Steven Messner
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| fields = Sociology, criminology
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| alma_mater = Columbia University (B.A., 1983)
Princeton University (Ph.D., 1978)
| thesis_title = Income inequality and murder rates: a cross-national analysis
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Steven Fredrick Messner (born February 27, 1951) is an American sociologist and Distinguished Teaching Professor in the sociology department at University at Albany, SUNY.
Education
Messner received his undergraduate degree from Columbia University and his master's and doctoral degrees from Princeton University.{{cite web | url=http://www.albany.edu/news/experts/8025.php | title=Steven Messner | work=University at Albany, SUNY | accessdate=30 August 2016}}{{Cite book |last1=Columbia College (Columbia University). Office of Alumni Affairs and Development |url=http://archive.org/details/ldpd_12981092_031 |title=Columbia College today |last2=Columbia College (Columbia University) |date=1989 |publisher=New York, N.Y. : Columbia College, Office of Alumni Affairs and Development |others=Columbia University Libraries}}
Career
Prior to joining the faculty of the University at Albany, Messner taught at Columbia University and Nankai University.
Research
Messner is known for researching violent crime, especially homicide. Specific topics he has studied include social disorganization theory and spatial patterns of crime, homicides in New York City,{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/03/nyregion/03murder.html | title=In New York City, Fewer Murders on Rainy Days | work=New York Times | date=3 July 2009 | accessdate=30 August 2016 | author=Lehren, Andrew W.}} and monthly variations in homicide rates.{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/19/nyregion/19murder.html | title=In New York, Number of Killings Rises With Heat | work=New York Times | date=19 June 2009 | accessdate=30 August 2016 | author=Lehren, Andrew W.}}
Honors, awards and positions
Messner was elected a fellow of the American Society of Criminology in 2002, and served as its president from 2010 to 2011. He has served as the chair of the Crime, Law, and Deviance Section of the American Sociological Association and on the executive committee for the Eastern Sociological Society.{{cite web | url=http://crimeandjusticeresearchalliance.org/experts/steven-messner/ | title=Steven Messner | work=Crime & Justice Research Alliance | accessdate=30 August 2016}} He received a Collins Fellowship from the University at Albany in 2007, and an award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities from the University chancellor in 2011.{{cite web | url=http://www.albany.edu/sociology/faculty-achievements.php | title=Faculty Achievements | work=University at Albany, SUNY | accessdate=30 August 2016}}
References
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External links
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Category:University at Albany, SUNY faculty
Category:Columbia College (New York) alumni
Category:Princeton University alumni
Category:Presidents of the American Society of Criminology