Name: Brad Tripp
Title: Department Chair, Associate Professor of Sociology
Education: Ph.D., University of Florida
M.A., University of Florida
B.A., University of Florida
Office: 320 Kinard Hall
Phone: 803/323-4293
E-mail: trippb@winthrop.edu
Web: http://faculty.winthrop.edu/trippb
Area(s): Incarceration and Families, Desistance, Corrections, Gender, Family Theory, Primary
Groups/Fictive Kin Relationships
Dr. Tripp is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology, Criminology, & Anthropology at Winthrop and serving as interim department chair. He received his Ph.D. in sociology with a concentration in criminology from the University of Florida. Tripp has taught courses in "Introduction to Criminal Justice Systems," "Criminology," "Corrections," "Social Theory," "Principles of Sociology," "Marriage and the Family," "Sociology of Competitive Sports," "Sociology Senior Seminar," "Undergraduate Research in Sociology," and "The Human Experience: Who Am I?" His main areas of research are in the areas of corrections and desistance.