Jack DeWaard, Ph.D.

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Associate Professor & Program Director, Sociology

Education

Ph.D., Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.A., Sociology University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
B.A., Sociology and Philosophy, Seattle Pacific University

Background

Expertise

A sociologist and demographer by training, Jack’s areas of expertise include demography and ecology, race and ethnic studies, and research methods, with his work focused on and at the intersections of three areas of human migration:

  • Migration systems and networks
  • Climate and environmental migration and displacement
  • Social inequality, exclusion and incorporation

Teaching

At SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s University, Jack currently teaches the following courses in the Department of Society and Social Justice:

  • Sociology 101 – Modern Society and Culture
  • Sociology 102 – American Social Problems
  • Sociology 295 – Quantitative Research Methods
  • Sociology 350 – Social Theory
  • Core 200S – Society and Social Justice
  • Core 310 – Community: Call to Serve the Common Good
  • Core 320 – Hospitality and Openness to Others
  • Communications 395 – Myths and Facts about [Im]Migration
  • Communications 499 – Senior Seminar
  • History 370 – History of American Immigration
  • Psychology 240 – Research Methods

Research

Jack’s research is highly interdisciplinary and collaborative. You can find a .