Kasey Lansberry-Ray, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology and Criminology
Assistant Professor
Campus:
Geauga
Biography
Kasey Ray is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Justice Studies at the 麻豆影院 Geauga campus and Twinsburg Academic Center. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Akron, specializing in Inequality and Deviance. Dr. Ray鈥檚 research focuses on social class, spatial inequalities, and welfare participation. Her most recent publication (with Dr. Tiffany Taylor and Dr. Elizabeth Seale) is 鈥淲elfare and the Culture of Conservatism: A Contextual Analysis of Welfare-to-Work Participation in North Carolina鈥 Journal of Poverty, 2017.
Research Interests
- Inequality (Class, Gender, Race)
- Poverty and Welfare Participation
- Spatial Inequality
Teaching Interests
- Social Inequalities
- Deviant Behavior
- Criminal Law
- Social Problems