Jack DeWaard, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Sociology
- jdewaard@stmartin.edu
Old Main 309
Education
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.A., Sociology University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
B.A., Sociology and Philosophy, Seattle Pacific University
Background
Expertise
A sociologist and demographer by training, Jack’s areas of expertise include demography and ecology, race and ethnic studies, and research methods, with his work focused on and at the intersections of three areas of human migration:
- Migration systems and network
- Climate and environmental migration and displacement
- Inequality and incorporation
Teaching
At Saint Martin’s University, Jack currently teaches the following courses in the Department of Society and Social Justice:
- Modern Society and Culture
- American Social Problems
- Quantitative Research Methods
- Social Theory
Research
Jack’s research is highly interdisciplinary and collaborative. You can find a list of his publications here that includes, among others, the following two recently published papers:
- Ha JT, DeWaard J, Abel G, Tsuchiya K, Pinchoff J, Levesque C, Price K. 2025. The globalization of international migration? A data-driven synthesis to inform theory and policy in the 21st century and beyond. Population and Development Review 51(1):421-448.
- Maharjan A, del Valle A, Erulkar A, Mishra A, Steidl C, Singh C, Sharma D, Riosmena F, Pinillos G, Abel GJ, DeWaard J, Ha JT, Donato KM, Madise N, Nawrotzki RJ, Nevárez R, McLeman R, Hussein S. 2024. The Migration Intersections Grid (MIG): An organizing framework for migration research in and through the 21st century. International Migration Review 58(4):1937-1973.