Katie Kaufman Rogers is Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology, Sociology and Justice Studies at Regis University in Denver, CO. Her research investigates social inequalities at the intersection of work, culture, and the carceral state.

Supported by the National Science Foundation, her research has been published in top journals including Gender & Society and Law & Society Review and received awards from the American Sociological Association and Sociologists for Women in Society.
 
Her current book project examines how systemic racism and sexism intersect to shape opportunities for workers and entrepreneurs within the newly legal U.S. cannabis industry. Drawing on hundreds of hours of participant observation as a retail worker in dispensaries, 60 in-depth interviews with women workers and entrepreneurs, and content analyses of retail advertising, political campaigns, and news media, this book investigates women's racially diverse experiences in cannabis to uncover who "wins" and who "loses" in a profit-driven approach to drug legalization.​

She received her Ph.D. and M.A. in Sociology from the University of Texas at Austin, where she completed a doctoral portfolio in Women's and Gender Studies. She also holds a B.A. degree in Sociology from Colorado College.