Ana Campos-Holland

Received her BA from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 2003 with four majors:  Anthropology, Chicano/a Studies, Latin American & Iberian Studies, and Sociology.  She joined the Sociology Graduate Program at The University of Iowa in 2004, earned her MA in 2007, became ABD in 2009, and is scheduled to graduate May 2011 with a PhD in Sociology.  Since her arrival, she has been working with Professors Karen Heimer and Michael Sauder.  Her main areas of interest are Criminology, Deviance, Law, Childhood/Adolescence, and Family.  Her current research includes projects on (1) parental deviant/criminal behavior and its impact on the children, (2) childhood culture, and (3) youth’s substance/drug use.