Shanell Sanchez, PhD

Associate Professor

Education:

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Sociology, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012
• Dissertation Title: Experiences of First-Generation Mexican Immigrant Women and Midwives during Pregnancy and the Birthing Process
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Sociology, Master of Arts, 2009
• Thesis Title: Adolescent Alcohol Use in Rural Communities; Effects of Parental & School Attachment
• University of Northern Colorado, Bachelor of Arts, Criminal Justice with Sociology minor, 2007

Experience:

• Joined the SOU Criminology and Criminal Justice department in 2016
• Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Colorado Mesa University, 2013-16
• Taught at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2008-13

Teaching & Research Areas:

• Crime and Deviance
• Social Change & Justice
• Comparative Crime & Justice
• Social Inequality
• Qualitative Methods
• Latino/a Immigration
• Education & Society
• Mass Media
• Criminology
• Juvenile Justice & Delinquency
• Minority Health & Illness

Recent Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:

• Ceballos, Miguel, Cantarero, Andrea, & Sanchez, Shanell. (Fall 2018). Disentangling the effects of acculturation and duration in the United States on Latina immigrant maternal overweight and macrosomia. Journal of Health Disparities Research & Practice, 11(3):32-45. DOI: digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/jhdrp/vol11/iss3/3
• Sanchez, S. & Kasselstrand. I. (2017). “Provide All Women a Voice: A Qualitative Study of First-Generation Mexican Immigrant Women’s Experiences with Midwives in the United States.” Women’s Reproductive Health, 4(3): 169-184. DOI: doi.org/10.1080/23293691.2017.1388723
• Kasselstrand, Isabella, Tiana Couse, and Shanell Sanchez. “Institutional Confidence in the United States: Attitudes of Secular Americans.” Secularism and Nonreligion, March 2017.
• Shanell Sanchez and Isabella Kasselstrand. “Provide All Women a Voice:” A Qualitative Study of First-Generation Mexican Immigrant Women’s Experiences with Midwives in the United States. Under review with Women’s Reproductive Health.
• Sanchez, Shanell. “Sex Trafficking in the United States: Theory, Research, Policy and Practice.” By Andrea J. Nichols. Book Review for Journal of Nicholas Park.
• Lisa Melander, and Shanell Sanchez. 2016. Nonmedical Prescription Drug Use among Midwestern Rural Adolescent. Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, v25 n4 p360-369.
• Shanell Sanchez, Katie Dreiling, and Nicholas Park. 2016. Updated Criminal Activity Checklist: Challenging the ‘Us versus Them’ Thinking in Undergraduate Criminology. The Criminologist Newsletter, Vol. 41, No. 3, May/June 2016.

Professional Organizations, Affiliations, and Activities:

• Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, 2007-present
• American Society of Criminology, 2008-present
• American Sociological Association, 2008-present
• Midwest Sociological Society, Minority Scholars Committee, 2007-2012
• Nebraska Association of Sociology Graduate Students, 2007-2012
• Latino Research Initiative, 2007-2012