Karen Faye Parker is an American sociologist and criminologist known for her research on urban violence. She is a professor of sociology and criminology at the University of Delaware, where she has worked since 2007. She has also been a research associate at the University of Michigan's National Poverty Center since 2007, and was formerly a professor at the University of Florida before joining the faculty of the University of Delaware. References External links Faculty page Living people American criminologists American women social scientists University of Delaware faculty University of Florida faculty University of North Carolina at Wilmington alumni North Carolina State University alumni American women criminologists Year of birth missing (living people) American women academics 21st-century American women