Connor Sheehan
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Mail code: 7203Campus: Tempe
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Connor Sheehan, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics at Arizona State University. He earned his doctorate from The University of Texas at Austin in 2017 and subsequently served as a National Institute on Aging (NIA) Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology at the University of Southern California.
Dr. Sheehan is an award winning social demographer and epidemiologist specializing in employing advanced quantitative methods to explore the determinants of health across the lifespan. His primary research focus lies in understanding how complex social dynamics shape population-level sleep patterns.
Dr. Sheehan has published more than 60 peer-reviewed articles which have appeared in journals such as Sleep, Addiction, Social Science & Medicine, and The Journal of Gerontology: Series B. His research has been cited or highlighted in media outlets including The New York Times, The Times of London, Science News, and Smithsonian Magazine, as well as featured on Horizon PBS, Arizona NPR, and the front page of r/science. Dr. Sheehan's research has received funding from The Global Sport Institute, the Southwestern Interdisciplinary Research Center, and the National Institute on Aging. He is also deeply committed to social embeddedness, collaborating with non-profit organizations across the Phoenix metropolitan area to support their data analytics and research needs.
- Ph.D. The University of Texas-Austin
- M.A. The University of Colorado at Boulder
- B.A. The University of Colorado at Boulder
Quantitative Methods, The Life Course, Sleep, Demography, Medical Sociology, Social Inequality in Health, and Gerontology
Courses
2026 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SOC 448 | Epidemics and Society |
| SOC 469 | Multivariate Stats for Soc Sci |
| GIS 469 | Multivariate Stats for Soc Sci |
| GIS 598 | Special Topics |
| SOC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| SOC 790 | Reading and Conference |
| FAS 799 | Dissertation |
| FAS 792 | Research |
2025 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SOC 390 | Social Statistics I |
| SOC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| FAS 590 | Reading and Conference |
| SOC 799 | Dissertation |
| FAS 792 | Research |
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SOC 448 | Epidemics and Society |
| SOC 469 | Multivariate Stats for Soc Sci |
| GIS 469 | Multivariate Stats for Soc Sci |
| GIS 598 | Special Topics |
| SOC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| SOC 799 | Dissertation |
| SOC 799 | Dissertation |
| SOC 792 | Research |
| SOC 493 | Honors Thesis |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SOC 790 | Reading and Conference |
| SOC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| SOC 492 | Honors Directed Study |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SOC 448 | Epidemics and Society |
| SOC 469 | Multivariate Stats for Soc Sci |
| GIS 469 | Multivariate Stats for Soc Sci |
| GIS 598 | Special Topics |
| SOC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
| SOC 493 | Honors Thesis |
| SOC 790 | Reading and Conference |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SOC 448 | Epidemics and Society |
| SOC 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| SOC 792 | Research |
| SOC 790 | Reading and Conference |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| SOC 592 | Research |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SOC 493 | Honors Thesis |
| GIS 469 | Multivariate Stats for Soc Sci |
| SOC 469 | Multivariate Stats for Soc Sci |
| GIS 598 | Special Topics |
| CDE 469 | Multivariate Stats for Soc Sci |
| SOC 390 | Social Statistics I |
| FAS 390 | Supervised Research Experience |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| GIS 598 | Special Topics |
| GIS 469 | Multivariate Stats for Soc Sci |
| SOC 469 | Multivariate Stats for Soc Sci |
| CDE 469 | Multivariate Stats for Soc Sci |
| SOC 448 | Epidemics and Society |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| GIS 469 | Multivariate Stats for Soc Sci |
| SOC 469 | Multivariate Stats for Soc Sci |
| GIS 598 | Special Topics |
| CDE 469 | Multivariate Stats for Soc Sci |
| FAS 390 | Supervised Research Experience |
| FAS 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| CDE 498 | Pro-Seminar |
| GIS 494 | Special Topics |
| GIS 598 | Special Topics |
| SOC 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SOC 390 | Social Statistics I |
| GIS 494 | Special Topics |
| CDE 498 | Pro-Seminar |