Robert Duran
Assistant Professor of Sociology at University of Tennessee-Knoxville
McClung Tower
Knoxville, TN
37996-0490
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Areas of Expertise
- Urban Ethnography
- Racial and Ethnic Inequality
- Social Control, Gangs
- Officer-Involved Shootings
- Public Health
Education
- Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Colorado- Boulder
Robert Duran participated in the RDCJN's Summer Research Institute in 2007 and 2011. His 2011 project was "Gang Life in Two Cities: An Insider's Journey to Understand the Social World of Gangs," and his 2007 was "The Core Ideals of the Mexican American Gang: Living the Presentation of Defiance."
