BIO-BIBLIOGRAPHYJohn Michael Steiner, Ph.D.
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| Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, August 3, 1925. |
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Education: |
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| 1965 - 1968 |
Doctoral candidate, University of Freiburg, Germany, Department of Sociology. |
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| 1968 |
Ph.D. (magna cum laude), University of Freiburg, Germany, in Sociology with minors in Psychology and Psychopathology. |
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| 1956 - 1959 |
University of California, Berkeley, doctoral candidate in Sociology, graduate studies in Psychiatry, Group Dynamics, and Criminology. |
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| 1953 - 1956 |
M.A. in Sociology and German Literature, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO and also started doctoral program there. |
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| 1949 - 1952 |
B.A. (equivalent) in German Literature and Psychology, University of Melbourne, Australia. |
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| 1948 - 1949 |
Charles University Prague, Czechoslovakia, School of Medicine. |
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| 1948 |
Graduated from Neruda State Realgymnasium, Prague, Czechoslovakia. |
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Languages: |
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English, German, Czech, Slovak, Russian, Polish. |
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Scholastic Honors and Prizes: |
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| 2003 | Received from West Point Cadets of the Sociology Honor Society the Saber of West Point for outstanding contributions to sociology. |
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| 2002 |
Order of Merit (also known as Knight's Cross), received from the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Johannes Rau, for outstanding contributions in the field of Holocaust studies, research, scholarship, teaching and as an administrator. [ Image of the Medal ] |
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| 1981 - 1982, |
Senior Fulbright Research Scholar, University of Freiburg, Germany. |
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| 1964 - 1967, |
Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, University of Freiburg, Germany. |
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| 1953 - 1955 |
Recipient of the Displaced Persons Scholarship (Thomas G. Masaryk Foundation, New York), awarded to select Czech university students who escaped from Czechoslovakia because of their democratic, anti-communist conviction and activities. University of Missouri, Columbia, MO. |
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| 1954 |
Alpha Pi Zeta, honorary graduate Social Science Fraternity. |
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Professional Organizations: |
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Fulbright Alumni Association |
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Experience: |
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| 1994 to present |
Senior Scholar in Residence (SSU) |
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| 1992 to present |
Emeritus Professor of Sociology |
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| 1968 - 1992 |
Professor of Sociology, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA 94928. |
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| 1981 - 1982, |
Senior Fulbright Research Scholar, University of Freiburg, Germany. |
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| 1964 - 1967, |
Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, University of Freiburg, Germany. |
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| 1964 |
Visiting Assistant Professor at the Department of Criminology and Criminal Law, University of Freiburg, Germany. Conducted graduate seminars for law students in legal sociology, criminology and penology. Supervised sociological research of candidates for the doctorate of law. |
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| 1963 - 1964 |
Research Associate at the Institute for World Civilization, University of Freiburg, Germany. In charge of research on world minorities and racial conflicts. |
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| 1961 - 1962 |
Lecturer at the University of California Extension, Berkeley. |
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| 1959 - 1961 |
Research Social Psychologist, USAF, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. (Human factors and human engineering). |
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| 1956 - 1959 |
Lecturer in Speech at the University of California, Berkeley. Instructed
students in the principles of logic, oral rhetoric, academic writing,
and social psychology of communication. |
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| 1955 - 1956 |
Industrial Therapist, State Hospital No. 1, Fulton, Missouri. Organized and headed an Industrial Therapy Department. |
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| 1949 - 1952 |
Department of Immigration, Canberra and Melbourne, Australia. Immigration
Officer in the Statistical and Welfare Section. |
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| 1946 - 1948 |
UNRRA Mission, Prague, Czechoslovakia. Liaison officer between Czech government agencies and the International Mission. |
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War Record: |
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| 1948 |
Distinguished Cross for Service and Valor. |
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| 1942 - 1945 |
Detained in Nazi concentration, slave labor and death camps. |
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| 1939 - 1942 |
Member of the Czechoslovakian Resistance Movement. |
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Other Recognitions: |
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| 1996 |
Certificate of Appreciation for a lecture and broadcast given to the Commonwealth Club of California on January 23, 1996 entitled "Preventing Crimes against Humanity through Active Comprehension". |
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| 1994 |
Certificate of Recognition from Senator Milton Marks, California State Senate, Third District, for establishing and assuming the position of Director of the Holocaust Studies Center at Sonoma State University. |
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| 1993, 1998 |
Recognition for Outstanding Service to the Sonoma State University Psychology curriculum. |
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| 1991 |
Certificate of Appreciation from the City and County of San Francisco for fighting prejudice and racism as a Holocaust survivor. |
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| 1988, 1990 |
Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise Award, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA. |
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| 1988 |
Faculty Library Award, Sonoma State University. A grant in recognition for faculty members' research, scholarship, and creative activity. |
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| 1986 |
Award from B'NAI B'RITH Institute for Judaism in recognition for establishing the Holocaust Study Center at Sonoma State University and the appointment as its first Director. |
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| 1984 |
Letter of Commendation from the Federal Center for Political Education, Federal Republic of Germany, for a research essay entitled "The Belief System of the SS" in: National Socialist Dictatorship 1933-1945: An Overview, published 1983, 4th printing 1986. |
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| 1961 |
Letter of Commendation from President John F. Kennedy for volunteering as a charter member of the Peace Corps. |
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| 1954 |
Honorary Deputy Sheriff, Dallas County, Texas.
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Additional Activities: |
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February 2004 |
Lecture given to World War II veterans and liberators of Nazi concentration camps near Roseville, CA. |
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2004 |
Lecture series entitled "Opportunites and Perils of Power", given in the Osher Life-Long Learning Institute at Sonoma State University, in January/February. |
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2003 |
Spent three days at West Point Military Academy in April, lecturing and attending meetings and classes, lecture topics: "Were the SS Warriors or Murderers?" and "The Sociology of the Holocaust: An Eyewitness Account". |
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2003 |
Featured speaker at the Maui Community College, on the occasion of Martin Luther King Day, an an event sponsered by the Hawai'i Institute for Human Rights. Speech topic: "Confronting Former Members of the SS: Understanding the Motives for Genocide to Prevent Future Occurrences". |
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2002 |
Lecture to German Gymnasium teachers, held at Rastatt Castle in June, on the topic "The Fragmented Conscience of Nazi Perpetrators". |
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| 2000 |
Featured speaker in the program "An Untold Story of the Holocaust", held at Stanford University on April 12, on the topic "Conviction as a Psycho-Emotional Means of Survival in the Nazi Camp System". |
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| 1998 |
Chaired a session on "Criminological Ramifications of the Holocaust" at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in Albuquerque, New Mexico. |
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| 1996 |
Chaired the session "Criminological Aspects of the Holocaust" and presented a paper entitled "Power without Morality in Regimes of Injustice" to the Western Society of Criminology in Rohnert Park, California. |
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| 1986 - 1994 |
Founding Director of the Holocaust Study Center, Sonoma State University,
Rohnert Park, CA. |
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| 1972 - 1980 |
Member of the Board of Editors of the International Journal of Criminology and Penology, London, England. |
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| 1965 |
Delegate to the Third United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, Stockholm, Sweden. |
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| 1964 |
Research of Swedish penal institutions. |
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| 1964 to present |
Chaired sessions during national and international professional conventions and presented papers to professional forums. Consultant to various international and national agencies, institutions and organizations. Lectured at Stanford University and other major academic institutions. Numerous newspaper articles and interviews on radio and television. |
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| 1960 - 1961 |
Co-founder and Vice-President of "Americans for Democratic Action", UC Berkeley. |
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| 1955 |
Desegregated with three fellow graduate students and Prof. Noel Gist the University of Missouri Columbia. |
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