John K. Hewitt

John Keith Hewitt (born July 14, 1952) is a British-American behavioral geneticist and professor of psychology and neuroscience at the University of Colorado Boulder and a faculty fellow at the Institute for Behavioral Genetics.^[1] He was the Director of the Institute for Behavioral Genetics from 2000 - 2021. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1996.

John K. Hewitt
Born	John Keith Hewitt (1952-07-14)July 14, 1952 Hampshire, England
Citizenship	United States
Alma mater	Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, University of London University of Birmingham
Awards	Dobzhansky Award (2008), James Shields Award (2016)
Scientific career
Fields	Psychology Behavioral genetics
Institutions	University of Colorado Boulder
Thesis	The Genetic Control of Activity, Reactivity and Learning in a Population of Wild Rats (rattus Norvegicus).  (1978)
Academic advisors	David Fulker, Lindon Eaves

Career

Hewitt was the editor-in-chief of the journal Behavior Genetics (2001–2025)^[2] and president of the Behavior Genetics Association.^[3] He received the Dobzhansky Award of the Behavioral Genetics Association in 2008 and the James Shields Award of the International Society for Twin Studies in 2016.^[4]