Biography

 Jason Ford graduated with a PhD in sociology, with concentrations in criminology and quantitative methodology, from Bowling Green State University in 2002.  He was hired as an Assistant Professor at UCF in 2002 and was awarded tenure and promoted to Associate Professor in 2008.  His teaching interests are criminology, juvenile delinquency, deviant behavior, and substance use.  His research interests include substance use and crime and deviance over the life course.