John K. Hewitt

John K. Hewitt
John K. Hewitt
Born	John Keith Hewitt; July 14, 1952; Hampshire, England
Citizenship	United States
Alma mater	Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, University of London; University of Birmingham
Awards	Dobzhansky Award (2008), James Shields Award (2016)
	Scientific career
Fields	Psychology; Behavioral genetics
Institutions	University of Colorado Boulder
Thesis	The Genetic Control of Activity, Reactivity and Learning in a Population of Wild Rats (rattus Norvegicus). (1978)
Academic advisors	David Fulker, Lindon Eaves

John Keith Hewitt (born July 14, 1952) is a British-American behavioral geneticist and professor of psychology and neuroscience at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he directs the Institute for Behavioral Genetics.[1] He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1996.

Career

Hewitt is the editor of the journal Behavior Genetics and past president of the Behavior Genetics Association.[2][3] He received the Dobzhansky Award of the Behavioral Genetics Association in 2008 and the James Shields Award of the International Society for Twin Studies in 2016.[4]

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"Awards Presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Behavior Genetics Association". Behavior Genetics. 38 (6): 657–657. 2008. doi:10.1007/s10519-008-9226-z. ISSN 0001-8244.

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