Ph.D. Rutgers University (2019, Global Affairs)
M.A. William Paterson University (2006, Sociology)
M.S. New Jersey City University (2005, Criminal Justice)
B.S. New Jersey Institute of Technology (2001, Applied Mathematics)
Reynaldo Tapia is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, where he contributes through both teaching and service. Dr. Tapia brings over a decade of government experience, having served as a Special Agent with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management’s Federal Investigative Services Division (now the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency) and as an Intelligence Officer in the U.S. Navy. He has delivered security briefings to senior government and military officials and participated in international intelligence and counterintelligence operations at U.S. Department of Defense installations across Asia and Europe.
His research interests focus on forms of social resistance, from nonviolent action to terrorism, as well as the use of music as a vehicle for counter-hegemonic and decolonial expression. Dr. Tapia has edited and authored several works exploring decolonial and Indigenous heavy metal and hip-hop movements.
SOC 101 - Introduction to Sociology
SOC 240 - Deviance and Conformity
SOC 308 - The Sociology of Violence
SOC 309 - Youth, Crime and Justice
SOC 335 - Migration and Crime
SOC 354- Gangs and Transnationalism
American Sociological Association (ASA)
Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA)
The International Society for Metal Music Studies (ISMMS)