Kevin Beaver
{{Short description|American criminologist and academic}}
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| fields = Criminology
| workplaces = Florida State University
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| alma_mater = Ohio University, University of Cincinnati
| thesis_title = The Intersection of Genes, the Environment, and Crime and Delinquency: A Longitudinal Study of Offending
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| thesis_year = 2006
| doctoral_advisor = John Paul Wright
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| notable_students = J. C. Barnes, Brian Boutwell
| known_for = Biosocial criminology
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| awards = American Society of Criminology’s Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award, National Institute of Justice’s Graduate Research Fellowship
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Kevin Michael Beaver (born September 17, 1977){{Cite web |url=https://floridaresidentdb.com/person/114543365/kevin_m_beaver |title=Kevin M. Beaver - DOB: 1977/09/17 - Tallahassee, FL |website=Florida Resident Database |access-date=2017-09-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913044619/https://floridaresidentdb.com/person/114543365/kevin_m_beaver |archive-date=2017-09-13 |url-status=dead }} is an American criminologist and the Judith Rich Harris Professor of Criminology at Florida State University's College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, where he is also the director of the Distance Learning Program.{{cite web | url=http://criminology.fsu.edu/faculty-and-staff/college-faculty/kevin-beaver/ | title=Kevin Beaver | work=Florida State University | accessdate=18 December 2015 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325003522/http://criminology.fsu.edu/faculty-and-staff/college-faculty/kevin-beaver | archivedate=25 March 2015}}
Education
Beaver graduated from Ohio University in 2000 with a B.A. in sociology, and received his M.S. in criminal justice in 2001 from the University of Cincinnati. He went on to receive his Ph.D. in criminal justice, also from the University of Cincinnati, in 2006.{{cite web | url=http://criminology.fsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/Beaver_Vitae.pdf | title=Kevin Beaver CV | accessdate=18 December 2015 | archive-date=3 August 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803201123/http://criminology.fsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/Beaver_Vitae.pdf | url-status=dead }}
Career
Beaver joined the faculty of Northern Kentucky University in 2006 as an instructor in the Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice. That same year, he joined Florida State as an assistant professor, and became an associate professor in 2010.
Research
Beaver's research focuses on the field of biosocial criminology,{{cite web | url=https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=7884397 | title='Gangsta Gene' Identified in U.S. Teens | work=ABC News | date=21 June 2009 | accessdate=18 December 2015 | author=Callaway, Ewen}} including studies on the causes of antisocial behaviors, such as delinquency, which he has said has both genetic and environmental causes.{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/10/AR2008101001135.html | title=Gene Variation Found in Boys With Delinquent Peers | newspaper=Washington Post | date=10 October 2008 | accessdate=18 December 2015 | author=HealthDay}} He has also researched the link between parenting behavior and child intelligence,{{cite web | url=https://www.foxnews.com/health/genetics-not-upbringing-main-influencer-in-a-childs-iq-study-says/ | title=Genetics, not upbringing, main influencer in a child's IQ, study says | work=Fox News | date=30 October 2014 | access-date=18 December 2015}} as well as the potential for genetic factors to contribute to academic achievement in children.{{Cite magazine |url=https://ideas.time.com/2012/07/18/born-to-be-bright-is-there-a-gene-for-learning/ |title=Born to Be Bright: Is There a Gene for Learning? |last=Paul |first=Annie Murphy |date=2012-07-18 |magazine=Time |language=en-US |access-date=2017-09-12}} His research has also found a link between a rare form of the MAOA gene (known as the "warrior gene") and violent behavior and weapon use among boys.{{Cite web |url=https://www.upi.com/Warrior-gene-linked-to-weapon-use/72041244231042/ |title='Warrior gene' linked to weapon use |date=2009-06-05 |website=UPI |language=en |access-date=2017-09-12}}
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External links
- [http://criminology.fsu.edu/faculty-and-staff/college-faculty/kevin-beaver/ Faculty page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325003522/http://criminology.fsu.edu/faculty-and-staff/college-faculty/kevin-beaver |date=2015-03-25 }}
- [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PzxfcCAAAAAJ&hl=en Profile] at Google Scholar
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Category:American criminologists
Category:Florida State University faculty