About Ryan

I am an assistant professor at Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York. In addition to courses on quantitative analysis, sociological and criminological theory, and introductory courses, I teach upper-level courses on white collar crime, sociology of the environment, and the sociology of conspiracy theories.

After receiving a BA in Sociology and English at Pacific Lutheran University, and serving for two years in AmeriCorps in Tacoma, Washington, I earned my MA and PhD at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, with a dissertation on the effects of US political corruption on voter turnout and citizen trust. My research has appeared in journals such as Crime, Law and Social Change; Sociological Perspectives; and Voluntas​, among others.

Recent Publications

Intimate Partner Violence

​Chernyak, Elena, Ryan Ceresola and Morgan Herrold. 2020. “From Past to Present: Children’s Exposure of Intimate Partner Violence and Subsequent Experience of IPV in Adulthood among Women.” Journal of Gender-Based Violence. 4(2):259-278.

Political Corruption

Ceresola, Ryan. 2019. "The U.S. Government's framing of corruption: A content analysis of Public Integrity Section reports, 1978-2013." Crime, Law and Social Change. 71(1):47-65. 

Cultural Capital in AmeriCorps

Ryan Ceresola. 2018.  “The Influence of Cultural Capital on How AmeriCorps Members Interpret Their Service.” VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. 29(1):93-103
View my full list of publications on my curriculum vitae here.