# Dahlia Showalter Assistant Professor of Sociology On Leave 2026-27 ![Dahlia Showalter, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Harvard University](/sites/g/files/omnuum1481/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/2025-08/Showalter%20website%20photo.jpg?itok=1iWT6jXd) location\_on William James Hall email laptop\_windows [Dahlia Showalter's Website](https://scholar.harvard.edu/showalter) laptop\_windows [Assistant: Beth Varrichio](https://ssasg.fas.harvard.edu/people/beth-varrichio) laptop\_windows [Faculty Office Hours](https://hu.sharepoint.com/sites/FAS-Sociology/SitePages/Faculty-Office-Hours.aspx) Dahlia Showalter (she/they) is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. Dahlia uses ethnographic and qualitative methods to study illicit drug use and the legal, medical, and social institutions that manage it. Her first book project is an ethnographic study of opioid use in rural California. Dahlia’s research has been published in *Social Science & Medicine*, *Theory & Society*, *International Journal of Drug Policy*, *Mobilization*, and elsewhere. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley. - ## Current People [Sociology Faculty](/sociology-faculty) - ## Research Clusters [Crime and Punishment](/research-clusters/crime-punishment) [Health and Population](/research-clusters/health-population) [Inequality](/research-clusters/inequality)