DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND SOCIOLOGY

SOCIOLOGY PROGRAM

 

Amanda Sikirica 

Faculty portrait of Amanda

Assistant Lecturer


asikiric@uwyo.edu

Academic Credits

Ph.D., 2023, University of Oregon,
Sociology M.S., 2019, University of Oregon,
Sociology B.A., 2016, College of William and Mary, Economics and Environmental Policy

Academic Positions

  • University of Wyoming, Sociology Program, Assistant Lecturer (2023-Present)

Classes Taught

  • Green Criminology
  • Collective Behavior and Social Movements
  • Sociological Principles
  • Environmental Sociology

Research Interests

  • Environmental Sociology
  • Energy
  • Political Economy
  • Quantitative Methods
  • Science and Technology Studies
  • Historical Methods

Research Experience

Dr. Sikirica is an environmental sociologist interested in the political economic and cultural dimensions of technology, the environment, energy, and health. Her recent research traces how institutional configurations shape how regions with abundant and cheap renewable energies have and continue to grow fossil fuel use. She is also currently working on a collaborative project on biohacking as a masculine health practice drawing on cultural understandings of science and work.






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