Elijah Anderson | |
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Alma mater | Indiana University (BA) University of Chicago (MA) Northwestern University (PhD) |
Occupation | Sociologist |
Employer | Yale University |
Elijah Anderson (born 1943 in Hermondale, Missouri) is an American sociologist. He is the Sterling Professor of Sociology and of African American Studies at Yale University,[1] where he teaches and directs the Urban Ethnography Project. Anderson is one of the nation’s leading urban ethnographers[2] and cultural theorists. Anderson is known most notably for his book, Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City (1999).[3]