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The Department of Sociology & Anthropology
 

Contact & Location

Moscow

The Department of
Sociology & Anthropology

Physical Address:
Phinney Hall 101
PHONE: (208) 885-6751
FAX: (208) 885-2034
E-MAIL: socanth@uidaho.edu

Mailing Address:
Department of
Sociology & Anthropology
c/o University of Idaho
875 Perimeter Drive MS 1110
Moscow, ID 83844-1110

Samantha Cumley

Samantha R Cumley

Office: 107 Phinney Hall
Phone: (208) 885-8079
Email: samcumley@uidaho.edu
Mailing Address: 875 Perimeter Dr MS 1110

Moscow, ID 83844-1110

College of Letters, Arts & Social Sciences
Sociology and Anthropology
Assistant Professor of Sociology

Campus Locations: Moscow, ID
With UI Since 2012
  • PhD, University of Iowa, Sociology, 2012
  • MA, University of Iowa, Sociology, 2008
  • MA, University of Montana, Sociology, 2007
  • BA, University of Montana, Sociology / Anthropology, 2005

Research/Focus Areas

  • Criminology
  • Juvenile Delinquency
  • Sociology of Criminal Punishment
  • Stratification / Inequality
  • Gender and Crime / Imprisonment

Biography

Dr. Cumley is a sociologist who specializes in the study of crime and imprisonment.  She completed her PhD at the University of Iowa in 2012.    Her current areas of research and teaching interest include criminology, juvenile delinquency, sociology of criminal punishment, labor markets and gender. 

Selected Publications

  • De Coster, Stacy, Karen Heimer, and Samantha R Cumley. Forthcoming “Gender and Theories of Delinquency.” In the Oxford University Handbook on Criminology. Edited by Pamela Wilcox and Francis Cullen.
  • Cumley, Samantha R., Karen Heimer and Stacy De Coster. Forthcoming.  “Crime and Gender.” International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition.

Awards and Honors


  • Cumley, Samantha R. and Karen Heimer. 2011-12. “Local Labor Markets, Politics and Imprisonment: The Effects of Labor Market Opportunities, Minority Group Presence, and Political Ideology on Imprisonment Rates.” National Science Foundation, Dissertation Improvement Grant, $7,981.

Samantha's Links

My Courses

  • Soc 331:
    Criminology Theory
  • Soc 423:
    Social Class and Stratification

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