Last updated on:
8/3/2009 |
Author: ProCon.org
Cathleen Burnett, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Associate Professor in the Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology at the University of Missouri
- Position:
- Con to the question "Should the Death Penalty Be Allowed?"
- Reasoning:
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“I have been working with a group of committed volunteers to abolish the death penalty since 1987 – first as cofounder, then as president, and now as chair of the fund-raising committee.”
“Passion Through the Profession: Being Both Activist and Academic,” Social Justice, 2003
- Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Experts
Individuals with MDs, JDs, PhDs, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to death penalty issues. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to death penalty issues. - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology, University of Missouri
- Member, Western Missouri Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
- Member, Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty
- Secretary, Hermitage Spiritual Retreat Center
- Receiver of the Community Service Award, National Coalition to Abolish the
Death Penalty, 1998 - Receiver of the Sullivan Award for Peace and Justice, Catholic Charities of the Kansas City-St. Joseph diocese, 1998
- Receiver of the Social Activist of the Year, Kansas City Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, 1997
- Education:
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- PhD, Sociology, Vanderbilt University
- MA, Sociology, Vanderbilt University
- BA, Sociology, St. Lawrence University
- Other:
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