• M.S., Sociology, Mississippi State University
• B.A., Sociology, Mississippi State University

John McCown serves as a Research Associate III at the Social Science Research Center (SSRC). His research interests include demography, criminology, and urban-rural sociology, with an emphasis on statistical computation and geospatial mapping. During the last 12 years at SSRC, he has worked on a variety of projects as a data analyst, offering expertise in research methods, data management, statistical analyses, and visualization. Before joining SSRC, he was a graduate assistant in the MSU Sociology Department.

McCown's work is supported in part by MAFES.