Katie Kaufman Rogers is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Regis University in Denver, CO. Her research and teaching examine race and gender inequities related to work, organizations, and the carceral state.
 
Her current book project investigates how race and gender intersect to shape opportunities and obstacles within the newly legal U.S. cannabis industry. Through 59 in-depth interviews, a year of participant observation in California dispensaries, and content analyses of retail advertising, political campaigns, and news media, this book centers women's racially diverse experiences as workers, executives, and entrepreneurs to uncover who "wins" and who "loses" in the profit-driven approach to cannabis legalization.​

Supported by the National Science Foundation, her research has been published in peer-reviewed journals and won awards from the American Sociological Association and Sociologists for Women in Society.

She received her PhD in Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin, where she also completed a doctoral portfolio in Women's and Gender Studies.

Access Katie's CV here.