Sarah Hupp Williamson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
678-839-6334
swilliam@westga.edu
Pafford Social Science Building - Room 215
Dr. Sarah Hupp Williamson joined the Department of Criminology at the University of West Georgia in 2019 after receiving her Ph.D. in Sociology with a specialization in Crime, Deviance, and Social Control from North Carolina State University. She obtained both her M.A. (2015) and B.A. (2013) in Criminology from the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Her several lines of research examine the intersections of globalization, inequality, and crime. Specifically, her teaching and research interests include human trafficking, environmental harms, and corporate crime.
- B.A., Criminology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2013
- M.A., Criminology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2015
- Ph.D., Sociology, North Carolina State University, 2019
- CRIM-1100 (Intro to Criminal Justice)
- CRIM-2000 (Survey of Criminology)
- CRIM-2276 (Global Crime and Justice)
- CRIM-3240 (Criminological Theory)
- CRIM-4232 (Family Violence)
- CRIM-4280 (Human Trafficking & the Law)
- CRIM-4334 (Human Trafficking)
- CRIM-5280 (Environmental Crime CL)
- CRIM-6010 (Theories of Crime & Justice)
- CRIM-6182 (Human Trafficking & the Law)
- CRIM-6983 (Thesis Contiued)
- CRIM-6999 (Police Training and Autism)
Spring 2023 Sections
- CRIM-1100 (Intro to Criminal Justice) Section: 03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- CRIM-2000 (Survey of Criminology) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- CRIM-6010 (Theories of Crime & Justice) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- CRIM-6983 (Thesis Contiued) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2022 Sections
- CRIM-2000 (Survey of Criminology) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- CRIM-2276 (Global Crime and Justice) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- CRIM-4334 (Human Trafficking) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- CRIM-5280 (Human Trafficking CL) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Summer 2022 Sections
- CRIM-3240 (Criminological Theory) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- CRIM-5280 (Environmental Crime CL) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2022 Sections
- CRIM-2276 (Global Crime and Justice) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- CRIM-3240 (Criminological Theory) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- CRIM-6010 (Theories of Crime & Justice) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- CRIM-6999 (Police Training and Autism) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2021 Sections
- CRIM-2000 (Survey of Criminology) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- CRIM-2276 (Global Crime and Justice) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- CRIM-3240 (Criminological Theory) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Summer 2021 Sections
- CRIM-2276 (Global Crime and Justice) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- CRIM-4280 (Environmental Crime CL) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- CRIM-5280 (Environmental Crime CL) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- CRIM-6182 ( Specialty Courts) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2021 Sections
- CRIM-2276 (Global Crime and Justice) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- CRIM-3240 (Criminological Theory) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- CRIM-6010 (Theories of Crime & Justice) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2020 Sections
- CRIM-2000 (Survey of Criminology) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- CRIM-3240 (Criminological Theory) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- CRIM-6182 (Human Trafficking & the Law) Section: E11 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Summer 2020 Sections
- CRIM-2276 (Global Crime and Justice) Section: E01
Spring 2020 Sections
- CRIM-2276 (Global Crime and Justice) Section: E02
- CRIM-2276 (Global Crime and Justice) Section: E01
- CRIM-4280 (Human Trafficking & the Law) Section: E03
Fall 2019 Sections
- CRIM-3240 (Criminological Theory) Section: E01
- CRIM-4232 (Family Violence) Section: E01
- CRIM-4280 (Human Trafficking & the Law) Section: 01
Hupp Williamson, Sarah. Forthcoming. “Toward a Theory of Human Trafficking: An Integrated Framework from Criminology, Migration, and Feminist Literatures.” In Erin C. Heil and Andrea J. Nichols (Eds), Broadening the Scope of Human Trafficking, 2nd ed.
Hupp Williamson, Sarah, and Jennifer R. Lutz. Forthcoming. “Sewing Responsibility: Media Discourse, Corporate Deviance, and the Rana Plaza Collapse.” Sociological Inquiry.
Hupp Williamson, Sarah. 2018. “What’s in the Water? How Media Coverage of Corporate GenX Pollution Shapes Local Understanding of Risk.” Critical Criminology 26(2): 289-305.
Hupp Williamson, Sarah. 2017. “Globalization as a Racial Project: Implications forHuman Trafficking.” International Journal of Women’s Studies 18(2): 74-88.
Hupp Williamson, Sarah. 2017. “Institutional Anomie and Socialist Feminist Theory: A Process Analysis of Trafficking in Post-Socialist Countries.” In Erin C. Heil and AndreaJ. Nichols (Eds), Broadening the Scope of Human Trafficking, (pp.231-255). D
DeVall, Kristen, Christina Lanier, David J. Hartmann, Sarah Hupp Williamson, andLaQuana Askew. 2017. “Intensive Supervision Programs and Recidivism: How MichiganSuccessfully Targets High-Risk Offenders.” The Prison Journal 97(5): 585-608.