William Julius Wilson is Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University. A MacArthur Prize Fellow from 1987 to 1992 and former president of the American Sociological Association, Wilson has said that he looks, in addition to government, to religious organizations to reduce social problems in neighborhoods and to rebuild inner cities. He is known for classics such as The Declining Significance of Race: Blacks and Changing American Institutions (University Of Chicago Press, 1980) and When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor (Vintage, 1997). His expertise is in the areas of civil rights, the inner city, poverty, race, social policy and urban policy.
| Website | http://www.hks.harvard.edu/about/faculty-staff-directory/william-julius-wilson |
| Email address | bill_wilson@harvard.edu |
| Phone number | 617-496-4514 |
| Categories | Beliefs & practices, Clergy, Congregations, Poverty & welfare, Race & ethnicity, Society & culture |
| Locations | Massachusetts, United States of America |
| Resource Types | Sources |