Faculty & Staff
David Kauzlarich
Professor
PhD, Western Michigan University, 1994
Office: 337 Graham
Phone: 336-334-3765
Email: dakauzla@uncg.edu
Dr. Kauzlarich’s Google Scholar profile
Professor Kauzlarich came to the UNCG Sociology Department Head position in 2017 and served in that role until August of 2023. He was previously a Professor (six as Department Chair) in the Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice Studies at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He earned his Ph.D. in Sociology with emphasis in criminology and criminal justice at Western Michigan University in 1994 and has directed graduate and undergraduate programs in criminal justice and sociology.
Dave has published seven books and over three dozen scholarly articles and essays ranging in subjects from victimology, sociological and criminological theory, state and corporate crime, crimes of the powerful, and social justice. He is currently working on a project examining music as resistance to the crimes of the powerful using both autoethnographic and interview methodology. The book is on contract with Routledge.
Dave served as Editor-in-Chief of Critical Criminology: An International Journal from 2013-2018 and has held a number of leadership positions in the Critical Criminology & Social Justice (CCSJ) Division of the American Society of Criminology. He has received the Critical Criminologist of the Year Award from the CCSJ, the Paul Simon Teacher-Scholar Award (SIUE), the Great Teacher Award (SIUE), and the Going Endowed Professor Award (SIUE).
He enjoys teaching a variety of courses but especially those in criminology and criminal justice studies.
Sample of work: https://soc.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/David-Kauzlarich-writings-on-punk-and-resistance.pdf
