Daniel Nagin Elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences
Criminologist to advise government and organizations
Daniel S. Nagin, criminologist and Max Planck Law Research Fellow, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) of the United States. He is one of 120 new members and 30 new international members to be honored in recognition of their outstanding and sustained achievements in original research.
Daniel Nagin is the Teresa and H. John Heinz III University Professor of Public Policy and Statistics (Carnegie Mellon University) and has served as the college’s Associate Dean of Faculty since 2006. He is one of the world’s most visible criminologists, with a keen interest in rational choice and behavioral approaches to understanding, and to combatting, crime. He has widely published in the top journals in criminology, sociology, economics, statistics, psychology, and law. In August 2021, he was appointed Max Planck Law Fellow by the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law in Freiburg and the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods in Bonn.
The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nongovernmental institution that was established under a congressional charter signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863. It recognizes scientific achievement through election to membership and advises the federal government and other organizations on science, engineering, and health policy.