Ph.D., University of Missouri, 2007 

Before TAMUK:

Worked as a Graduate Instructor and Research Associate at the University of Missouri.

Scholarship:

• Has published articles in:
  • International Journal of Drug Policy
  • The American Sociologist
  • Crime, Law and Social Change 
    

Has published books on

• Federal Psilocybin Prohibition
• Death Penalty Abolition in the United States
• Lawyers Who Defended Accused Communists during the McCarthy Era.

Research interests:

• Criminal Justice
• Criminology
• Law and Society

Courses taught at TAMUK:

• Juvenile Delinquency
• Social Stratification
• Victimology
• Pluralistic Society
• Law and Society
• Peace Studies (Topics)
• Drugs and Social Control (Topics)
• Principles of Sociology
• Introduction to Criminology                                                                     

Personal Information:

Dr. Wark enjoys hiking and traveling. He lives in Kingsville with a cat named Bounder.

Contact Information

Department of Psychology & Sociology
Manning 216
MSC 177 Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Kingsville, Texas 78363-8202
voice: 361-593-2693
email: colin.wark@tamuk.edu