Carl Hart
| Carl Hart | |
|---|---|
| Born | Miami, Florida, USA |
| Residence | USA |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Fields | Psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience |
| Institutions | Columbia University |
| Alma mater |
University of Maryland University of Wyoming |
| Spouse | Robin Hart |
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Website http://www.drcarlhart.com/ | |
Carl Hart (born 1966) is an associate professor of psychology and psychiatry at Columbia University. Hart is known for his research in drug abuse and drug addiction. Hart was the first tenured African American professor of sciences at Columbia University.
Early life
Hart grew up in an impoverished Miami neighborhood, engaging in petty crime and drug use. After high school, he served in the United States Air Force,[1][2] which became his path to higher education.
Education
Hart received a bachelor of science and a master of science from the University of Maryland. He received a Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Wyoming.
Hart attended UNC Wilmington where he worked with Robert Hakan before attending University of Wyoming.
Career
Hart's book entitled, High Price, was published in 2013. The book interweaves anecdotes from Hart's own experience with drugs and poverty with his modern research.[3][4] He is featured in the documentary The House I Live In.
In September 2014, Hart was featured in an article about him[5] and a video of a discussion he presented at a TEDMED event.[6]
Carl Hart has given testimony to the United States Congress' Committee On Oversight and Government Reform.[7] He has been featured as a guest speaker at Talks@Google [8] and The Reason Foundation.[9] Hart has also been interviewed or otherwise featured on CNN, "Stossel"[10] and "The Independants" on Fox Business, "All In with Chris Hayes" on MSNBC, Reason TV,[11] "The O'Reilly Factor" on Fox News, "Democracy Now!", and on the website Big Think.
Personal life
Hart lives in New York with his wife and their two sons.[12] In the year 2000, Hart learned that as a teenager, he had fathered a son who had been previously unknown to him. By the time Carl discovered that he had a third child, he also found out that this son had become a high school drop-out at the age of 16 or 17 and involved in illegal drug sales. His recently discovered son also had been charged with a cocaine offense in the state of Florida.[13]
Awards and honors
- 2014 PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award for High Price: A Neuroscientist’s Journey of Self-Discovery That Challenges Everything You Know About Drugs and Society[14][15]
References
- ↑ "Carl Hart: Drugs don’t turn people into criminals". Salon.com. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
- ↑ Columbia College Today: The Truth Teller.
- ↑ High Price: Drugs, Neuroscience, and Discovering Myself by Carl Hart – The Guardian
- ↑ ‘High Price’ by Carl Hart - An experienced voice rethinks the war on drugs - The Boston Globe
- ↑ Lopez, German, Watch: A neuroscientist debunks common beliefs about drug addiction, Vox, September 18, 2014
- ↑ Carl Hart's Ted Talk TEDMED, September 11, 2014
- ↑ Mixed Signals: the Administration’s Policy on Marijuana, Part Four – the Health Effects and Science
- ↑ Carl Hart, "HIGH PRICE: A Neuroscientist's Journey of Self-Discovery That ..." | Talks At Google Google, Jul 22, 2013
- ↑ ReasonNYC - Carl Hart, author of High Price
- ↑ War on...(Airs Sunday at 10PM ET on FNC)
- ↑ Neuroscientist Carl Hart: Science Says We Should Decriminalize Drugs Reason TV, Jul 15, 2013
- ↑ High Price by Dr. Carl Hart: AUTHOR.
- ↑ Columbia College Today: The Truth Teller.
- ↑ Ron Charles (July 30, 2014). "Winners of the 2014 PEN Literary Awards". Washington Post. Retrieved August 1, 2014.
- ↑ "2014 PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award". pen.org. Retrieved August 1, 2014.