Ronald L. Simons

Simons' first academic post was at Iowa State University, which he joined as an assistant professor in 1976. He was appointed a full professor there in 1986, and remained on the faculty there until 2002, when he became a professor of sociology at the University of Georgia. From 2005 to 2013, and then again from 2014 to the present, he was a Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Georgia. From 2013 to 2014, he was a Foundation Professor in Arizona State University's School of Criminology and Criminal Justice.