Alan Jeffrey Lizotte is an American criminologist and Distinguished Professor in the School of Criminal Justice at the University at Albany.
Alan Lizotte | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Brown University, University of Illinois |
| Awards | 2003 Michael J. Hindelang Award |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Criminology |
| Institutions | University at Albany |
| Thesis | Patterns of Firearms Ownership in Illinois (1979) |
Early life and education
editLizotte grew up in Grand Junction, Colorado, where he later recalled almost everyone he knew owning a gun.[1] He served in the United States Navy from July 1966 to January 1970. His service included one tour on the USS Jouett in the Vietnam War, and one-and-a-half tours in the Inshore Undersea Warfare Group One, Unit 2, on land; he attained the rank of Second Class Petty Officer as a radioman before being discharged.[2] He later received his bachelor's degree in sociology from Brown University in 1974, followed by a M.A. (1976) and Ph.D. (1979) from the University of Illinois, also in sociology.[3] As a grad student at the University of Illinois, he shared an office with Gary Kleck.[4]
Career
editLizotte was an assistant professor of sociology at Emory University from 1978 to 1980. He first joined the faculty of the University at Albany's School of Criminal Justice in 1985 as an associate professor, and was named a full professor there in 1993. In 2016, he became a Distinguished Professor at the School.[3] He served as the director of the School's Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Center from 1994 to 1997, and then again from 2003 to 2010, when he was named the School's dean; he retained the latter position until 2015.[3][5] From 2004 to 2007, he was an executive counselor for the American Society of Criminology.[6]
Honors and awards
editIn 2003, Lizotte received the Michael J. Hindelang Award from the American Society of Criminology, and in 2014, he was named one of its fellows.[7]
References
edit- ^ Abdullah, Halimah (2012-07-23). "Little to gain, lots to lose for Obama and Romney on guns - CNNPolitics". CNN. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
- ^ "Alan J. Lizotte". Alumni Vets. University at Albany-SUNY. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
- ^ a b c "Alan Lizotte CV" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-23. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
- ^ Thompson, Bob (1998-03-29). "TRIGGER POINTS". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
- ^ "A Gift for Preeminence". University at Albany. 2017-10-23. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
- ^ "National Gun Control Expert Alan Lizotte Appointed Dean of UAlbany's Top-Ranked School of Criminal Justice - University at Albany-SUNY". University at Albany. 2010-03-04. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
- ^ "Dean Alan Lizotte Named Fellow of American Society of Criminology". University at Albany. 2014-05-21. Retrieved 2017-12-27.