Christopher Wildeman

Christopher James Wildeman (born October 26, 1979)[1] is an American sociologist and associate professor of policy analysis and management in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University. He is known for researching the effects of incarceration on children's health, homelessness, and racial inequality.[2][3][4]

Biography

Wildeman was educated at Dickinson College (B.A. in Philosophy, Sociology, and Spanish, 2002) and Princeton University (M.A., 2006; Ph.D., 2008). Both of his graduate degrees were in sociology and demography, and his Ph.D. was supervised by Sara McLanahan, Bruce Western, and Devah Pager. For two years (2008–2010), he was a postdoctoral affiliate at the University of Michigan's Population Studies Center, after which he joined the faculty of Yale University as an assistant professor of sociology. In 2013, he became an associate professor at Yale,[5] and in 2014, he joined the faculty of Cornell as an associate professor.[6] Since 2016, he has also been a research affiliate at the University of Wisconsin, Madison's Institute for Research on Poverty.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Wildeman, Christopher James, 1979-". Name Authority File. Library of Congress. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  2. ↑ Kozlowska, Hanna (15 April 2016). "One in 14 Americans will grow up with a parent in prison". Quartz. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  3. ↑ Large, Jerry (18 October 2015). "Kids share punishment of parents behind bars". Seattle Times. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  4. ↑ Khazan, Olga (7 April 2017). "The Prison-Health Paradox". The Atlantic. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Christopher Wildeman Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Christopher Wildeman Biography". Cornell University. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
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