Mike Roettger completed his Ph.D. in sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2008.   Prior to arriving at ANU in 2015, he has held university faculty appointments in the U.S. at Bowling Green State University, The University of Colorado, and Penn State University.   Trained in social and family demography, applied research methods, and criminology, Roettger's research examines long term outcomes associated with a parent undergoing incarceration, inequality related to crime and punishment, and how social environments shape risks for genetic propensities for health and problem behaviors.    Roettger has methodological expertise in analysis of longitudinal panel data and evaluating randomized clinical trials for behavioural interventions, publishing in a range of leading field journals in sociology, epidemiology, criminology, and psychology.   He has collaborated widely on a range of research projects. 

Roettger is especially interested in issues related to parental incarceration.  He is an internationally recognised expert in the field, and his research has examined adverse long-term outcomes associated with having a parent undergo incarceration.   His research has documented adverse outcomes in the U.S. population that include mental and physical health issues, substance abuse, delinquency, and criminal justice involvement.  

Math & Economics (B.S., Tennessee Technological University), Economics (A.M., Washington University in St. Louis), Sociology (M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Analysis of panel data

Parental incarceration and long-term outcomes of children

Gene-environment interplay in health and problem behaviors

Inequality related to crime and punishment