معرفی
Dr. Ashley Wendell Kranjac is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Chapman University, affiliated with the Wilkinson College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. She earned her PhD from the State University of New York at Buffalo, followed by postdoctoral training at Rice University in the Sociology Department and Kinder Institute Urban Health Program.
- Education:
- Texas Wesleyan University: Bachelor of Science
- University of Texas at Arlington: Master of Arts
- State University of New York at Buffalo: Ph.D. in Sociology
Her research focuses on health inequities and population studies, examining how familial, social, economic, and environmental contexts drive disparate health outcomes. She leads the Earl Babbie Research Center and co-directs the Health in Populations and Places (HiPP) Research Collaborative, which investigates social determinants of physical and psychological health. Her work spans pediatric obesity, asthma, mental health, and neighborhood socioeconomic effects, published in top journals like Scientific Reports and Health and Place.
She teaches courses in the sociology of health and illness and quantitative methods. Her recent publications analyze Covid-19 mortality disparities, generational depression shifts, and longitudinal obesity trends, emphasizing interdisciplinary applications of epidemiology, demography, and urban health.
