Paul Draus, Ph.D. Alumni Spotlight
Paul Draus, earned his doctorate from Loyola’s Sociology department in 2001. He is now a professor of sociology at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, the faculty director of the University of Michigan Detroit Center and a 2023 Fulbright Scholar. His research focuses on health behaviors and social contexts related to substance abuse in rural areas of Ohio, as well as the social networks, daily routines and income generation strategies of active heroin users and former street sex workers in the city of Detroit.
Paul Draus is also the author, with Carlos A. Nielbock, of Forging Identity: The Story of Carlos Nielbock's Detroit (MSU Press, Feb 1, 2025) and gave the 2025 Eleanor Fails Lecture at Loyola.
Paul Draus, earned his doctorate from Loyola’s Sociology department in 2001. He is now a professor of sociology at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, the faculty director of the University of Michigan Detroit Center and a 2023 Fulbright Scholar. His research focuses on health behaviors and social contexts related to substance abuse in rural areas of Ohio, as well as the social networks, daily routines and income generation strategies of active heroin users and former street sex workers in the city of Detroit.
Paul Draus is also the author, with Carlos A. Nielbock, of Forging Identity: The Story of Carlos Nielbock's Detroit (MSU Press, Feb 1, 2025) and gave the 2025 Eleanor Fails Lecture at Loyola.