Dana Haynie CV

Dr. Haynie is a Professor of Sociology at Ohio State University whose research applies criminological and social network methods and theories to better understand processes related to crime and delinquency. Examples include work that examines the diverse ways in which peer relationships and social networks affect adolescent involvement in risky behavior, race and gender differences in social networks and crime, the network structure of darkweb illegal drug trafficking, a network approach to understanding incarcerated individuals’ experiences of imprisonment, and the infiltration of the alt-right and hate into public American institutions. She is currently serving as Co-Editor of Criminology, the flagship journal of the American Society of Criminology.

Current projects include studies that collect social network data on currently incarcerated offenders to better understand how inmate social networks (both within- and outside of prison) affect incarcerated behavior as well as post-release outcomes. Other current research collects longitudinal social network data from an online drug-trade network (found on the darkweb) to better understand the structure of these illegal markets, processes that drive transactions, and how the drug market changes over time.  New research focuses on the rise of the Alt-Right and Hate in America, and how these groups and their rhetoric are infiltrating mainstream American institutions.

Dr. Haynie has extensive leadership experience and is the former Director of OSU’s Criminal Justice Research Center (2011-2019), former Director of Graduate Studies (2005-2008), Prior Chair of the Crime, Law and Deviance Section of the ASA, a member of the President and Provost’s Leadership Institute at OSU, a member of the HERS National Institute, and a member of the Sociological Research Association, the national honor Society of Sociology Scholars dedicated to the excellence of research.

Professor Haynie’s research has been funded by NSF, NIH, and NIJ and published in the leading sociological and criminological outlets, including the American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, Social Forces, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Criminology, Social Networks, Socio-Economic Review, and PLOS One (among many others), with more than 8,500 citations to her published work. Links to her published work can be found at Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=INTiP24AAAAJ