Chris Uggen (pronounced
You-Gun) is Distinguished McKnight Professor and Chair of Sociology
at the University of Minnesota. He studies crime, law, and deviance, believing that good scientific research helps point the way toward a more just and safer world. His writing
appears in American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology,
Criminology, and Law & Society Review and in media
such as the New York Times, The Economist, and NPR.
With Jeff Manza,
he wrote Locked
Out: Felon Disenfranchisement and American Democracy. Aside from felon
disenfranchisement, his research,
teaching,
and advising
interests include prisoner reentry, drug use, employment, discrimination, and inequality. Chris now serves as editor of Contexts
Magazine (with Doug Hartmann) and chair of his department.
Away from work, Chris is a father, a jogger,
and a blogger.