John Keith Hewitt (born July 14, 1952) is a British-American

behavioral geneticist Behavioural genetics, also referred to as behaviour genetics, is a field of scientific research that uses genetic methods to investigate the nature and origins of individual differences in behaviour. While the name "behavioural genetics" co ...

and professor of psychology and neuroscience at the University of Colorado Boulder and a faculty fellow at the

Institute for Behavioral Genetics The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado. Founded in 1876, five months before Colorado became a state, it is the flagship university of the University of Colorado syst ...

. He was the Director of the Institute for Behavioral Genetics from 2000 - 2021. 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 The Behavior Genetics Association (BGA) is a learned society established in 1970 and which promotes research into the connections between heredity and behavior, both human and animal. Its members support education and training in behavior genetic ...

. He received the Dobzhansky Award of the

Behavioral Genetics Association The Behavior Genetics Association (BGA) is a learned society established in 1970 and which promotes research into the connections between heredity and behavior, both human and animal. Its members support education and training in behavior genetic ...

in 2008 and the

James Shields Award The International Society for Twin Studies (ISTS) is an international, non-profit scientific organization. The aim of the society is to advance research and knowledge in all fields of science related to twins and/or twin studies, for the benefit ...

of the

International Society for Twin Studies The International Society for Twin Studies (ISTS) is an international, non-profit scientific organization. The aim of the society is to advance research and knowledge in all fields of science related to twins and/or twin studies, for the benefit o ...

in 2016.

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John K. Hewitt
Institute for Behavioral Genetics * 1952 births Living people English psychologists Behavior geneticists Alumni of the University of Birmingham Alumni of the University of London University of Colorado Boulder faculty Academic journal editors English emigrants to the United States {{US-scientist-stub