Steven Messner

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.

Career Prior to joining the faculty of the University at Albany, Messner taught at Columbia University and Nankai University. and monthly variations in homicide rates.

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. 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.