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About the Department

Department of Sociology
Emory University
1555 Dickey Dr.
Atlanta, GA 30322

Phone: 404-727-7510
Fax: 404-727-7532

Department Administration

Bob Agnew
Chair of Sociology
Irene Browne
Director of Graduate Studies
Alex Hicks
Director of Graduate Recruitment
Jeff Mullis
Director of Undergraduate Studies

Elizabeth Griffiths

Elizabeth Griffiths Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322

Telephone: 404-727-7031
FAX: 404-727-7031
E-MAIL: elizabeth.griffiths@emory.edu

OFFICE: 217C Tarbutton Hall

Curriculum Vitae (PDF format)

Degree: Ph.D., University of Toronto, 2007

General Research Area: criminology, urban sociology, work and occupations.

Current Research: social ecology of homicide; family structure and victimization risk; mobility triangles.

Selected Publications: "Traveling to Violence" (co-author), The Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 2005; "Communities, Street Guns, and Homicide Trajectories in Chicago, 1980-1995" (co-author), Criminology, 2004.

Selected Courses