Dr. Matthew DeLisi • Professor

Matt Delisi BA Syracuse University
PhD University of Colorado

203A East Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011
515-294-8008
FAX: (515) 294-2303
delisi@iastate.edu
Curriculum Vitae

Matt DeLisi is Coordinator of Criminal Justice Studies, Professor in the Department of Sociology, and Faculty Affiliate of the Center for the Study of Violence at Iowa State University. Professor DeLisi's primary research interests include criminal careers/career criminals, self-control theory, corrections, psychopathy, and the molecular/behavioral genetics of antisocial behavior, and he is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, and Association for Psychological Science.

Professor DeLisi is among the most prolific criminologists in the world with nearly 200 scholarly publications since earning his doctorate in 2000. A leading scholar in the study of pathological antisocial behavior and co-founding member of the Biosocial Criminology Research Group, Dr. DeLisi is also among the most cited criminologists of his age cohort (h-index = 21, g-index = 32, i10 index = 52). Professor DeLisi is reviewer for more than 80 journals and funding agencies in the fields of criminology and criminal justice, psychology, psychiatry, pediatrics, medicine, and public health. His research has been featured in The New York Times, Time, Forbes, US News and World Report, Newsweek, Scientific American, Chronicle of Higher Education, Psychiatric News, Science Daily, Medical News Today, Science Codex, Washington Post, and many other media and science outlets.

 

Major Awards

  • Fellow, Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, 2012
  • Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Criminal Justice
  • Editorial Board Member
  • American Journal of Criminal Justice, 2011-Present
  • Criminal Justice Review, 2009-Present
  • International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 2009-Present
  • Journal of Criminal Justice, 2010-Present
  • Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 2008-Present
  • Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 2011-PresentYouth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 2008-Present

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