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    Karen Martinez

    Karen Martinez

    Department of Sociology and Criminology
    Graduate Student
    Campus:
    Kent
    Contact Information
    Email:
    kmarti99@kent.edu

    Biography

    Research and Teaching Interests

    Social Inequality

    ·        Race, Ethnicity, and Class

    ·        Gender and Sexuality

    ·        Families/ Mothering

    ·        Immigration

             Latinx Communities

    ·        Social Movements

    Crime and Deviance

    ·        Minorities in crime and justice and women in crime and justice

    ·        Theories of crime and deviance

    ·        Juvenile Delinquency

    Theory

    ·        Intersectionality

    ·        Critical Race Theory

    Qualitative Research methods

    Education

    M.A. Kent State University, Sociology
    B.A. California State University Bakersfield, Sociology (minor political science)

    Documents

    PDF icon Karen Martinez_CV 2023[3].pdf
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