Anne Groggel, PhD

Anne Groggel received a Ph.D. in Sociology from Indiana University in 2019 after years of public service that have influenced her research priorities. She earned a Master’s degree in the Social Sciences from the University of Chicago and a Sociology Master’s degree from Indiana University.

Her work spans intimate partner violence outcomes in the justice system, mediated communication of sexual consent, and gender and racial disparities on social media. Anne has spent three years as an Assistant Professor at North Central College (Illinois, USA) before joining the ANU School of Sociology as a Senior Research Fellow in 2022.

Anne was a 2019 ANU Role-Taking Fellowship recipient working with the research program developed by Dr. Jenny Davis and Dr. Tony Love. One of her dissertation studies developed a theory of trauma transference among workers who serve victims of intimate partner violence, identifying role-taking as the conduit by which trauma can be transferred to these workers. Anne will be continuing her collaboration with the ANU Role-Taking Lab.

Throughout her early career, Anne has been recognized for her scholarly contributions. She received a dissertation award as a doctoral candidate, and as new faculty, has been awarded multiple grants to direct undergraduate research projects. Most recently (2021), Anne received a grant from the American Sociological Association Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline.

Anne is dedicated to sharing her methodological pluralism in the service of policy applications. She has consulted with the Legal Aid of Nebraska and conducted training for gender specialists serving in national and international development. Her research impacts include recommendations for college campus consent policies and hate speech detection for social media platforms.