Georgi Ganev Georgiev, Ph.D.

Biography

Georgi Georgiev joined the Sociology & Criminal Justice Department at Suffolk University in the Fall of 2024. Before transitioning to Suffolk, he completed his PhD in Sociology at the University of South Florida in 2024 with the dissertation topic "From Corruption and State Capture to a Populist Backlash: The Challenges to Democracy in Eastern Europe.". Dr. Georgiev's research portfolio centers around challenges to democracy, democratic institutions, and democratic citizenship. Under these rubrics, he has worked on issues including communities and crime, corruption, social inequalities, human rights, and populism. He has designed and taught Sociology and Criminal Justice courses, including Introduction to Sociology, Contemporary Social Problems, Social Justice, Political Sociology, Race, Crime and Ethnicity, and Pathways through Criminal Justice.

Education

• PhD, University of South Florida
• MS, St. Cloud State University
• BA, St. Cloud State University

Research/ Fields of Interest

Democratic Institutions/Democratic Citizenship, Juvenile Justice, Communities and Crime, Organized Crime and Gangs, State and Violence, Social Inequalities

Affiliations

• American Sociological Association
• The Society for Personality and Social Psychology

Selected Publications

• 2024 Georgi Georgiev, Jamie Sommer, Shahd Alasaly, Shumaila Fatima ” Does Freedom of Domestic Movement Impact Forest Loss? A Cross-National Analysis". Published by Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World Journal.
• 2021 David Jacobson, Mateus Reno Santos, Georgi Georgiev. “The Cross‐National Relationship Between Women’s Autonomy and Long‐Term Homicide Trends” Published in ‘International Criminology’ Journal.

Professional Activity

• 2023 Georgi Georgiev. “Why are Religious Americans both Interested in the Environment and Unconcerned with Climate Change”, Poster Presentation Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA February 24-25.
• 2020 Georgi Georgiev. “Religious Nationalism. Perspectives from the Global North and Global South.” The Society for Studying Social Problems. San Francisco. Cancelled due to COVID 19
• 2019 Cristina Partin, Karley Geiss, Georgi Georgiev, Zhong Zhen, Charlotte Archer. “Using Technology to Facilitate Intellectual Discourse in Politically Socially Complicated Times.” Sunshine State Teaching and Learning Conference, Daytona Beach, FL
• 2019 Reengaging Citizenship Workshop, St. Petersburg, FL (Invited Guest)
• 2018 Georgi Georgiev. “Ethnic Nationalism and Current Capitalist Relation in Bulgaria” Midwest Sociological Society Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN
• 2017 Georgi Georgiev. “Nationalism and the Political Economy in Bulgaria” Sociologists of Minnesota Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN
• 2016 Georgi Georgiev. “Left Wing Politics in Post-World War 2 Western Europe”. Sociologists of Minnesota and Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin River Falls, WI
  
  

Employment History

University of South Florida, Instructor 2019-2024

Awards & Honors

• 2022 Distinguished Teaching Award, Department of Sociology, University of South Florida
• 2020 Distinguished Teaching Award, Department of Sociology, University of South Florida