Allan Horwitz

This article is about the American sociologist. For the South African poet, see Allan Kolski Horwitz.

Allan Horwitz
Born	Allan Victor Horwitz (1948-08-22) August 22, 1948 Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nationality	American
Education	Dickinson College Yale University
Known for	Medical sociology
Awards	Leonard Pearlin Award for Distinguished Lifetime Contributions to the Sociology of Mental Health from the American Sociological Association (2006)
Scientific career
Fields	Sociology
Institutions	Rutgers University
Thesis	Social Networks and Pathways into Psychiatric Treatment  (1975)

Allan Victor Horwitz (born August 22, 1948) is an American sociologist who is Board of Governors Professor in the Department of Sociology and Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research at Rutgers University. His previous positions at Rutgers include Chair of the Department of Sociology and Dean for Behavioral and Social Sciences in the School of Arts and Sciences. He has also chaired the Mental Health and Medical Sociology Sections of the American Sociological Association, as well as the Psychiatric Sociology Section of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. His research has focused on the sociology of mental health and illness. He was a fellow-in-residence at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in 2007–2008 and a fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University in 2012–13. In 2006, he received the Leonard I. Pearlin Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Sociological Study of Mental Health from the American Sociological Association's Section on Sociology of Mental Health.

External links

• Faculty page
• Allan Horwitz publications indexed by Google Scholar