Arbejdermuseet (Workers' Museum), Copenhagen

Kody Steffy is a sociologist and Director of Undergraduate Research in the Office of Engaged Learning at Indiana University. He has previously served as faculty at Michigan State University. Kody earned his PhD from Indiana University and completed his undergraduate work at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, PA.

Kody studies how culture contributes to inequality in the spheres of work, religion, and morality. Most recently, he has written on the life aspirations of young adults who find themselves underemployed (here), challenging dominant understandings of post-college underemployment. This work has been featured by the Chicago Tribune (here), the London School of Economics (here), and the Spanish newspaper El Confidencial (here). 

For more information about his published works or current projects, please see his CV or contact him directly at ksteffy@indiana.edu. 

Outside the academy, Kody has experience in the tech industry as a research manager for a DC-based data company, in documentary photography (see some of his work here), and in agricultural work during a stint as a "mushroom miner" (click here if you're curious).