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Laurence French holds a B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in Sociology (Social Disorganization/Social Psychology) from the University of New Hampshire, a Ph.D. in Cultural Psychology (Educational Psychology and Measurement) from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and an M.A. in School Psychology from Western New Mexico University. He completed postdoctoral studies in “Minorities and Criminal Justice Education” at the State University of New York-Albany and completed a post-doctoral prescribing psychology program, including the national exam. He is Professor Emeritus of Psychology from Western New Mexico University, a life member and Fellow of the American Psychological Association, Fellow of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, and a Fellow of the College of Prescribing Psychologists. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps and is a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Third Marine Division Association, and Disabled American Veterans. He is a licensed clinical psychologist in Arizona, a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2009–2010), and was Visiting Endowed Chair of Criminology and Criminal Justice at St. Thomas University in Canada. In 2016, he completed a Fulbright Specialist project on “war crimes and missing persons” for the Ministry of Interior of Republika Srpska at the Police College, University of Banja Luka. He has received several awards, including the 2014 McGraw Hill Distinguished Scholar Award, the 2014 Distinguished Career Contribution to Research Award from the American Psychological Association, and the 2018 Marquis Who’s Who Lifetime Achievement Award. He has over 300 publications, including 20 books. His research focuses on international and comparative social, human and criminal justice, Native American and minority issues, police and criminal psychology, and forensic psychology.