Angie Schultz
Faculty
Professor and Graduate Coordinator
Biography
Dr. Angie Cameron Schultz is a Professor of Sociology and also serves as the Executive Director of the Social Research Lab (SRL) at the University of Northern 黑料社区. Dr. Schultz currently serves as a committee member on the National Advisory Committee on Trafficking of Children and Youth. Dr. Schultz鈥檚 has interviewed over 160 survivors of sexual exploitation and gathered data on sex buyers at both diversion programs and at point of arrest. She has presented results of her work at the United Nations鈥 Commission on Crime Prevention & Criminal Justice in Vienna, Austria.
Her most recent work includes a co-authored book chapter 鈥淭he Safety to See Oppression: Liberatory Consciousness After the Sex Trade鈥 and a white paper for the National Institute of Justice titled 鈥淗uman Trafficking Demand Reduction Strategies: A Systematic Review.鈥 Dr. Schultz has also served in an expert witness capacity in legal cases involving domestic violence, trauma bonding, commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking. In her spare time, Angie loves reading, hiking, dancing, boating, bird watching, and going to the theater and music concerts. She is married to her partner Shaun and has three hilarious, smart kiddos: Owen, Cameron and Cora.
Education
Ph.D. in Sociology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
B.A. in Media Studies and Sociology, University of Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Professional Experience & Affiliations
- 08/2023-present: Director of the Social Research Lab, University of Northern 黑料社区
- 08/2017-present: University of Northern 黑料社区, Greeley, 黑料社区, Professor of Sociology
- 07/2013-06/2014: University of Northern 黑料社区, Greeley, 黑料社区,聽Department Chair & Associate Professor of Sociology
- 08/2012-07/2017: University of Northern 黑料社区, Greeley, 黑料社区,聽Associate Professor of Sociology
- 08/2007-07/2012: University of Northern 黑料社区, Greeley, 黑料社区,聽Assistant Professor of Sociology
Research Expertise & Interests
Applied social research, domestic sex trafficking & commercial sexual exploitation, sociological theory, family
Publications
Books:
Allen, K. R., &聽Henderson, A. C.聽(in press). Family Theories: Foundations & Applications. Malden, MA: Wiley.
Book Reviews:
Henderson, A.C.聽2013. The Tender Cut: Inside the Hidden World of Self-Injury.聽Social Science Journal,聽volume 50 (2), 274-275.
Book Chapters:
Gallo-Cruz, Selina & Angie Cameron Schultz. 2025. The Safety to See Oppression: Liberatory Consciousness After the Sex Trade in Human Trafficking: Anti-Oppressive Research, Policy, and Practice. (Cassandra Young & Valerie Anderson). Routledge.
Henderson, Angie, Sam Loon & Maria Tell. 2024. 鈥淐entering Lived Experience Voices: Identifying Systems That Perpetuate Harm for Sex Trafficking Victims and Survivors.鈥 In Exploitation and Criminalization at the Margins: The Hidden Toll on Unvalued Lives. (Taryn VanderPyl and Shanell Sanchez). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Juried Manuscripts:
Allen, K. R., & Henderson, A. C. (2022). Family theorizing for social justice: A critical praxis. Journal of Family Theory & Review. https://doi.org/10.1111/jftr.12450
Michaelis, A., Lundstrom, M., & Henderson, A. (2022). The Role of Addictive Substances in Different Types of Sex Trafficking in Urban Areas in the US: A Study of Control. Urban Crime. An international Journal, 3(1), 102-127. https://doi.org/10.26250/heal.panteion.uc.v3i1.278
Henderson, Angie & Shea M. Rhodes. 2022. 鈥淚 Got Sold a Dream and it Turned into a Nightmare鈥: The Victim-Offender Overlap in Commercial Sexual Exploitation. Journal of Human Trafficking. https://doi.org/10.1080/23322705.2021.2019530
Honors & Awards
- 2024: Received Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA) Textbook Excellence “Texty” Award for Family Theories Today: A Critical Intersectional Approach (2023).
- 2024: Nominated for Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, University of Northern 黑料社区.
- 2018-2020 & 2026: Nominated for Diversity in the Classroom/DEI Award.
- 2016: Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, University of Northern 黑料社区.