Sheryl Switaj

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Sheryl Switaj

Sheryl Switaj

Visiting Assistant Professor
Sociology
252 Spes Unica Hall
sswitaj@saintmarys.edu

"If a teacher is indeed wise [s]he does not bid you enter the house of [her] wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind.” —Kahlil Gibran

Education

MA Sociology (ABD), University of Southern California 
MA, The University at Albany 
BA, University of Notre Dame 

Areas of Expertise
  • Criminological Theory
  • Juvenile Delinquency
     
Courses Recently Taught
  • Sociological Imaginations
  • Social Problems
  • Social Psychology
  • Introduction to Crime and Society
  • Juvenile Deviance
  • Public Health and Social (In)Justice
  • Criminology
  • Introduction to Sociology
  • Marriage and Family
     
Professional Experience
  • Visiting Professor,  Saint Mary's College
  • Adjunct Professor, Schoolcraft College (Livonia, MI)
  • Part-time Faculty, Washtenaw Community College (Ann Arbor, MI)
  • Managing Editor, Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
Professional Memberships
  • American Society of Criminology
  • North Central Sociological Association