Erik Drew Fritsvold is an Assistant Professor in the ‘Crime, Justice, Law & Society’ concentration in the Department of Sociology at the University of San Diego. Grounded in an interdisciplinary and proactive dedication to social problems, Erik earned his Ph.D. in June of 2006 from the Criminology, Law & Society Department at the University of California at Irvine. Broadly construed, Erik’s areas of expertise include Criminology, Law & Society, the politics of law and crime management, social theory and research methods. Substantive and research foci include: the war on drugs, white-collar crime, social movements, eco-terrorism, the death penalty, social justice and the contentious process of attempting to balance social control and individual freedoms. Recent publications consist of a co-authored, qualitative piece (with our own A. Rafik Mohamed) on affluent drug-dealers and forthcoming ethnographic articles on the radical environmentalist movement. Additionally, Erik serves as the faculty advisor to the USD Surf Team, A Capella Choir, Sociology Honor Society and the Sociology Club.
