John K. Hewitt

John K. Hewitt
Born
John Keith Hewitt

(1952-07-14)July 14, 1952
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, University of London
University of Birmingham
AwardsDobzhansky Award (2008), James Shields Award (2016)
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology
Behavioral genetics
InstitutionsUniversity of Colorado Boulder
Thesis The Genetic Control of Activity, Reactivity and Learning in a Population of Wild Rats (rattus Norvegicus).  (1978)
Academic advisorsDavid 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 and a faculty fellow at the Institute for Behavioral Genetics.[1] He was the Director of the Institute for Behavioral Genetics from 2000 - 2021. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1996.

  1. ^ "John Hewitt - Institute for Behavioral Genetics". colorado.edu. Archived from the original on October 25, 2015. Retrieved November 1, 2015.