Dr. Nathaniel Schutten

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Dr. Nathaniel Schutten is an assistant professor in the Department of Criminal Justice. He completed his Ph.D. in criminal justice at SUNY Albany in 2026 and joined the faculty at SUNY Plattsburgh in 2024. His research interests include gun ownership, gun attitudes, public opinion, correctional reform and behavioral economics. His work has appeared in Criminology, Justice Quarterly, Crime & Delinquency, and Criminology & Public Policy. 

Dr. Schutten is the Chapter Advisor for SUNY Plattsburgh’s Nu Eta chapter of the Alpha Phi Sigma Criminal Justice Honor Society. He is also a member of the Rockefeller Institute of Government’s Regional Gun Violence Research Consortium, as well as the American Society of Criminology Division of Public Opinion and Policy. Recently, he presented his research at the Annual American Society of Criminology in San Francisco.

In his free time, Dr. Schutten enjoys traveling with his wife, spending time outdoors with his dog Winston, playing golf and reading.

• Education
  • Ph.D. in Criminal Justice, University at Albany
  • M.A. in Criminology and Sociolegal Studies, University of Toronto
  • B.A. in Social Psychology, McMaster University
• Teaching Areas
  • Criminology
  • Research methods
  • Punishment and society
• Research Areas
  • Gun ownership and gun attitudes
  • Public opinion on criminal justice
  • Correctional reform
• Selected Publications
  • Schutten, N. M., Pickett, J. T., Wozniak, K. H., & Brown, E. K. (2024). Toward a standard measure of gun ownership: A methodological and theoretical quandary in firearm research. Justice Quarterly. Advance Online Publication.
  • Schutten, N. M., Pickett, J. T., Burton, A. L., Cullen, F. T., Jonson, C. L., & Burton Jr, V. S. (2023). Understanding gun ownership in the twenty-first century: Why some Americans own guns, but most do not. Justice quarterly, 40(1), 27-50.
  • Schutten, N. M., Pickett, J. T., Burton, A. L., Jonson, C. L., Cullen, F. T., & Burton Jr, V. S. (2022). Are guns the new dog whistle? Gun control, racial resentment, and vote choice. Criminology, 60(1), 90-123.
  • Schutten, N. M., Pickett, J. T., Burton, A. L., Cullen, F. T., Jonson, C. L., & Burton Jr, V. S. (2022). Punishing rampage: Public opinion on sanctions for school shooters. Justice quarterly, 39(2), 252-275.