Mariam Ashtiani

Dr. Mariam Ashtiani is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at California State University, Fullerton. She earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Irvine in 2016, following an M.A. in Demographic and Social Analysis from the same institution and a B.A. in Sociology from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Her research examines structural barriers affecting disadvantaged youth, with emphases on:

• Racial disparities in juvenile justice impacts
• Educational pathways of low-income populations
• Cumulative effects of systemic inequality on social mobility

Her scholarly publications predominantly use quantitative methods to investigate how juvenile drug arrests derail educational trajectories differentially across racial groups, while her teaching portfolio includes courses on Statistics for Social Sciences, Deviant Behavior, and Juvenile Delinquency.