Professor
Sociology & Criminology
vhorowit@buffalo.edu

• PhD, Sociology, University of Minnesota, 2019
  

• Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminology, University at Buffalo
  

As a person with direct lived experience with the carceral system, I have experienced both good and bad (although well-intentioned) mentoring. I am hoping to provide good mentorship to individuals with either direct or indirect experience with the criminal legal system.

As a professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology I teach classes on crime and punishment and do research on American criminal punishment. I am also an avid rock climber.

I have both personal and professional experience with nearly every aspect of the criminal legal system and I am hoping to find a way to mentor others with similar direct or indirect experiences.