B. Mitchell Peck

B. Mitchell Peck serves as Professor and Chair of the Department of Sociology within the Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Oklahoma. His academic leadership includes oversight of departmental operations while maintaining an active research agenda. Contact details include office KAUF 324, phone (405) 325-1751, and email bmpeck@ou.edu.

Dr. Peck earned his Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in 2002. His scholarly foundation integrates rigorous methodological training with critical perspectives on social systems.

Research interests center on institutional mechanisms that perpetuate inequality, with dual emphases on healthcare disparities and juvenile justice inequities. His medical sociology work dissects how doctor-patient interactions reproduce health stratification, particularly examining ostomy patient marginalization and contraceptive access barriers. Parallel research investigates racialized processes in juvenile justice systems, analyzing police interactions, court decisions, and disproportionate minority contact. This dual focus reveals how micro-level encounters interface with macro-structural racism.

Recent publications (2022-2025) demonstrate methodological versatility across longitudinal Add Health analyses, qualitative patient narratives, and critical policy studies. Key thematic clusters include social determinants of health impacting reproductive choices, stigmatization in clinical settings, and systemic racism in youth justice systems. His work consistently links individual experiences to institutional power dynamics.

Dr. Peck teaches advanced statistics, research methods, medical sociology, and stratification courses at undergraduate and graduate levels. His methodological expertise informs both empirical research and pedagogical approaches.

Current investigations examine longitudinal health trajectories and structural interventions for justice-involved youth, with emphasis on translating research into equity-focused policy reforms.