Christopher Dennison

PhD

Christopher Dennison.

Christopher Dennison

PhD

Christopher Dennison

PhD

Director of Undergraduate Studies, Administration
Associate Professor

Research Interests

Life Course Criminology; Social Mobility; Social Responses to Crime; Social Stratification; Quantitative Methods

About

Christopher Dennison, PhD, is an associate professor in the UB Department of Sociology. Most broadly, his research examines the association between intergenerational social mobility and crime and well-being across the life course. Other research interests include individual and “spillover” effects associated with involvement in the criminal justice system, how substance use affects college completion, and the relationship between problem gambling and criminal behavior. His most recent project examines how perceived experiences of unfair treatment by police are related to social-psychological and behavioral outcomes in adulthood.

Education

  • PhD, Bowling Green State University, 2017
  • MA, University of Toledo, 2013 
  • BA, Miami University, 2011

Recent Courses

  • Introduction to Sociology
  • Sociology of Punishment
  • Criminological Theory (graduate)
  • Multiple Linear Regression (graduate)