Draft:Avi Brisman

Avi Brisman
Avi Brisman (born 1974) is an American criminologist and public intellectual    , who is known for his work in cultural criminology, critical criminology, and green criminology. He is a Professor in the School of Justice Studies at Eastern Kentucky University, an Adjunct Professor in the School of Justice at Queensland University of Technology, and a Honorary Professor in the Newcastle Law School at the University of Newcastle.

Education
Brisman was awarded a BA degree in French and Studio Art from Oberlin College in 1997. In 2000, he completed a MFA in Painting at the Pratt Institute and a J.D with Honors at the University of Connecticut School of Law in 2003. In 2010, Brisman completed a M.A in Anthropology from Emory University, which progressed into a PhD completion in 2012.

Career
Following his earlier legal experience in Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless and the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Brisman achieved several honours and awards from Critical Thinking Teacher of the Year Award from Eastern Kentucky University to Critical Criminologist of the Year Award at the American Society of Criminology. From 2012 to 2015, Brisman became an Assistant Professor in the School of Justice Studies at Eastern Kentucky University. In 2015, he progressed to Associate Professor and by 2020, he further progressed to Professor with tenure.

Throughout his academic career, Brisman also achieved affiliate appointments. In 2020, he became Adjunct Professor at the School of Justice at Queensland University of Technology, and in 2019 he was appointed International Visiting Fellow at the Department of Sociology at the University of Essex. By 2021, Brisman was promoted to Honorary Professor at the University of Newcastle.

Brisman has published in a broad range of academic journals and is best known for his works in cultural criminology, critical criminology, and green criminology. He has authored several books, each of which have been reviewed by various authors. Brisman, and his long-term collaborator Nigel South, published their 2014 book Green Cultural Criminology: Constructions of Environmental Harm, Consumerism, and Resistance to Ecocide, which was translated into Persian in 2017. His other works have also been translated into Arabic, Chinese , Italian, Slovenian, and Spanish. He is currently an Editor-in-Chief for Critical Criminology: An International Journal.