The department of sociology is proud to introduce the newest member of our faculty, Assistant Professor John Leverso! Professor Leverso will join us in Fall 2021 from Whitman College having completed his PhD from University of Washington in 2020. Professor Leverso’s research examines urban street gangs and includes theoretical frameworks for enduring gang membership and gang member masculinity maturation. Outside of research on gangs, Leverso is also investigating the non-criminal, later-in-life consequences of youth justice involvement. Leverso's research has appeared in the Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, the Journal of Quantitative Criminology, the Journal of Adolescence, and the International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. He is also co-editing a volume on gangs titled The Oxford Handbook on Gangs and Society. Dr. Leverso is excited to launch his research and teaching programs among the OU Sociology family.
Please join us in welcoming Dr. John Leverso to OU’s Department of Sociology. We are so happy to have him as part of our intellectual community!
