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Graduate Student

Bethany Callan NelsonBethany Callan Nelson

I am currently earning my PhD. in Sociology with a concentration in Criminology and Critical Race. I received my BA from Berea College in Sociology (2012). I later earned my MPA from Eastern Kentucky University (2013) and my Masters in Criminal Justice (2015), also from Eastern Kentucky. My research interests lie at the intersections of social suffering, exclusion, dark tourism, and cultural criminology.

Complete CV

Teaching Associate:

  • Soc 341 Social Inequalities University of Tennessee Fall 2017
  • Soc 331 Research Methods University of Tennessee Summer 2016, Spring 2018
  • Soc 110 Social Problems/Social Justice, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, Fall 2015, Spring 2016
  • CRMJ 2390, Probation and Parole, Pellissippi State Community College, Spring 2018

Teaching Assistant:

  • CRJ 406 Immigration & Justice, Criminal Justice, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky Spring 2014

Active Learning Consultant:

  • WGS Riding the Third Wave of Feminism, Women and Gender Studies, Berea College Fall 2013
  • REL Immigration and Religion, Religion, Berea College Fall 2013
  • WGS African Diaspora Writers, Women and Gender Studies, Berea College Fall 2013



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