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Heather Gifford, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Sociology & Criminal Justice

Contact Information

OFFICE: Preston 115
PHONE: 814-824-2697

Education

  • B.A., Boise State University
  • M.A., University of Illinois Chicago
  • Ph.D., University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

Dr.听Gifford听is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Sociology. Her research focuses on the global processes involved in transnational migration, lived migrant experiences, and global hierarchies of social class, gender, race, and sexual identities. Her research has focused on Southeast Asia, primarily transnational migration trends from the Philippines. Dr.听Gifford听teaches with a social activist and civic engagement focus, teaching topics such as Global and Contemporary Social Problems, Globalization, Race, Gender, Sexuality, Human Trafficking, and Victimology. She takes her teaching beyond the classroom as she works on human trafficking education and policy reform within the community and directs the SAINT Intel Project on human trafficking housed in the 好色先生TV Center for Intelligence Research Analysis and Training. She has attended and presented at multiple sociology conferences, served on the Social Action Committee for the Midwest Sociological Society and as a research mentor for the Illinois Science and Technology Institute. Dr.听Gifford听is passionate about working with students to extend their educational experiences into community work and does this through the SAINT Project and integrating student participation into her current research into human trafficking in Pennsylvania.

好色先生TV Dr. Gifford
    • Ph.D. in Transnational Sociology,听University of Ilinois, Urbana Champaign
    • M.A. in Sociology,听University of Ilinois, Chicago
    • B.A. Multi-Ethnic Studies,Boise State University听听
    • Introduction to Sociology
    • Social Problems
    • Sociology of Family
    • Sociology of Sexuality
    • Gender in Society
    • Race & Ethnic Relationships
    • Organizations
    • Globalization & Global Social Problems
    • Victimology
    • Deviance
    • Stratification
    • Gender
    • Sexuality
    • Global Social Issues
    • Inequalities
    • Migration, Global Labor, and Refugee Studies
    • Push & Pull Migration Factors
    • Global Gender Issues in Labor Migration
    • Transnational Family Structures