About Me

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Colleen Wynn is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Indianapolis.  She is currently the Graduate Program Director for the Master’s in Applied Sociology and the Co-Director for the Community Research Center (CRC) housed in the Department of Sociology at the University of Indianapolis.

Originally from Louisville, KY, she holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the University at Albany, SUNY, and a Master of Arts and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Western Kentucky University.

Her current research examines residential outcomes such as residential segregation, housing turnover, and neighborhood connection at the nexus of race/ethnicity and family structure.

Her research interests include urban sociology, families and households, demography, and housing. Her teaching interests include introductory sociology, research methods, urban sociology, family sociology, and demography.