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Paul J Becker
Associate Professor
Full-Time Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences: Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
Degrees
Ph.D., Bowling Green State University
Profile
Dr. Paul Becker is an Associate Professor of Sociology, affiliated with Criminal Justice and Security Studies. His research focuses on right-wing extremism in the United States, as well as visual sociology through protest photography. He joined the faculty in Fall 2002.
Research Interests
- Hate crimes
- Right-wing Extremism
- Activism / Protesting in the 21st Century
- Green Criminology
- Exotic Animals in the U.S. (zoos, sanctuaries, pets)
- Visual sociology
- The representations of crime in popular media