Kristi Brownfield

Kristi Brownfield is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Northern State University (NSU) and serves as Director of the Assessment Office. Her research explores deviance and identity in digital spaces, with a focus on online support networks.

• Education: Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Research Interests: Spanning popular culture, new media methodologies, online phenomena, and intersections of race/class/gender. Her work integrates social psychology and narrative analysis to study deviance.

Publication Trends: Recent works examine media representations of prisons and policing, analyzing how television and film shape public perceptions of criminal justice systems.

Teaching: Offers foundational courses like SOC 100 and CJUS/SOC 485 Capstone, alongside rotational seminars in sociocultural theory.