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Dr. Kim MacInnis

Dr. Kim MacInnis smiling with dark brown hair and a blonde strip around her face wearing black and white rimmed glasses and a black top
Professor of Sociology
Hart Hall, Room 228

BA, St. Francis Xavier University
MS, Dalhousie University
PhD, Northeastern University

Kim Mac Innis earned her PhD from Northeastern University. She has been teaching at Bridgewater since 1993. She specializes in violence against women, family violence, criminology, social theory, mass murder and gun violence. A native of Canada, she is also a faculty member in the Canadian Studies program. She co-authored Social Problems: Causes, Consequences, and Interventions and has written extensively on gun violence and capital punishment. Her recent publications include Social Problems: Societal Crisis, Capitalism and Democracy and Grapes for Christmas: One Family’s Battle with ALS. Dr. Mac Innis is a Faculty Associate for the Sexual Violence Advocacy and Support Center at BSU.

Area of Expertise

Sexual and Relationship Violence, Gun Control, Mass Murder, Social Problems