Christopher Wildeman Explained

Christopher James Wildeman (born October 26, 1979)^[1] is an American sociologist and Professor of Sociology at Duke University. Wildeman 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]

Selected publications

• Christopher Wildeman . Parental Imprisonment, the Prison Boom, and the Concentration of Childhood Disadvantage . Demography . 2009 . 46 . 2 . 265–280 . 10.1353/dem.0.0052. 21305393 . 2831279 .
• Western . Bruce . Wildeman . Christopher . The Black Family and Mass Incarceration . The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science . January 2009 . 621 . 1 . 221–242 . 10.1177/0002716208324850. 53870729 .
• Book: Wakefield . Sara . Wildeman . Christopher . Children of the prison boom : mass incarceration and the future of American inequality . 2013 . Oxford University Press . 9780199989232.

Notes and References

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