Ronald C. Kramer

Ron Kramer (PhD – Ohio State University) is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Criminal Justice Program at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. His research specialty is state and corporate crime. His books include: Crimes of the American Nuclear State: At Home and Abroad (with Dave Kauzlarich); State-Corporate Crime: Wrongdoing at the Intersection of Business and Government (with Raymond Michalowski); and State Crime in the Global Age (edited with William J. Chambliss and Raymond Michalowski). Dr. Kramer has been honored with the Teaching Excellence Award from Western Michigan University and with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Division of Critical Criminology of the American Society of Criminology. He is also part of the collective that produces Critical Issues, Alternative Views, an award winning cable access television program that airs on the Public Media Network in Kalamazoo.