Angie Schultz

Dr. Angie Cameron Schultz is a Professor of Sociology and also serves as the Executive Director of the Social Research Lab (SRL) at the University of Northern Colorado. Dr. Schultz currently serves as a committee member on the National Advisory Committee on Trafficking of Children and Youth. Dr. Schultz’s has interviewed over 160 survivors of sexual exploitation and gathered data on sex buyers at both diversion programs and at point of arrest. She has presented results of her work at the United Nations’ Commission on Crime Prevention & Criminal Justice in Vienna, Austria.
Her most recent work includes a co-authored book chapter “The Safety to See Oppression: Liberatory Consciousness After the Sex Trade” and a white paper for the National Institute of Justice titled “Human Trafficking Demand Reduction Strategies: A Systematic Review.” Dr. Schultz has also served in an expert witness capacity in legal cases involving domestic violence, trauma bonding, commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking. In her spare time, Angie loves reading, hiking, dancing, boating, bird watching, and going to the theater and music concerts. She is married to her partner Shaun and has three hilarious, smart kiddos: Owen, Cameron and Cora.

Ph.D. in Sociology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

B.A. in Media Studies and Sociology, University of Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

• 08/2023-present: Director of the Social Research Lab, University of Northern Colorado
• 08/2017-present: University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado, Professor of Sociology
• 07/2013-06/2014: University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado, Department Chair & Associate Professor of Sociology
• 08/2012-07/2017: University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado, Associate Professor of Sociology
• 08/2007-07/2012: University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado, Assistant Professor of Sociology

Applied social research, domestic sex trafficking & commercial sexual exploitation, sociological theory, family

Books:

Allen, K. R., & Henderson, A. C. (in press). Family Theories: Foundations & Applications. Malden, MA: Wiley.

Book Reviews:

Henderson, A.C. 2013. The Tender Cut: Inside the Hidden World of Self-Injury. Social Science Journal, volume 50 (2), 274-275.

Book Chapters:

Gallo-Cruz, Selina & Angie Cameron Schultz. 2025. The Safety to See Oppression: Liberatory Consciousness After the Sex Trade in Human Trafficking: Anti-Oppressive Research, Policy, and Practice. (Cassandra Young & Valerie Anderson). Routledge.

Henderson, Angie, Sam Loon & Maria Tell. 2024. “Centering Lived Experience Voices: Identifying Systems That Perpetuate Harm for Sex Trafficking Victims and Survivors.” In Exploitation and Criminalization at the Margins: The Hidden Toll on Unvalued Lives. (Taryn VanderPyl and Shanell Sanchez). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

Juried Manuscripts:

Allen, K. R., & Henderson, A. C. (2022). Family theorizing for social justice: A critical praxis. Journal of Family Theory & Review. https://doi.org/10.1111/jftr.12450

Michaelis, A., Lundstrom, M., & Henderson, A. (2022). The Role of Addictive Substances in Different Types of Sex Trafficking in Urban Areas in the US: A Study of Control. Urban Crime. An international Journal, 3(1), 102-127. https://doi.org/10.26250/heal.panteion.uc.v3i1.278

Henderson, Angie & Shea M. Rhodes. 2022. “I Got Sold a Dream and it Turned into a Nightmare”: The Victim-Offender Overlap in Commercial Sexual Exploitation. Journal of Human Trafficking. https://doi.org/10.1080/23322705.2021.2019530

• 2024: Received Textbook & Academic Authors Association (TAA) Textbook Excellence “Texty” Award for Family Theories Today: A Critical Intersectional Approach (2023).
• 2024: Nominated for Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, University of Northern Colorado.
• 2018-2020 & 2026: Nominated for Diversity in the Classroom/DEI Award.
• 2016: Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, University of Northern Colorado.