Norman White

Norman Anthony White (February 20, 1953 – December 6, 2017) was an American criminologist who taught at Saint Louis University (SLU).

Early life and education White was born on February 20, 1953, in New York City, where he grew up in public housing in upper Manhattan.

Academic career White joined the faculty of the University of Missouri–St. Louis in 1997, where he served as an assistant professor of criminology until 2003. In 2004, he joined SLU's faculty as an assistant professor and criminal justice programs director; he also held a position in the university's African-American studies program.

Personal life and death White married his wife, Liz, in July 2017. He died of a heart attack at his home in Belleville, Illinois, on December 6, 2017. He was also supposed to receive a leadership award from the Incarnate Word Foundation in the same year, but he died the morning before the ceremony. The Journal of Criminal Justice also published a special issue in his honor, entitled "The Norman White Special Issue on the Study of Ethnicity and Race in Criminology and Criminal Justice".