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Daniel E. Georges-Abeyie
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| Born | April 6, 1948 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Hope College, University of Connecticut, Syracuse University |
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| Fields | Criminology |
| Institutions | California State University, Bakersfield, Florida State University, Arizona State University West campus, San Jose State University, Prairie View A&M University, Texas Southern University |
| Thesis | Arson: The Ecology of Urban Unrest in an American City— Newark, New Jersey, a Case Study in Collective Violence (1975) |
Daniel Earl Georges-Abeyie, born on April 6, 1948, is an American expert in criminology. Criminology is the study of crime and how society deals with it. He is a professor at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas.
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About Daniel Georges-Abeyie
His Early Life and Schooling
Daniel Georges-Abeyie was born in New York City. His family has roots in the West Indies and African American heritage. His father came from the island of Tortola in the British West Indies. His mother was an American citizen from the southern part of the country.
His last name, Georges-Abeyie, has a special meaning. "Georges" comes from a plantation his father's ancestor escaped from. "Abeyie" is a word from the Fante dialect that means "return when the time is right." He has also found family connections to the Lumbee tribe of Native Americans.
Daniel Georges-Abeyie went to college to study important subjects. He earned his first degree in sociology from Hope College in 1965. Sociology is the study of human society. He then received his master's degree in sociology from the University of Connecticut in 1971. Later, he earned his Ph.D. in cultural and political geography from Syracuse University in 1974. During his Ph.D. studies, a geographer named James L. Newman was a big inspiration to him.
His Career as a Professor
Daniel Georges-Abeyie started teaching right after getting his master's degree in 1971. His first job was as an instructor at the University of Connecticut.
He later became a tenured professor at several universities. These included Southern Illinois University Carbondale, California State University, Bakersfield, and Florida State University. In 1992, he joined Arizona State University West. A professor named Hans Toch was an important mentor to him during his teaching career.
In 2001, he moved to San Jose State University. There, he was a tenured professor and led the African-American studies department until 2004. He then taught psychology at Prairie View A&M University in 2004. In 2005, he became a tenured professor at Texas Southern University.
Working as a Consultant and Activist
Besides teaching, Daniel Georges-Abeyie has also worked as a consultant. He advised groups that deal with criminal justice in California and Florida. This included helping the Florida Supreme Court with a study on racial and ethnic bias.
He is also well-known for his work with Amnesty International (AI). This organization works to protect human rights around the world. He supported their efforts to stop capital punishment, which is the death penalty. In the 1990s, he was the coordinator for AI's campaign against the death penalty in Arizona.
A newspaper article in 1996 called him "a world expert and walking encyclopedia on capital punishment." It also said he was calm and reasonable in his arguments. Because of this, he became AI's main contact person in the western United States. He received several awards for his work with Amnesty International. In 2004, he was honored for his dedication to human rights by Pete McHugh, a supervisor in Santa Clara County, California.
His Research Work
Daniel Georges-Abeyie's research covers many different topics. He has studied arson, which is setting fires on purpose. He also researches how race and crime are connected. Another area of his research is terrorism.
He was also part of a group of researchers who disagreed with a theory from the 1980s. This theory, called the "nondiscrimination thesis," was about fairness in the justice system.
