Shawna Rohrman

Shawna Rohrman is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at North Central College. She grew up in Northeast Ohio, and attended college at Baldwin-Wallace University, a small liberal arts college outside Cleveland. At B-W, she received a BA in Criminal Justice and Sociology. She received her M.A. in Sociology from the University of Akron, and her Ph.D. in Sociology from Indiana University. Dr. Rohrman has recently moved to the Chicago area to begin her first year at North Central. This year, she will be teaching quantitative research methods, introductory sociology, and urban problems. In her research, Dr. Rohrman focuses on the ways in which social inequality influences individuals’ health, and is particularly interested in racial/ethnic health inequality among adolescents and young adults. She is excited to return to a liberal arts college community and looks forward to her first year at North Central.