Stephanie Wiley

Stephanie Wiley is an Instructor and Director of the Criminology Minor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Oregon, affiliated with the College of Arts and Sciences. She earned her Ph.D. in Criminology and Criminal Justice from the University of Missouri–St. Louis in 2014, following earlier academic work at Western Oregon University and Portland State University.

• Youth Development & Delinquency
• Criminological Theory
• Intersection of Education & Criminal Justice Institutions
• Racial & Socioeconomic Inequality

Her research examines how justice system involvement affects youth development, focusing on police contact’s impact on legal attitudes and delinquency. Recent publications analyze school-police interactions, racialized suspension patterns, and Indigenous overrepresentation in youth corrections. She has held prior roles as Assistant Research Professor and Assistant Professor across institutions, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to inequality reproduction.