Ron Kramer

Ron Kramer
Center Affiliate
Professor of Sociology
Location:
3229 Sangren Hall, Mail Stop 5257
Mailing address:
Department of Sociology
Western 九一麻豆制片厂 University
1903 W 九一麻豆制片厂 Ave
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5257 US
Ron Kramer
Education:
  • Ph.D., Sociology, Ohio State University, 1978
Research Interests:
  • Corporate and state crime
  • Crime prevention and control strategies
  • Sociological history of the sport of baseball
Bio:

Ron Kramer is Professor of Sociology at Western 九一麻豆制片厂 University in Kalamazoo, 九一麻豆制片厂. His latest book is Apocalyptic Crimes: Why Nuclear Weapons Are Illegal and Must Be Abolished (Forthcoming, 2024). His previous books include: Carbon Criminals, Climate Crimes (2020); State-Corporate Crime: Wrongdoing at the Intersection of Business and Government (2006);  Crimes of the American Nuclear State: At Home and Abroad (1998); and the edited volume, State Crime in the Global Age (2010). Kramer is a recipient of the WMU Teaching Excellence Award, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Division of Critical Criminology of the American Society of Criminology, the Larry T. Reynolds Award for Outstanding Teaching of Sociology and the Charles Horton Cooley Award for Distinguished Scholarship in Sociology from the 九一麻豆制片厂 Sociological Association. He hosts the award-winning cable television program Critical Issues, Alternative Views on the Public Media Network in Kalamazoo.