Dr. Nayan G. Ramirez (he/him/él) is an Associate Professor of Criminology and Justice Studies at California State University, Northridge, where he also serves as Faculty Director of Faculty Development. His research focuses on adolescent and young adult social relationships, with particular attention to peer networks, gender and sexuality, and the ways inequality and justice involvement unfold across the life course. His work examines friendship dynamics and experiences of belonging and institutional exclusion, drawing on social network and longitudinal approaches to understand how early social contexts shape later educational and justice outcomes.
Dr. Ramirez teaches courses in statistics, peer mentoring, race, ethnicity, and justice, research methods, juvenile justice, and criminological theory. He serves as a Faculty Senator-at-Large and currently chairs the Faculty Senate’s Educational Equity Committee. He also serves as Vice President for Faculty of the Chicanx/Latinx Faculty and Staff Association and as Treasurer of CSUN’s CFA Chapter.
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Ph.D. Sociology 2018, The Pennsylvania State University
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M.A. Criminology 2015, The Pennsylvania State University
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B.A. Health and Societies 2010, University of Pennsylvania
