Eric Baumer

Eric Paul Baumer is an American criminologist and Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Pennsylvania State University, where he has served as head of the Department of Sociology and Criminology. His research focuses on crime trends in the United States, communities and crime, and the reporting of crime to the police.

Education and career Baumer received a B.S. in political science from Truman State University and an M.A. in criminology from the University of Missouri–St. Louis, where he also completed his Ph.D. in 1998. He completed additional graduate study at the University at Albany, SUNY, working with the sociologist Steven Messner. He joined Pennsylvania State University as Professor of Sociology and Criminology in 2015.