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Joy Kadowaki
Assistant Professor
Joint Appointment, Full-Time Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences: Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work; School of Law
Degrees
- Ph.D., Sociology, Purdue University, 2018
- M.S., Sociology, Purdue University, 2012
- J.D., University of Illinois College of Law, 2007
- B.A., Sociology and Political Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 2004
Profile
Joy Kadowaki earned a Ph.D. in sociology from Purdue University in 2018. She also holds a J.D. from the University of Illinois College of Law. Her research interests include: law and society, crime and place, community and urban sociology, and social inequalities.
Courses taught
- SOC 101: Principles of Sociology
- SOC 324: Communities and Crime
- SOC 326: Law and Society
- SOC 339: Social Inequality
- SSC 200: Law, Society and the City
Research interests
- Law and Society
- Crime and Place
- Community and Urban Sociology
- Social Inequalities
Selected publications
Joy Kadowaki. 2021. “Teaching Law and Society in the Sociology Classroom: Writing Assignments for Engaging the Socio-Legal Imagination.” Teaching Sociology 49(1):85-95.
Joy Kadowaki. 2019. “The Contemporary Defended Neighborhood: Maintaining Stability and Diversity Through Processes of Community Defense.” City & Community 18(4):1220-1239.
Mike Vuolo, Joy Kadowaki, and Brian C. Kelly. 2017. "Marijuana's Moral Entrepreneurs, Then and Now." Contexts 16(4):20-25.
Mike Vuolo, Brian C. Kelly, and Joy Kadowaki. 2016. "Impact of Total Vending Machine Restrictions on U.S. Young Adult Smoking." Nicotine and Tobacco Research 18(11):2092-99.
Mike Vuolo, Joy Kadowaki, and Brian C. Kelly. 2016. "Multilevel Test of Constrained Choices Theory: The Case of Tobacco Clean Air Restrictions." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 57(3):351-372.
Mike Vuolo, Brian C. Kelly, and Joy Kadowaki. 2016. "Independent and Interactive Effects of Smoking Bans and Tobacco Taxes on a Cohort of U.S. Young Adults." American Journal of Public Health 106(2):374-380.
Joy Kadowaki. 2015. "Maintaining Professionalism: Emotional Labor Among Lawyers as Client Advisors." International Journal of the Legal Profession 22(3):323-345.
Joy Kadowaki, Mike Vuolo, and Brian C. Kelly. 2015. "A Review of the Current Geographic Distribution of and Debate Surrounding Electronic Cigarette Clean Air Regulations in the United States." Health & Place 31:75-82.