Stacy Wittrock

I am originally from  Cherokee, IA (a small town in Northwest, IA), but I moved around a lot as a child and I have lived in several places in both Iowa and Illinois.  I began my undergraduate work at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, IA.  In 1999, I graduated with distinction from the University of Iowa with my B.A. in psychology and sociology.  

My areas of interest include criminology, the sociology of deviance, social control and punishment, the sociology of gender, social stratification, and social welfare policies. My research broadly focuses on the role of inequality in crime and delinquency, with specific attention to differences across race, ethnicity and gender.   I received my M.A. in sociology in 2003 from the University of Iowa.  My M.A. thesis was on the variations across race and ethnicity in disadvantage and violent delinquency. I am currently working on my dissertation, which tries to disentangle the relationships among the characteristics of maternal employment and elements of family interaction to better understand the role maternal employment plays in youth delinquency.

I am currently an instructor for 34:141 “Deviance and Control” at the University of Iowa.  In my free time, I enjoy spending time with my family and reading.