Jeremy Freese

Jeremy Jay Freese (born March 15, 1971)^[1] is an American sociologist and author.

Jeremy Freese
Born	Jeremy Jay Freese (1971-03-15) March 15, 1971 (age 54)
Nationality	American
Education	University of Iowa Indiana University Bloomington
Known for	Violet
Scientific career
Fields	Sociology
Institutions	Northwestern University Stanford University
Thesis	What Should Sociology Do about Darwin?: Evaluating Some Potential Contributions of Sociobiology and Evolutionary Psychology to Sociology (2000)
Doctoral advisor	Brian Powell
Website	www.boydetective.net

Work life

Freese is a professor of sociology at Stanford University, where he is also the co-leader of the Health Disparities Working Group in the Stanford Center for Population Health Sciences.^[2] He previously served as professor of sociology at Northwestern University from 2007 to 2015, where he chaired the Department of Sociology from 2010 to 2013 and served as Ethel and John Lindgren Professor of Sociology from 2013 to 2015.^[3]

Video game design

In 2008, he created the interactive fiction computer game Violet,^[4] which won the 2008 Interactive Fiction Competition and multiple awards.

Blogging

Freese began blogging in 2003. In 2007, he was one of four sociologist bloggers profiled in the American Sociological Association's magazine Footnotes.^[5][6]