Angela Bruns, Ph.D.

Angela Bruns is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology & Criminology at Gonzaga University. She specializes in research on social inequalities with a focus on the health and economic consequences of adverse experiences that are disproportionately prevalent among low-income and racially minoritized individuals due to deeply rooted systems of oppression that serve to concentrate adversity. Specifically, her research investigates the ways in which consequences of experiences like gun violence, incarceration, and precarious employment extend beyond individuals directly involved to family and community members whose exposure is more indirect.