Christopher Robertson
Bio
Chris Robertson is an Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at North Carolina State University. He completed his Ph.D. in Sociology at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, where he was also trained through the Minnesota Population Center Population Studies Training Program. Robertson earned an M.A. in Sociology from the University of Texas at Arlington and a B.B.A. in Management from the University of Texas at Austin.
Chris’s research has been funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the American Sociological Association, the Spencer Foundation, the Law and Society Association, and the American Bar Foundation.
Posts
Education
Ph.D. Sociology University of Minnesota
MA Sociology University of Texas at Arlington
BBA Management University of Texas at Austin
Area(s) of Expertise
Chris's research investigates how institutions of legal social control impact population health, with a specific focus on community exposure to policing and historic racial exclusion.
Broadly, his research interests lie in the following areas:
Crime, law, and punishment
Population health and health equity (e.g., healthcare utilization and mental health outcomes)
The contemporary consequences of historic spatial racism and racialized social control