{{Short description|American sociologist (born 1951)}} {{Infobox scientist | honorific_prefix = | name = Steven F. Messner | honorific_suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = <!--(filename only, i.e. without "File:" prefix)--> | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|02|27}} | birth_place = | death_date = <!--{{death date and age |YYYY|MM|DD |YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date)--> | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!--{{coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}--> | other_names = | residence = | citizenship = | nationality = | fields = Sociology, criminology | workplaces = University at Albany, SUNY | patrons = | education = | alma_mater = Columbia University (B.A., 1983)<br>Princeton University (Ph.D., 1978) | thesis_title = Income inequality and murder rates: a cross-national analysis | thesis_url = https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3906975 | thesis_year = 1978 | doctoral_advisor = <!--(or | doctoral_advisors = )--> | academic_advisors = | doctoral_students = | notable_students = | known_for = | influences = | influenced = | awards = Fellow of the American Society of Criminology | author_abbrev_bot = | author_abbrev_zoo = | spouse = <!--(or | spouses = )--> | partner = <!--(or | partners = )--> | children = | signature = <!--(filename only)--> | signature_alt = | website = <!--{{URL|www.example.com}}--> | footnotes = }} '''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.<ref name=albany>{{cite web | url=http://www.albany.edu/news/experts/8025.php | title=Steven Messner | work=University at Albany, SUNY | accessdate=30 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
==Career== Prior to joining the faculty of the University at Albany, Messner taught at Columbia University and Nankai University.<ref name=albany/>
==Research== Messner is known for researching violent crime, especially homicide.<ref name=albany/> Specific topics he has studied include social disorganization theory and spatial patterns of crime,<ref name=albany/> homicides in New York City,<ref>{{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.}}</ref> and monthly variations in homicide rates.<ref>{{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.}}</ref>
==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.<ref name=fa/> 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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://crimeandjusticeresearchalliance.org/experts/steven-messner/ | title=Steven Messner | work=Crime & Justice Research Alliance | accessdate=30 August 2016}}</ref> 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.<ref name=fa>{{cite web | url=http://www.albany.edu/sociology/faculty-achievements.php | title=Faculty Achievements | work=University at Albany, SUNY | accessdate=30 August 2016}}</ref>
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