, and Suzy Maves McElrath. 2015. Milbank Quarterly 93:516-560.
• Getting Culture. 2015. Edited with Douglas Hartmann. NY: W.W. Norton. Image
• Owned. 2015. Edited with Douglas Hartmann. NY: W.W. Norton.Image
• "Piling On: Collateral Consequences and Community Supervision,” with Robert Stewart. 2015. Minnesota Law Review 99:1871-1910.
• "Productive Addicts and Harm Reduction: How Work Reduces Crime – But Not Drug Use,” with Sarah Shannon. 2014. Social Problems 61:105-136.
• "The Increasing Stickiness of Public Labels," with Lindsay Blahnik. 2016. Pp. 222-243 in Global Perspectives on Desistance. Edited by Joanna Shapland, Stephen Farrall, and Anthony Bottoms. UK: Routledge.
• "The Edge of Stigma: An Experimental Audit of the Effects of Low-Level Criminal Records on Employment," with Mike Vuolo, Sarah Lageson, Ebony Ruhland, and Hilary Whitham. 2014. Criminology 52:627-654.
• "Taste Clusters of Music and Drugs: Evidence from Three Analytic Levels," with Michael Vuolo and Sarah Lageson. 2014. British Journal of Sociology, 65:520-554.
• "Legal Ambiguity in Managerial Assessments of Criminal Records," with Sarah Lageson and Mike Vuolo. 2014. Law & Social Inquiry 40:175-204.
• "Parental Incarceration: What We Know and Where We Need to Go," with Suzy McElrath. 2014. Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 104:597-604.
• "Genocide, Justice, and Rwanda’s Gacaca Courts," with Hollie Nyseth Brehm and Jean-Damascène Gasanabo. 2014. Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice 30:333-52.
• "'I Didn’t Recognize it as a Bad Experience until I was Much Older': Age, Experience, and Workers’ Perceptions of Sexual Harassment," with Amy Blackstone and Jason Houle. 2014. Sociological Spectrum 34:314-337.
• Color Lines and Racial Angles. 2014. Edited with Douglas Hartmann. NY: W.W. Norton. Image
• Crime and the Punished. 2014. Edited with Douglas Hartmann. NY: W.W. Norton. Image
• "How Work Affects Crime-And Crime Affects Work-Over The Life Course," with Sarah Lageson. 2013. Pp. 201-212 in Handbook of Life-Course Criminology: Emerging Trends and Directions for Future Research. Edited by Chris L. Gibson and Marvin D. Krohn. NY: Springer.
• The Social Side of Politics. 2013. Edited with Douglas Hartmann. NY: W.W. Norton.Image
• The Contexts Reader. 2012. Edited with Douglas Hartmann. NY: W.W. Norton. Image
• "Employment and Exile: U.S. Criminal Deportations, 1908-2005," with Ryan King and Michael Massoglia. 2012. American Journal of Sociology 117:1786-1825.
• "Sexual Harassment, Workplace Authority, and the Paradox of Power," with Heather McLaughlin and Amy Blackstone. 2012. American Sociological Review 77:625-647.
• "Out and Down: Incarceration and Psychiatric Disorders," with Jason Schnittker and Michael Massoglia. 2012. Journal of Health and Social Behavior 53:448-464.
• "Dealers, Thieves, and the Common Determinants of Drug and Non-Drug Illegal Earnings," with Melissa Thompson. 2012. Criminology 50:1057-1087.
• "Institutions, Politics, and Mental Health Parity," with Elaine Hernandez. 2012. Society and Mental Health 2:154-171.
• "Incarceration and the Health of the African American Community," with Jason Schnittker and Michael Massoglia. 2011. Du Bois Review 8:133-141.
• "The Impact of Sexual Harassment on Depressive Symptoms during the Early Occupational Career," with Jason N. Houle, Jeremy Staff, Jeylan T. Mortimer, and Amy Blackstone. 2011. Society and Mental Health 1:89-105.
• "Employment Restrictions for Individuals with Felon Status and Racial Inequality in the Labor Market," with Darren Wheelock and Heather Hlavka. 2011. Pages 278-307 in Global Perspectives on Re-Entry edited by Ikponwosa O. Ekunwe and Richard S. Jones. Tampere, Finland: Tampere University Press.
• "Settling Down and Aging Out: Toward an Interactionist Theory of Desistance and the Transition to Adulthood,” with Michael Massoglia. 2010. American Journal of Sociology 116:543-582.
• "Incarceration and Stratification," with Sara Wakefield. 2010. Annual Review of Sociology 36:387-446.
• "Public Criminologies," with Michelle Inderbitzin. 2010. Criminology and Public Policy 9:725-750.
• "Legal Consciousness and Responses to Sexual Harassment," Amy Blackstone and Heather McLaughlin. 2009. Law & Society Review 43:631-668.
• "Welfare and Citizenship: The Effects of Government Assistance on Voting Behavior," with Teresa Swartz, Amy Blackstone, and Heather McLaughlin. 2009. The Sociological Quarterly 50:633-665.
• "Real Men Use Non-Lethals: Appeals to Masculinity in Marketing Police Weaponry," with Jesse Wozniak. 2009. Feminist Criminology 4:274-293.
• "Sexual Harassment Comes of Age: A Comparative Analysis of the United States and Japan," with Chika Shinohara. 2009. The Sociological Quarterly 50:201-234.
• Locked Out: Felon Disenfranchisement and American Democracy, with Jeff Manza. 2006, 2008. NY: Oxford University Press.
• "Editorial Introduction: The Effect of Criminal Background Checks on Hiring Ex-Offenders," 2008. Criminology and Public Policy 7:367-370.

Awards

• SUNY Albany Hindelang Speaker Award, career contributions to criminology, 2016
• MERLOT Award (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching) for outstanding, peer-reviewed online resource, 2013
• Peterson-Krivo Mentoring Award, American Sociological Assn. (CLD Section), 2014
• Named Fellow of the American Society of Criminology, 2013
• Equal Justice Award for Research, Council on Crime and Justice, 2011
• Certificate of Appreciation, TRIO Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program, 2007
• Distinguished McKnight University Professorship, 2006
• Public Sociology Award, U of M Department of Sociology, 2005
• New York Times Magazine, "Idea of the Year", 2004
• Sociological Education Award, Sociologists of Minnesota, 2004
• Executive Board, American Society of Criminology, 2003 - 2009
• Mortar Board National Honor Society Outstanding Faculty Award, 2001
• Soros Foundation Open Society Institute Fellow, 2000 - 2002
• American Society of Criminology Cavan Award (outstanding scholarly contributions to the field of criminology), 2000
• National Science Foundation grantee, 1999 - 2002
• National Institute of Justice grantee, 1998 - 1999
• Junior Scholar Award, International Society of Criminology, 1998