Sudhir Venkatesh | |
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 Venkatesh in September 2013 | |
| Born | Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh 1966 (age 57–58) |
| Education | University of California, San Diego (BA) University of Chicago (PhD) |
| Known for | Urban ethnography |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Sociology, social economics |
| Institutions | Columbia University; Facebook |
| Thesis | American project: a historical-ethnography of Chicago's Robert Taylor Homes |
| Academic advisors | William Julius Wilson |
Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh (born 1966) is an American sociologist and urban ethnographer. He is William B. Ransford Professor of Sociology & African-American Studies at Columbia University, a position he has held since 1999. In his work, Venkatesh has studied gangs and underground economies, public housing, advertising and technology.[1] As of 2018, he is the Director of Signal: The Tech & Society Lab at Columbia University.[2]
Venkatesh is the author of the book, Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes To The Streets, published by Penguin Press in 2008.[1] Venkatesh is also the host of Sudhir Breaks the Internet, a podcast published by Freakonomics Radio Network.[3] Additionally, Venkatesh is a public writer and documentary filmmaker, and has held positions at Facebook and Twitter.