Research Interests

  • Gender and Sexualities
  • Juvenile Delinquency and Justice
  • Peer and Social Networks
  • Social Inequality and the Life Course
  • Health Disparities
  • Social Network Analysis

Student Research Projects

  • If you are interested in gaining research experience using quantitative methods, please contact me to discuss the possibility of conducting an independent research project.
  • Ideally, you will have fulfilled the following requirements:
    • Succesful completion of the research methods (CJS 430) and statistics (SBS 320) courses.
    • Have a draft of a research proposal, or at least a very strong idea of what you would like to study. 

Research Assistant Opportunities

  • There will be one paid research assistantship position available in Fall 2021.
    • The main focus of the project is to clean and code a young adult criminal justice dataset to use for data analyses.
    • Priority will be given to CJS students interested in pursuing a doctoral degree in criminology and criminal justice.
    • ​​Typically, research assistants work 5-10 hours per week on a variety of project-related tasks.
  • Contact me if you are interested in the position.

​Publications

Journal Articles
  • Staff, Jeremy, Alyssa Yetter, Kelsey Cundiff, Nayan G. Ramirez, Mike Vuolo, and Jeylan T. Mortimer. 2019. “Is Teenage Employment Still a Risk Factor for High School Dropout?” Journal of Research on Adolescence 30(2):406-422. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12533
  • Ragan, Daniel T., D. Wayne Osgood, Nayan G. Ramirez, James Moody, and Scott Gest. 2019. “A Comparison of Peer Influence Estimates from Stochastic Actor Based Models and from Conventional Regression Approaches.” Sociological Methods and Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/0049124119852369
  • Jacobsen, Wade C., Garrett T. Pace, and Nayan G. Ramirez. 2019. “Punishment and Inequality at an Early Age: Exclusionary Discipline in Elementary School.” Social Forces 97(9):973-998. https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/soy072
Book Chapters
  • Ramirez, Nayan G. Accepted. “The Role of Adolescent Friendship Networks on Queer Youth’s Delinquency.” In Queering Criminology in Theory and Praxis: Re-Imaging Justice in the Criminal Legal System and Beyond, edited by Carrie L. Buist & Lindsay Kahle. Bristol, UK: Bristol University Press.
  • Staff, Jeremy, Nayan G. Ramirez, and Kelsey Cundiff. 2017. “The Vanishing Teenage Worker in the United States.” Pp. 154-176 in Young People’s Development and the Great Recession: Uncertain Transitions and Precarious Futures, edited by Ingrid Schoon & John Bynner. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316779507.008
  • Staff, Jeremy, Nayan G. Ramirez, and Michael Vuolo. 2014. “The Transition to Adulthood Matters.” Pp. 137-146 in Diverging Destinies: Families in an Era of Increasing Inequality, edited by Paul Amato, Alan Booth, Susan McHale, & Jennifer Van Hook. New York: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08308-7_10
Press
  • Posey, Brianne M., Nayan G. Ramirez, and Katherine Lorenz. 2020. “Not Just a Few ‘Bad Apples’: Systemic Issues Create Police Violence.” CSUN Today, June 12.
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