Background
Austin, Roy Leslie was born on December 19, 1939 in Kingstown, St. Vincent & The Grenadines. Arrived in United States of America, 1964, naturalized.
Austin, Roy Leslie was born on December 19, 1939 in Kingstown, St. Vincent & The Grenadines. Arrived in United States of America, 1964, naturalized.
Bachelor in Sociology, Yale University, 1968. Master of Arts in Sociology, University Washington, 1972. Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology, University Washington, 1973.
Customs officer, secondary school teacher, carnival bandleader, captain of the national soccer team, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Faculty member sociology department Pennsylvania State University, 1972—2001, director crime, law, and justice program, 1994—1998, director Africana research center, 2001. United States ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago United States Department State, Port of Spain, 2001—2009.
Member of American Society Criminology, Caribbean Studies Association, American Sociological Association.
Married Glynis Josephine Sutherland. 3 children.