Department

Applied Health Science

Education

• McMurry University, B.A., 2003

• University of Arkansas, M.A., 2012

• University of Oklahoma, Ph.D., 2017

Background

Position/Grant/Award/etc.

• Previous Positions
  • Assistant Professor; Department of Sociology and Criminology, University of Arkansas (2018-2019)
  • Lead Evaluator: Performance Partnership Pilots for Disconnected Youth in OKlahoma
• Current Funding
• M-PI: Developing and Assessing Measures for Social Surveys Grant

Scholarly Interest

Dr. Crawford's training is in Sociology and Quantitative Methods. His current research focuses on:

• The assessment and development of abortion attitude measures,
• The relationship between knowledge and sentiment in abortion attitudes,
• The relationship between child maltreatment, child welfare experiences, and the life-course.

In addition to the above content areas, Dr. Crawford also has several methodological interests including:

• Survey Design
• Post-stratification weighting of non-probability survey data
• Mixed-method measure development
• Data visualization

Selected Publications

Articles

Crawford, B. L., Jozkowski, K.N., LaRoche, K.J. (Online Advance of Print). Examining Abortion Attitudes in the Context of Gestational Age.Social Science Quarterly.https://doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.13157

Crawford, B. L., Jozkowski, K. N., Simmons, M. K., Willis, M., LaRoche, K. J., Turner, R. C., & Lo, W. L. (Online Advance of Print) "Attitudes and Rationales Regarding Fetal Development-Based Bans." Social Science Journal. https://doi.org/10.1080/03623319.2021.1975481

Crawford, B. L., Jozkowski, K. N., Turner, R. C., & Lo, W. L. (Online Advance of Print) "Examining the Relationship Between Roe v. Wade Sentiment and Knowledge in the Wake of Justice Kavanaugh's Nomination."Sexuality Research and Social Policy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-021-00597-4