christopher uggen
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.
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