Jillian Seweryn (’23 criminal justice) was one of 13 students who earned an LAS Dean’s High Impact Award for Undergraduate Research for fall semester. Seweryn was mentored by Shannon Harper, assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice.
Shannon Harper, assistant professor of sociology, published the study, “Testing the Systemic Model of Social Disorganization Theory in South Korean Neighborhoods: A Latent Class Growth Analysis Approach to Specifying Pathways to Homicide,” in the July 16, 2020, edition of Homicide Studies. Harper’s co-authors are Sujung Cho, Southern Illinois University, and Yung Hyeock Lee, Konkuk University. … Continue reading Shannon Harper is co-author of study published in Homicide Studies
Assistant Professor of Sociology Shannon Harper recently published a study titled, “Assessing Cross-national Differences in Police Officers’ Domestic Violence Attitudes,” in Policing: An International Journal. Harper’s co-authors include Angela Gover, University of Colorado, Denver; Samara McPhedran, Griffith University, Australia; and Paul Mazerolle, University of New Brunswick, Canada. Comparative research provides a mechanism to understand how … Continue reading Shannon Harper publishes study that addresses police officers’ attitudes toward domestic violence
Iowa State’s U.S. Latino/a Studies Program (USLS) has named Shannon Harper, assistant professor of sociology, as a featured faculty member on its website. Harper will also be teaching a new joint USLS and criminal justice course this fall, Latinas and Victimization: Examining Survival Strategies and Justice (CJST/USLS 360X).
Research is in senior Amanda Larsen’s future. The LAS Dean’s High-Impact Award for Undergraduate Research is the next step in her research journey.
Assistant professor of sociology Shannon Harper earned top honors for her dissertation from the University of Illinois at Chicago.