Director Emeriti
Dr. Weiner received his undergraduate degree from Boston University and his master's and doctoral degrees in sociology from Syracuse University. He is the author and co-author of several books and numerous articles and papers, primarily in the areas of policing, juvenile delinquency and honors education. He has served as consultant to a number of local and state agencies, including Madison County, Oswego County, Onondaga County and the New York State Department of Correctional Services, and has sat on the boards of such organizations as the Alzheimer's Association of Central New York.
He joined the Oswego faculty in 1971, and in 1998 was promoted to the rank of Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology. In 1973, he received the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. In 2000, he was named SUNY Oswego Student Association's Professor of the Year. In addition to his teaching in sociology and public justice, he has served SUNY Oswego as assistant dean of arts and sciences and as director of General Education. From 2003 through 2004, Dr. Weiner served as president of the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC), the national association of college and university honors programs and honors colleges. In 1997 and 1998, Dr. Weiner was president of the Northeast Region of the National Collegiate Honors Council. He served on the Editorial Board of SUNY Press from 1999 until 2003, and as its chair from 2001. He is a member of Alpha Kappa Delta (the national sociology honor society), Phi Kappa Phi (the national liberal arts honor society) and Omicron Delta Kappa (the national campus leadership honor society).