Courses taught: Undergraduate – Social Statistics, Population and Society, General Sociology Capstone; Graduate – Advanced Sociological Statistics I, Social Demography, Residential Segregation

Craig St. John received his B.A. from the University of Missouri in 1975 and his M.A. (1978) and Ph.D. (1980) from the University of North Carolina.  His first academic appointment was as Assistant Professor at the University of Oklahoma in 1980.  He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1986 and to Full Professor in 1996.  He served as Department Chair from 1988-1992 and from 2003 until now.

St. John has taught a wide range of course at OU but they have mostly been related to demography and statistics.  His most recent research has focused on the extent to which changes in the class composition of the African American population has resulted in lower segregation from whites, factors which have contributed to the increased concentration of the wealthy into affluent neighborhoods, and the demographic processes that have resulted in a reduction of the number of high poverty neighborhoods in American cities and the tendency for the poor to be concentrated in such neighborhoods.  His most recent publication (with Joe Rodgers and Ronnie Coleman) is “Did fertility go up after the Oklahoma City bombing? An analysis of births in metropolitan counties in Oklahoma, 1990-1999.” Demography 42: 675-692.

St. John is married to Gayle St. John and has two children, Andy (age 18) and Hayley (age 15).  When not at work St. John is an avid runner, swimmer, and biker who also likes to get in a round of golf and hit the slopes for some skiing.  Three of his greatest life achievements were a 2 hour and 38 minute marathon in 1986, a hole-in-one in 2005, and an even par round of golf in 2006.  Currently, his sights are set on mastering the steep mogul runs of Colorado’s mountains before his aging knees give up the ghost.