# Steven Messner

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{{Short description|American sociologist (born 1951)}}
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'''Steven Fredrick Messner''' (born February 27, 1951) is an American [sociologist](/source/sociologist) and Distinguished Teaching Professor in the [sociology](/source/sociology) department at [University at Albany, SUNY](/source/University_at_Albany%2C_SUNY).

==Education==
Messner received his undergraduate degree from [Columbia University](/source/Columbia_University) and his master's and doctoral degrees from [Princeton University](/source/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](/source/Columbia_University) and [Nankai University](/source/Nankai_University).<ref name=albany/>

==Research==
Messner is known for researching [violent crime](/source/violent_crime), especially [homicide](/source/homicide).<ref name=albany/> Specific topics he has studied include [social disorganization theory](/source/social_disorganization_theory) and spatial patterns of crime,<ref name=albany/> homicides in [New York City](/source/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](/source/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](/source/American_Sociological_Association) and on the executive committee for the [Eastern Sociological Society](/source/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>

==References==
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==External links==
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