Computational Sociology and Criminology Lab

The CSC Lab is located in 3102 Turlington Hall, within the Department of Sociology and Criminology and Law. Our mission is dedicated to advancing the application of computational research methods in the fields of sociology and criminology.

Our members specialize in a diverse range of computational techniques, applying them to various substantive topics within sociology and criminology. By leveraging innovative computational approaches, we aim to deepen our understanding of social behaviors and crime dynamics, ultimately contributing to informed policy-making and improving society.

Lab Events

Meet Our Team


Dr. Won-tak Joo Director Social networks Social demography Email	Dr. Nan Li Policing Crime and place Victimization Email	Dr. Edo Navot Stratification Organizations Email	Dr. Charles Peek Medical sociology Demography Email

Dr. Kevin Winstead Social movements Digital humanities Black digital media Email	Dr. Myunghee You Developmental and life-course criminology Email	Dr. Barb Zsembik Migration and health Latino sociology Email

Topic-Specific Research Meetings

Family/Aging/Health with Won-tak Joo

Our aim is to study how family structures and kinship systems change with aging, and how these dynamics are associated with health outcomes. We apply various computational techniques—including network analysis, machine-learning-based regression models, sequence analysis, and advanced econometric methods—to contemporary survey datasets and historical records (e.g., decennial US Census, genealogy datasets) to enhance our understanding of family, aging, and health.

Participating Graduate Students:


Taranjot Hari Immigration Health Family	Aitong Li Family, health, gender Stratification Sociology of education	Jiahui Lyu Aging Family Migration	Yi Rong Sociology of law Family and gender Social policy

Huimin Zhang Family Gender Aging

Victimization with Myunghee You

Participating Graduate Students:


Jackie Emmerich Juvenile justice Social learning Victimization	Bomi Jin Substance use Peer Influence Victimization	Jooyeon "Alice" Kim Criminological theories Juvenile delinquency Perception of crime	Sooyun Lee Cybercrime Community policing Crime reporting

Claudia Odgers Ascencio Life course criminology Desistance from crime Mental health	Sifat Rahman Trauma Juvenile delinquency Substance use Terrorism Cold Cases

Resources

HiPerGator Computing Resources

The CSC Lab provides access to HiPerGator, one of the largest supercomputers in the United States, for both lab and department members. If you would like to access these resources, please submit this application.

Sociology and Criminology & Law