Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Social Work & Criminal Justice

Varner Hall Room 518
371 Varner Drive
Rochester , MI 48309-4482
(location map)
(248) 370-2420
fax: (248) 370-4608
[email protected]

Social Work
Varner, Room 513
371 Varner Dr.
Rochester, MI 48309-4482
(248) 370-2371
[email protected]

Watoii R. Rabii

A headshot of Watoii Rabii.

Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
510B Varner
(248) 370-2966
[email protected]

Research Interests
Crime, Law, and Deviance; Race and Ethnicity; Immigration, Urban Sociology

Selected Publications

Rabii, Watoii. 2021. “No Tough Guys Here?” Hybrid Masculinity in a Boxing Gym” Journal of Contemporary Ethnography. Forthcoming.

Adelman, Robert M., Aysegul Balta Ozgen, and Watoii Rabii. 2019. “Buffalo’s West Side Story: Migration, Gentrification, and Neighborhood Change.” City & Community, 8:770-791.

Kimelberg, Shelley, Robert M. Adelman, Watoii Rabii, and Joanne Tompkins. 2019. “‘It’s Just Art’: Experiences of K-12 Visual Arts Teachers in the Era of Neoliberalism, Assessment, and Accountability.” Sociation Today 18:28-40.

Adelman, Robert M., Shelley Kimelberg, Joanne Tompkins, and Watoii Rabii. 2017. “Painted into a Corner.” Contexts 16:70-71.

Kimelberg, Shelley, Robert M. Adelman, Alaina Iacobucci, Watoii Rabii, Joanne Tompkins, et al. 2015. The State of Visual Arts Education in Western New York. Buffalo, New York: Albright-Knox Art Gallery.

Courses Taught
CRJ 1100 Introduction to Criminal Justice
CRJ 4970 Capstone: Criminal Justice Policy Analysis
CRJ 3224: Corrective and Rehabilitative Institutions
CRJ 3332 Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice
SOC 3610/AN3127Racial and Ethnic Relations
CRJ 4970 Capstone: Criminal Justice Policy Analysis