Dr. Alex Piquero
@dralexpiquero.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology & Criminology and Arts & Sciences Distinguished Scholar at The 🟧_🟩. Former Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics (appointed by President Biden). 🇨🇺-🇺🇸
Honored to be inducted into the Bouchet Graduate Honor Society, which recognizes outstanding scholarly achievement & excellence in doctoral education. It’s named after Edward Alexander Bouchet, the 1st self-identified African American to earn a PhD from a US university (Yale).
April 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Honored to be inducted into the Bouchet Graduate Honor Society, which recognizes outstanding scholarly achievement & excellence in doctoral education. It’s named after Edward Alexander Bouchet, the 1st self-identified African American to earn a PhD from a US university (Yale).
Honored to be included in this list of University of Miami colleagues Pratim Biswas & Antonio Nanni for scoring in the top 5% of our Association of American Universities (AAU) peers on several academic metrics calculated by Academic Analytics.
March 28, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Honored to be included in this list of University of Miami colleagues Pratim Biswas & Antonio Nanni for scoring in the top 5% of our Association of American Universities (AAU) peers on several academic metrics calculated by Academic Analytics.
Looking forward to giving congressional testimony on gun violence data infrastructure.
February 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Looking forward to giving congressional testimony on gun violence data infrastructure.
Honored to be participating in a Congressional Briefing on Preventing Gun Violence. Agenda and registration can be found here: cebcp.org/outreach-sym...
January 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Honored to be participating in a Congressional Briefing on Preventing Gun Violence. Agenda and registration can be found here: cebcp.org/outreach-sym...
Honored to be on this call today:
January 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Honored to be on this call today:
I am proud to announce that I will be serving as a Distinguished Advisory Board member with the @University
of Virginia's @UVA
Center for Public Safety and Justice.
of Virginia's @UVA
Center for Public Safety and Justice.
January 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I am proud to announce that I will be serving as a Distinguished Advisory Board member with the @University
of Virginia's @UVA
Center for Public Safety and Justice.
of Virginia's @UVA
Center for Public Safety and Justice.
Let’s go Canes 🏈 🟧_🟩
December 28, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Let’s go Canes 🏈 🟧_🟩
Honored to be back at the White House to attend a meeting sponsored by the Office on Gun Violence Prevention & the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to discuss the use of data & evidence-based approaches to prevent gun violence.
December 16, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Honored to be back at the White House to attend a meeting sponsored by the Office on Gun Violence Prevention & the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to discuss the use of data & evidence-based approaches to prevent gun violence.
I was privileged to be at the White House recently as President Biden signed an EO to improve gun violence data. It was nice to spend time w/ him, to thank him for his service, & for appointing me to serve as the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Honor of a lifetime.
November 21, 2024 at 10:06 PM
I was privileged to be at the White House recently as President Biden signed an EO to improve gun violence data. It was nice to spend time w/ him, to thank him for his service, & for appointing me to serve as the Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Honor of a lifetime.
Last year I had the honor of giving a keynote at the @giffords.bsky.social CVI Conference on using disaggregated crime data to invest in people & places. Thanks to @rohdesign.bsky.social for the great graphic!
March 28, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Last year I had the honor of giving a keynote at the @giffords.bsky.social CVI Conference on using disaggregated crime data to invest in people & places. Thanks to @rohdesign.bsky.social for the great graphic!
Arie chimes in!
March 25, 2024 at 1:56 AM
Arie chimes in!
Great being w/ Emilio Estefan tonite @ 🟧_🟩. An honor & inspiration in so many 🇨🇺 ways.
December 13, 2023 at 3:30 AM
Great being w/ Emilio Estefan tonite @ 🟧_🟩. An honor & inspiration in so many 🇨🇺 ways.
To those who’ve served. Are serving. And will serve. Thank you.
November 10, 2023 at 2:13 PM
To those who’ve served. Are serving. And will serve. Thank you.
Honored to be giving oral testimony to the US Civil Rights Commission next Friday on race/ethnicity crime/victimization data.
November 9, 2023 at 10:16 PM
Honored to be giving oral testimony to the US Civil Rights Commission next Friday on race/ethnicity crime/victimization data.
Going to be on Fox News a bit after 230p today.
October 26, 2023 at 6:33 PM
Going to be on Fox News a bit after 230p today.
Honored to speak at NYU Law School about my career using data to help improve CJ decision-making. Thanks @erinmurphyslaw.bsky.social
October 20, 2023 at 1:33 AM
Honored to speak at NYU Law School about my career using data to help improve CJ decision-making. Thanks @erinmurphyslaw.bsky.social
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. I’d like to thank Gloria Estefan for raising awareness to this problem & her commitment to ending it.
October 10, 2023 at 6:38 PM
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. I’d like to thank Gloria Estefan for raising awareness to this problem & her commitment to ending it.
Spending time w/ Gabby Giffords this summer was…awesome. One of the most amazing human beings on this earth.
September 26, 2023 at 11:50 PM
Spending time w/ Gabby Giffords this summer was…awesome. One of the most amazing human beings on this earth.
Domestic violence data needs to be disaggregated in order to inform policy. My latest op-ed in Miami Herald w/ Dr. Maria Ilcheva & Viviana E. Alvarado Pacheco of The Women's Fund Miami-Dade.
September 24, 2023 at 7:04 PM
Domestic violence data needs to be disaggregated in order to inform policy. My latest op-ed in Miami Herald w/ Dr. Maria Ilcheva & Viviana E. Alvarado Pacheco of The Women's Fund Miami-Dade.
Remember what truly matters in life: family, faith, friends. Many people will say what they want. But in this world there are talkers & doers. Be a doer. Control your life, work, destiny. And when you lead, always put people 1st.
September 23, 2023 at 1:20 PM
Remember what truly matters in life: family, faith, friends. Many people will say what they want. But in this world there are talkers & doers. Be a doer. Control your life, work, destiny. And when you lead, always put people 1st.
Saturday morning 🏃♂️, a 🍩, & Arie has a bite!
September 23, 2023 at 1:17 PM
Saturday morning 🏃♂️, a 🍩, & Arie has a bite!
Arie says hi. I like donuts!
September 23, 2023 at 1:13 AM
Arie says hi. I like donuts!
Blue sky (and shirt!) in Tuscany.
September 21, 2023 at 6:43 PM
Blue sky (and shirt!) in Tuscany.